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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, July 19, 1944

 
Accession number B:BF 1944.07.19
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, July 19, 1944
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Beech Terrace
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence

Description

Discusses receiving letters from Mrs. Bliss and Mr. Van Rensselaer, postcards from Stewart Brothers negatives and a photograph taken by William Gray of the "hopeless looking slope of red clay east of the gorgeous beech [tree] on the Beech Terrace" to be a part of the record book.

Maxtrix (Max and Beatrix Farrand) send devotions to Milrob (Mildred and Robert Bliss).

Typewritten letter on Beatrix Farrand letterhead.

Marked as received [July] 22, [1944].

Handwritten signature of "Trix" in black ink.

Carbon copy of letter also included in collection.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Stewart Bros. Photographers
postcards
negatives (photographic)
photographs
lists (document genres)
terraces (landscaped-site elements)
Reef Point (cape)
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
Bryce, James
letters (correspondence)
Gray, William J.
Lassiter, William, 1867-1959
Delafield, Lewis L.
Dumbarton Oaks
picture postcards
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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