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Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, July 14, 1947

 
Accession number B:AS 1947.07.14
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, July 14, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Catalogue House
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter informs Beatrix Farrand that her letter of July 9, 1947 was received. Anne Sweeney agrees to the dates for a visit to Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, and expresses she is eagerly looking forward to seeing and talking with her. She wants to talk over the replacement of materials for the Catalogue House, the future Garden Information Center, and book purchases. When Anne Sweeney arrives in Boston after her visit at Reef Point, she would like to see Harvard University buildings, library and the famous Agassiz flowers, a collection of glass flowers.

Copy of original, unsigned. Probably sent by Anne Sweeney as this letter was a response to a letter sent to her by Beatrix Farrand.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

gardens
azaleas
libraries (institutions)
Arnold Arboretum
Carpenter, Alberta S.
travel
Railroad travel
transportation
checks (bank checks)
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Garland, Amy Magdalene
Garland, Lewis
Patterson, Robert W. (1905-1988)
Spaulding, Marion I.
Stover, Isabelle M.
Walter, Clementine
Boston (Mass.)
Harvard University
Harvard University. Library
Glass flowers
books
purchasing
Washington (D.C.)
humidity
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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