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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 7, 1946

 
Accession number B:BF 1946.05.07
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 7, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence

Description

Handwritten letter informs Mildred Bliss of the recent visit Beatrix Farrand had with John Thacher to discuss the Dumbarton Oaks garden work after it was put off due to World War II. She reports that Robert Patterson and John Thacher have agreed to have Robert Patterson come to Dumbarton Oaks.

She also asks Mildred Bliss to offer her approval for Sellar Bullard to use capital funds for the construction of parking for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

Written from The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston.

Marked as received 8/5/46 [May 5, 1946].

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

meetings
Thacher, John
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
maintenance
Plants
World War, 1939-1945
Bullard, Sellar, 1886-1964
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Boston, Massachusetts)
construction (assembling)
parking (area)
capital (economic concept)
funding
Aging
health
Patterson, Robert W. (1905-1988)
consulting
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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