Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney, October 12, 1945
| Accession number | B:BF 1945.10.12 |
|---|---|
| Alternative title | Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney, October 12, 1945 |
| Sender | |
| Recipient | |
| Garden Area |
Orangery
Entrance Drive
|
| Date |
1945
|
| Work types |
correspondence
|
Description
Typewritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney responding to Anne Sweeney's letter of October 3, 1945. It discusses modeling a leaflet for Dumbarton Oaks Gardens after one for the Arnold Arboretum; photographs similar to the Huntington Library should be sold at Dumbarton Oaks; the purchase of garden books for the library; Beatrix Farrand's dissatisfaction with the postcards being sold; the planting record book (Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks) and who might illustrate it; and creating a walkway to the Orangery off the entrance drive.
Handwritten signature in ink.
Typed on Beatrix Farrand's, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, letterhead.
Handwritten corrections in pencil noted.
Title created by cataloger.
Subjects
agendas (administrative records)
Thacher, John
leaflets (printed works)
Morton Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum
photographs
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Stewart Bros. Photographers, 1924-
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
expense accounts
books
postcards
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Dumbarton Oaks
Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959. Plant book for Dumbarton Oaks.
orangeries
walkways
walks
prints (visual works)
illustration (process)
illustrations (layout features)
rest rooms
letters (correspondence)
Collection
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
Repository
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
| Accession number | B:BF 1945.10.12 |
|---|---|
| Alternative title | Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney, October 12, 1945 |
| Sender | |
| Recipient | |
| Garden Area |
Orangery
Entrance Drive
|
| Date |
1945
|
| Work types |
correspondence
|