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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, November 21, 1946

 
Accession number B:BF 1946.11.21
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, November 21, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter informs Mildred Bliss that Beatrix Farrand and Clementine Walter are now settled in Santa Barbara. Beatrix Farrand has already met with Sellar Bullard about a report which includes a garden plan and sketch for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. She would like Mildred's opinion on the report when she receives it. She reports on changes to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden since last Spring which included the start of a survey to document the garden and grounds. The next meeting of the Board is December 20, 1946.

Letter dictated to Miss Katherine Miller. Hand signed with postscript by Beatrix Farrand.

On Beatrix Farrand's, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California letterhead.

Letter marked as received [November] 25 [1946].

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Valley Club of Montecito (Montecito, Calif.)
houses
Walter, Clementine
Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959. Plant book for Dumbarton Oaks.
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Bullard, Sellar, 1886-1964
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
plans (orthographic projections)
sketches
administrative reports
trees
Flowering trees
planting
meadows
gardeners
glazing (coating)
greenhouses
surveys (documents)
land surveys
meetings
libraries (buildings)
autumn
rain
Sycamores
Coreopsis
Plants
physicians
Miller, Katherine
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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