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Isabelle Stover to Mildred Bliss, July 26, 1947

 
Accession number B:IMS 1947.07.26
Alternative title Letter from Isabelle Stover to Mildred Bliss, July 26, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter informs Mildred Bliss that Beatrix Farrand is having an attack of lumbago; offers Beatrix Farrand's apologies for a lack of response to Mildred Bliss' letter of July 7, 1947; thanks her for a check for $300; and mentions that Beatrix Farrand plans on coordinating with Anne Sweeney when she arrives at Reef Point on book purchases for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.

On Beatrix Farrand's Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead with handwritten signature of Isabelle M. Stover. Letter probably sent on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Receipt enclosed is no longer with letter.

Marked as received [July] 30, [1947].

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Farrand, Beatrix (1872-1959)
health
illness
Fatigue
checks (bank checks)
receipts (financial records)
books
rare books
Clark, Ethel Burnet
Patterson, Robert W. (1905-1988)
Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
libraries (institutions)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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