BF 1941.11.24.pdf

Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, November 24, 1941

Accession number	B:BF 1941.11.24
Alternative title	Report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, November 24, 1941
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Harvard University
Garden Area	South Lawn North Vista Lovers’ Lane Pool Crabapple Hill Forsythia Dell Catalogue House South Side of House Entrance Drive Herbaceous Border Fountain Terrace Service Court Cherry Hill Ellipse Green Garden Rose Garden
Date	1941
Work types	correspondence

Description

Beatrix Farrand provides her insight as to how Harvard could adapt the Dumbarton Oaks gardens over time to better fit the institution's educational purposes. The report suggests the creation of a plant record book for Dumbarton Oaks [Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks] to provide guidance on "the types of planting that have seemed to be fitting and effective."

Typewritten report entitled, "Report Submitted to the Chairman of the Dumbarton Oaks Administrative Board, On the Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection." Dated November 24, 1941 and signed in black ink.

"Mrs. Bliss" penciled lightly on top of first page.

Typewritten copy of report included in collection. Typed separately on larger paper, 8.5" x 11"; unsigned.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Harvard University

Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)

Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962

Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969

Byzantine Collection (Dumbarton Oaks)

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art

designs (concepts)

lawns (landscaped grass)

flower gardens

terraces (landscaped-site elements)

reflecting pools

planting

evergreens

plants

trees

shrubs

forsythia

hedges

crabapple (plant)

cherry (plant)

azaleas

flowers

roses

nurseries (horticulture)

Buxus (genus)

yew

Hollies

oaks

greenhouses

costs

Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959. Plant book for Dumbarton Oaks.

University of Chicago

Princeton University

Yale University

Outdoor education

Garden tours

guides (people)

School children

School field trips

Boy Scouts of America

Girl Scouts of America

botanical illustrations

birds

reports

administrative reports

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.), DC

Accession number	B:BF 1941.11.24
Alternative title	Report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, November 24, 1941
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Harvard University
Garden Area	South Lawn North Vista Lovers’ Lane Pool Crabapple Hill Forsythia Dell Catalogue House South Side of House Entrance Drive Herbaceous Border Fountain Terrace Service Court Cherry Hill Ellipse Green Garden Rose Garden
Date	1941
Work types	correspondence

Index Terms

Harvard University → DO grounds policy 1941 report to → final

entrance drive or roads → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

Lovers' Lane Pool → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

North Vista → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

evergreens → sense of withdrawal from nearby streets and

Fellows at DO → evergreens for boundary shields for

lawns → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

Green Garden → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

trees → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

shrubs → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

forsythia hollow → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

Box Ellipse → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

Crabapple Hill or Knoll → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

cherry slope (hill) → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

azaleas → white → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and

Fountain Terrace → flowers in, BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy

Rose Terrace or Garden → boxwood → encroaching on roses in

nursery → for Dumbarton Oaks → for replacing plants associated with

box bushes or boxwood → nursery for starting replacements for

yews → nursery for starting replacements for

oaks → at Dumbarton Oaks → nursery for starting replacements for

holly → nursery for starting replacements for

greenhouses at DO → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy on use of

visitors to DO gardens → encouragement of, BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy on

Catalogue House → after transition to Harvard → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy on

garden policy at DO → BF's 1941 report to Harvard on → final version

planting record book (Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks) → BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy on start of

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