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John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, June 19, 1941

 
Accession number D:JT 1941.06.19
Alternative title Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, June 19, 1941
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Green Garden
Date
1941
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter responding to Beatrix Farrand's letters of June 12 (D:BF 1941.06.12) and June 17 (D:BF 1941.06.17), regarding various garden-related matters, such as Dumbarton Oaks' expense report, signage in the garden, Beatrix Farrand's salary, and John Thacher's travel plans to Cambridge, Camden, and Bar Harbor. Probably Camden, Maine since he mentions going north from Massachusetts and visiting Bar Harbor while he was in Camden.

Typewritten copy of letter; unsigned. Original not part of the collection.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Bar Harbor (Me.)
Cambridge (Mass.)
Harvard University
expenses
expense accounts
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
budgets
Carpenter, Alberta S.
vacations
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
Dumbarton Oaks Park (Washington, D.C.)
Sweeney, Anne
signage
regulatory signs
Sessions, Barbara
health
illness
Rockville (Md.)
Dumbarton Oaks
salaries
Railroads Dining-car service
Morris, Lawrence
travel
Fogg Art Museum
Camden (Me.)
Washington (D.C.)
taxes
Tax exemption
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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