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Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, September 6, 1946

 
Accession number B:MB 1946.09.06
Alternative title Letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, September 6, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1946
Work types
notes
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter discussing a visit with Maunsell van Rensselaer and matters concerning the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens such as hiring an assistant to relieve the director, a publications program, plans for a director's house, and holding on plans for another entrance.

Copy of original letter, unsigned. Original lacking in collection. Includes handwritten notes listing publications to consider for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in Mildred Bliss' handwriting.

At head of typewritten letter in pencil: "Mrs. Farrand." At head of notes: "Fri - Sept 13 at Bot. [Botanic] Gdn [Garden] -."

Title created by cataloger.

 

Subjects

Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
health
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
meetings
publications
leaflets (printed works)
houses
blueprints (reprographic copies)
assistants
Bullard, Sellar, 1886-1964
Lancaster, Louis
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Wing, L. Stuart
Vivien, C.L.
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.),
Accession number B:MB 1946.09.06
Alternative title Letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, September 6, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1946
Work types
notes
correspondence

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