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Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, June 23, 1941 (1)

 
Accession number D:BF 1941.06.23
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, June 23, 1941
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1941
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter clarifying Beatrix Farrand's salary and how it is to be paid. Beatrix Farrand also discusses other budget matters, such as maintenance costs for the gardens that should be accounted for in the budget and making the garden grounds available for school field trips to maintain Dumbarton Oaks' tax exemption for educational purposes.

Typewritten letter on Beatrix Farrand's San Marino, California letterhead. Address crossed out and "Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine" typed beside it. Signature in black ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Bar Harbor (Me.)
Dumbarton Oaks
Harvard University
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
California
Carpenter, Alberta S.
Bryce, James
Sessions, Barbara
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Farrand, Max, 1869-1945
salaries
expense accounts
health
illness
maintenance
repairing
budgets
School children
School field trips
Tax exemption
construction (assembling)
research libraries (institutions)
libraries (rooms)
travel
Salmon fishing
Luncheons
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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