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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, September 1, 1944

 
Accession number B:BF 1944.09.01
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence

Description

Discusses Beatrix Farrand's plan to visit Dumbarton Oaks, the request for funding pamphlet for the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens she will review, a book Mildred Bliss can disregard buying, and the state of the Guadalupe Cypress and King Albert Sequoia at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens according to Mr. Van Rensselaer. When Beatrix Farrand is done reviewing pamphlet, she will send directly on to Mr. Van Rensselaer.

Handwritten signature and postscript in black ink.

Letter received at Dumbarton Oaks, September, 5, 1944.

Letter on Beatrix Farrand's letterhead.

Carbon copy of letter also in Collection; two page letter on carbon is back to back on 1 leaf.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

books
acquisitions
pamphlets
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
drafts (documents)
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Dumbarton Oaks
travel
funding
trees
condition reports
Farrand, Max, 1869-1945
Burden, William
Thorne, Helen
Sequoia (genus)
Cupressus (genus)
botanical gardens
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C),
Accession number B:BF 1944.09.01
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence