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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks, July 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944

 
Accession number C4:1944.07.01
Alternative title Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), July 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944
Creator
Garden Area
Green Garden
Date
1944 - 1945
Work types
invoices
receipts (financial records)
expense accounts
correspondence

Description

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, July 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944 listing charges for professional services related to office activities such as writing an article for Landscape Architecture; having Ruth Havey visit Reef Point; and working on paving designs for the Green Garden. Charges for office expenses include a secretary's time and bookkeeping. Included are purchases for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and book purchases made on the book account.

Stamped, "Paid Mar. 21, 1945, check no. 4921." Date crossed out and replaced with handwritten date of Dec. 29, 1944.

Second page has "JST copy" written in upper left corner; probably refers to John S. Thacher's copy.

Unsigned, but written on Beatrix Farrand letterhead.

Undated, probably created between 1944-1945.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

expense accounts
financial records
invoices
receipts (financial records)
notes
planting
Havey, Ruth, 1899-1980
Landscape architecture
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
paving
designs (concepts)
secretaries (clerical workers)
bookkeeping
checks (bank checks)
Seeds
Flowers
bulbs (plants)
Narcissus bulbs
Iris (genus)
tulips
Hyacinthus (genus)
flowers (plants)
Lilium (genus)
photographic prints
negatives (photographic)
books
Davids & Royston Bulb Co.
Oregon Bulb Farms
George Lawler (firm)
Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc.
Wm. J. Jones & Co.
Macmillan Company
Oxford University Press
J. Horace McFarland Company
Grout, A. J. (Abel Joel), 1867-
Thacher, John
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number C4:1944.07.01
Alternative title Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), July 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944
Creator
Garden Area
Green Garden
Date
1944 - 1945
Work types
invoices
receipts (financial records)
expense accounts
correspondence

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