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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, April 29, 1946

 
Accession number B:BF 1946.04.29
Alternative title Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, April 29, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence

Description

Handwritten letter thanking Mildred Bliss for all the winters Beatrix and Max Farrand spent in the cottage at the Valley Club of Montecito. Beatrix Farrand mentions that she is meeting with John Thacher in Boston to discuss a plan of care and rehabilitation of Dumbarton Oaks after the War years; and reports on Santa Barbara Botanic Garden matters and decisions.

Marked as received, May 1/[19]46.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Valley Club of Montecito (Montecito, Calif.)
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Fatigue
World War, 1939-1945
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
retirement
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
libraries (institutions)
plaques (flat objects)
funding
parking (area)
membership
visitors
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
health
telegrams
Walter, Clementine
Thank-you notes
Thacher, John
Boston (Mass.)
agendas (administrative records)
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
donations
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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