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Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, May 1, 1946

 
Accession number B:AS 1946.05.01
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, May 1, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Catalogue House
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter discusses the enclosed check is to be used for the purchase of prints for the Catalogue House in the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and informs Anne Sweeney of the receipt of two books and the delay of one.

There are between 300-500 garden visitors expected from the Women's Farm and Garden Group [Woman's National Farm and Garden Association] while at the same time a Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposium on Hagia Sophia is going on.

Copy of letter, unsigned. Original and enclosed check not in collection.

Probably sent by Anne Sweeney based on an exchange of letters on similar topics, B:IMS 1946.04.26 and B:AS 1946.04.12.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

prints (visual works)
checks (bank checks)
books
New York Botanical Garden
botanical illustrations
Wherry, Edgar Theodore, 1885-. Guide to eastern ferns.
Broun, Maurice, 1906-1979. Index to North American ferns.
Scribner Book Store
Chase, Agnes, 1869-1963. First book of grasses.
Thacher, John
Farrand, Beatrix (1872-1959)
Boston (Mass.)
symposia (conferences)
visitors
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
autumn
summer (season)
Woman's National Farm and Garden Association
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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