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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, March 26, 1947

 
Accession number B:BF 1947.03.26
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, March 26, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence

Description

Handwritten letter asking Mildred Bliss if she had received an earlier letter discussing Beatrix Farrand's need to retire from her position with Dumbarton Oaks and the gardens and informing her that notes on the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens had been sent to Anne Sweeney. Beatrix Farrand's reports on individuals in the Santa Barbara area some associated to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

On Beatrix Farrand's, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California letterhead.

Marked as received, [Mar] 28/47 [March 28, 1947].

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Dumbarton Oaks
retirement
letters (correspondence)
Age and employment
Age
Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959. Plant book for Dumbarton Oaks.
Sweeney, Anne
Thacher, John
Fithian, Anne
gardens (open spaces)
Gould, Josephine
health
illness
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Moran, Reid
boards of directors
Lindsay, Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt, 1885-1954
Boston (Mass.)
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Cutting, Olivia M.
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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