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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, June 17, 1945 (2)

 
Accession number B:BF 1945.06.17B
Alternative title Telegram from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, June 17, 1945
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1945
Work types
correspondence

Description

Telegram dated June 17, 1945 informing of Max Farrand's death during the afternoon of this day and asks for donations to Friends of Huntington Library or Reef Point Gardens in lieu of flowers or letters. Beatrix Farrand asks Mildred Bliss to tell John Thacher and James Bryce "all is well."

Western Union telegram marked in pencil as received: 6 1/2; 17/6/43 probably to indicate the telegram was received at 6:30pm on June 17, 1945.

Obituary for Max Farrand.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Farrand, Max, 1869-1945
Death
Friends of the Huntington Library
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Thacher, John
Bryce, James
Flowers
letters (correspondence)
telegrams
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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