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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1947 (1)

 
Accession number B:BF 1947.05.26
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter thanks Mildred Bliss for sending a postcard and news of Elizabeth Lindsay's health. She inquires of her summer plans and whether a meeting is possible if she is in New York or Boston. Beatrix Farrand requests Garden Club of America exhibition catalog as she has been craving it.

Handwritten in upper right in ink "Milrob" although letter is intended for Mildred Bliss and probably not Mildred and Robert Bliss.

Marked as received in pencil 27/5/47 [May 27, 1947].

On Beatrix Farrand's Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

postcards
Lindsay, Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt, 1885-1954
catalogs (documents)
exhibitions
New York (N.Y.)
Boston (Mass.)
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Arnold Arboretum
garden clubs
Ability. Influence of age on
Age
meetings
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number B:BF 1947.05.26
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence