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Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, March 26, 1941

 
Accession number D:BF 1941.03.26
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, March 26, 1941
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Service Court
Date
1941
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter regarding Beatrix Farrand's impending trip to Dumbarton Oaks, declining an invitation to stay there during her stay. She mentions John Thacher's planned trip to California, acknowledging receipt of his telegram regarding the trip's dates in the postscript. Telegram lacking in collection.

Returned sketch of the lanterns in the Service Court (GD E-2-11A) originally included with the letter.

Typewritten letter on Beatrix Farrand's San Marino, California letterhead. Signed in black ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

San Marino (Calif.)
Hospitality
consulting
Dumbarton Oaks
travel
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Conversation
sketches
lanterns (lighting devices)
illness
spring (season)
Washington (D.C.)
Moving, Household
Luggage Packing
Focillon, Henri, 1881-1943
meetings
telegrams
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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