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Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, May 24, 1938

 
Accession number B:AS 1938.05.24
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Catalogue House
Date
1938
Work types
correspondence

Description

Copy of typewritten letter by Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand discussing an open garden day in the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens. Anne felt that the Catalogue House looked nice after the recent work of photographs in the panels, she had put roses on the frieze as Beatrix Farrand had suggested. She has not received any comments from Mildred Bliss as of the letter. Anne mentions that her sister isn't well and she will do what she can for her.

Copy unsigned.

Subjects

flowers (plants)
roses
trees
mail order catalogs
American Horticultural Society
Bryce, James
Wayside Gardens Co.
Hosea Waterer (Firm)
illness
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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