Isabelle Stover to Anne Sweeney, May 19, 1948
| Accession number | B:IMS 1948.05.19 |
|---|---|
| Alternative title | Letter from Isabelle Stover to Anne Sweeney, May 19, 1948 |
| Sender | |
| Recipient | |
| Garden Area |
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
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| Date |
1948
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| Work types |
correspondence
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Description
Typewritten letter reports William Helburn, Inc. has sent the book, by Marcel Fouquier, De l'art des jardins du XVe au XXe siècle, to Dumbarton Oaks. Includes a list of books Beatrix Farrand wants to order for the library. A good book on evergreens is one by Liberty Hyde Bailey, The cultivated conifers according to the Arnold Arboretum librarian.
Isabelle Stover mentions the weather is "colder than Greenland" and rainy in Bar Harbor, Maine.
On Beatrix Farrand's, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead.
Handwritten signature and postscript by Isabelle M. Stover. Letter probably written on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.
Pencilled notations indicating whether the book title was already owned Dumbarton Oaks probably by Anne Sweeney after receiving letter.
Title created by cataloger.
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| Accession number | B:IMS 1948.05.19 |
|---|---|
| Alternative title | Letter from Isabelle Stover to Anne Sweeney, May 19, 1948 |
| Sender | |
| Recipient | |
| Garden Area |
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
|
| Date |
1948
|
| Work types |
correspondence
|