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Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, December 5, 1946

 
Accession number B:AS 1946.12.05
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, December 5, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Herb Garden
Catalogue House
Orangery
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter discussing a conversation with Mr. Thacher about the Garden Guide's future work and tours, a planting list of the Dumbarton Oaks materials, and reorganizing the Orangery for a Garden Office of Information.

Second and third pages also sent to Robert Patterson, B:AS 1946.12.07.

Copy of original letter, unsigned, probably written by Anne Sweeney based on response to letter by Beatrix Farrand, B:BF 1947.01.01. Original lacking in collection.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

garden furniture
benches (furniture)
chairs (furniture forms)
books
postcards
paving
plants
visitors
maps (documents)
Plants
card catalogs
Sweeney, Anne
Patterson, Robert W. (1905-1988)
Thacher, John
Dumbarton Oaks
Conversation
autumn
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
money
teak (wood)
vines
gravel
pavements (surface elements)
tile (materials)
shrubs
trees
prints (visual works)
tablets (information artifacts)
libraries (institutions)
Garden tours
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number B:AS 1946.12.05
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, December 5, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Herb Garden
Catalogue House
Orangery
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence