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Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, October 28, 1946

 
Accession number B:MB 1946.10.28
Alternative title Letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, October 28, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Herbaceous Border
Dumbarton Oaks Park
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter responding to a letter sent to her by Beatrix Farrand and discusses Dumbarton Oaks garden matters; Anne Sweeney's position; feelings on the Odilon Redon painting; upcoming meeting between Beatrix Farrand and John Thacher in Boston; Santa Barbara Botanic Garden director's house; and Dumbarton Oaks Park matters. She reports on the health of Annie Louise Bliss Warren, sister of Robert Bliss.

Mildred Bliss suggests the name "Dumbarton Brook" instead of "D.O. Park" as it maintains the Dumbarton, yet eliminates the confusion with the name Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
funding
Secrets
Thacher, John
Patterson, Robert W. (1905-1988)
consulting
cost
expenses
Bryce, James
communication (function)
Sweeney, Anne
payrolls
Boston (Mass.)
meetings
Redon, Odilon (French painter and printmaker, 1840-1916)
paintings (visual works)
oil paintings (visual works)
gifts
Colony Club (New York, N.Y.)
Railroad travel
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
houses
Lancaster, Louis
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
Warren, Annie Louise
health
illness
Lilies
Magnolia (genus)
Flowers
Warren, Charles, 1868-1954
Chrysanthemum (genus)
Dumbarton Oaks Park (Washington, D.C.)
Rivers
Walter, Clementine
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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