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Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, September 13, 1944

 
Accession number B:AS 1944.09.13
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, September 13, 1944
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
32nd Street
Catalogue House
Date
1944
Work types
book lists
correspondence

Description

Discusses Anne Sweeney's return following vacation, her visit to the New York Botanical Garden to discuss recommended books, her contact with James Bryce about postcards, garden tours being on hold during the Dumbarton Oaks Conversations, and the arrival of three garden books for the library at Dumbarton Oaks. The three books are: How plants get their names; Ornamental American shrubs; and My friend the rose.

An exhibition catalog was produced from the exhibit that commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Dumbarton Oaks Conversations titled, Dumbarton Oaks Conversations, 1944-1994.

Includes a book list of "recommended books by Librarian at N.Y. Botanical Gardens."

Mentions having in mind a "Greek quotation" on the Museum Building.

Refers to receiving letters by Beatrix Farrand dated September 6, 1944, September 11, 1944, August 7, 1944 and August 15, 1944. The last received while Anne Sweeney was in New York, and it is lacking in the Collection.

Carbon copy of original.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

gardens
guides (people)
Garden tours
botanical gardens
grass (plant material)
postcards
books
titles (documents)
authors
flowers (plants)
shrubs
roses
Greek (language)
Russell, Ellis
New York Botanical Garden
Bryce, James
Merrill, Elmer D. (Elmer Drew), 1876-1956
letters (correspondence)
symposia (conferences)
Conversations on International Organization (1944 : Washington, D.C.)
Dumbarton Oaks
bibliographies
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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