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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, February 11, 1946

 
Accession number B:BF 1946.02.11
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, February 11, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter discussing board changes for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Sellar Bullard, who has replaced General William Lassiter as president, would like to meet with Mildred Bliss if during his travel east, he comes to Washington, D.C. Maunsell van Rensselaer's doctor has ordered him to take three weeks leave.

Handwritten signature by secretary on behalf of Beatrix Farrand, "Beatrix Farrand, (Mrs. Farrand asked me to sign this letter so that it might evoke an earlier post), HI[?]."

On Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California letterhead.

Letter marked as received 14 [February 1946].

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Lassiter, William, 1867-1959
Bullard, Sellar, 1886-1964
Kellam, Frederick Benjamin, 1865-1953
Lancaster, Louis
Body, William
travel
gifts
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
Rest
health
illness
Ceanothus
shrubs
Washington (D.C.)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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