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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, October 23, 1944

 
Accession number B:BF 1944.10.23
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence

Description

Discusses an enclosed Santa Barbara Botanic Garden fundraising appeal letter asking for Mildred Bliss' approval; letter is no longer with correspondence.

Beatrix Farrand's hand continues to worsen preventing her from traveling to Dumbarton Oaks to meet with Mildred Bliss.

Mentions that two copies of the Landscape Architecture article on the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, July 1944 are being sent.

Handwritten signature in black ink, Beatrix Farrand by I.M. Stover (Isabelle M. Stover).

Typewritten letter on Beatrix Farrand's letterhead.

Letter received at Dumbarton Oaks, October 25, 1944.

Carbon copy of letter included in Collection.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

funding
donations
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
hands (animal or human components)
illness
health
travel delays
Landscape architecture
serials (publications)
manuscripts (document genre)
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C),