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Paul J. Sachs to Beatrix Farrand, December 1, 1940

 
Accession number D:PJS 1940.12.01
Alternative title Letter from Paul J. Sachs to Beatrix Farrand, December 1, 1940
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1940
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter informing Beatrix Farrand that a committee [Dumbarton Oaks Administrative Committee] was appointed by the Corporation of Harvard to administer Dumbarton Oaks and expressing she continues to be involved in the gardens. Paul J. Sachs wonders if she might meet with John Thacher either in Washington, D.C. or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Handwritten signature in ink.

Copy included with original.

Day of the date on original possibly erased. Date of original, December 1 , 1940; date of copy, December 17, 1940.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Harvard University
Dumbarton Oaks
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
Merrill, Elmer D. (Elmer Drew), 1876-1956
Arnold Arboretum
Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969
Fogg Art Museum
Taylor, Charles Holt, 1899-
Koehler, Wilhelm Reinhold Walter, 1884-1959
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
San Marino (Calif.)
Boston (Mass.)
Thacher, John
Christmas
consulting
meetings
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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