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Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, October 7, 1947

 
Accession number B:AS 1947.10.07
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, October 7, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter informs that all books from recent orders for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library have been received in good condition. Anne Sweeney has spoken to Ethel Clark about garden books in the Rare Book Room and sent an updated list to Isabelle M. Stover. She reports garden tour attendance has not been heavy, and she has not found a remedy to treat mold.

Copy of original letter sent with handwritten initials added in ink.

Mentions sending Isabelle M. Stover an additional page (p. 15) as an update to the list of books in the Rare Book Room under the care of Ethel Clark.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

books
libraries (institutions)
Dumbarton Oaks
rare books
mold (fungus)
Garden tours
gardens
visitors
flowers (plants)
Chrysanthemum (genus)
Clark, Ethel Burnet
Stover, Isabelle M.
lists (document genres)
bibliographies
summer (season)
autumn
weather
condition reports
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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