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Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, December 15, 1941

 
Accession number D:BF 1941.12.15
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, December 15, 1941
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Service Court
Green Garden
Entrance Drive
South Lawn
Ellipse
Forsythia Dell
Rose Garden
Catalogue House
South Side of House
Fountain Terrace
Herbaceous Border
Lovers’ Lane Pool
House Interiors
Crabapple Hill
North Vista
Cherry Hill
Date
1941
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter accompanying a copy of Beatrix Farrand's mother's book, Lantern Slides for John Thacher. In the letter she reiterates topics mentioned in her earlier letter (D:BF 1941.12.13), such as the well-being of Robert and Mildred Bliss and her uncertainty surrounding closing the greenhouses. She inquires whether the Bliss' contribution towards Anne Sweeney's salary had arrived and ends the letter by including a final copy of the "D.O." Harvard report for John Thacher.

Typewritten letter on Beatrix Farrand's New York letterhead. "The Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California" rubber-stamped beside it. Signed in either faded black or blue ink.

Includes typewritten copy of "Report Submitted to the Chairman of the Dumbarton Oaks Administrative Board, On the Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection," dated November 24, 1941 and signed by Beatrix Farrand in black ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Valley Club of Montecito (Montecito, Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Dumbarton Oaks
lantern slides
Christmas
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
Casa Dorinda
greenhouses
plants
azaleas
Bryce, James
heating plans
storage
World War, 1939-1945
Sweeney, Anne
salaries
Pacific Coast (America)
reports
Harvard University
Byzantine Collection (Dumbarton Oaks)
Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
designs (concepts)
maintenance
students
Outdoor education
roads
lawns (landscaped grass)
flower gardens
terraces (landscaped-site elements)
reflecting pools
gardens
Washington (D.C.)
planting
evergreens
trees
shrubs
forsythia
Buxus (genus)
crabapple (plant)
cherry (plant)
flowers (plants)
roses
hedges
nurseries (horticulture)
yew
Hollies
oaks
costs
Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959. Plant book for Dumbarton Oaks.
University of Chicago
Princeton University
Yale University
School field trips
School children
Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts of America
installations (exhibitions)
botanical illustrations
illustrations (layout features)
birds
administrative reports
books
Jones, Mary Cadwalader
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number D:BF 1941.12.15
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, December 15, 1941
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Service Court
Green Garden
Entrance Drive
South Lawn
Ellipse
Forsythia Dell
Rose Garden
Catalogue House
South Side of House
Fountain Terrace
Herbaceous Border
Lovers’ Lane Pool
House Interiors
Crabapple Hill
North Vista
Cherry Hill
Date
1941
Work types
correspondence

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