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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, June 24, 1947

 
Accession number B:BF 1947.06.24
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, June 24, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter from Beatrix Farrand suggests to Mildred Bliss the name of the Montecito Secretarial Service located on East Valley Road as offering satisfactory service. She asks for Mildred Bliss' permission to purchase two rare books for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library, Notes on tulip species by W.R. Dykes and Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum by J.C. Loudon. Beatrix Farrand provides an update on the parking area progress for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. 

On Beatrix Farrand's Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead.

Handwritten signature in ink.

Marked as received, [June] 26, [1947].

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

secretaries (clerical workers)
Montecito Executive Services
books
Dumbarton Oaks
libraries (institutions)
catalogs (documents)
rare books
Sweeney, Anne
lists (document genres)
bibliographies
Bullard, Sellar, 1886-1964
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
parking (area)
construction (assembling)
trees
boards of directors
letters (correspondence)
Loudon, J.C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum
Dykes, William Rickatson, 1877-1925. Notes on tulip species
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number B:BF 1947.06.24
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, June 24, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence