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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks, January 1, 1942 to June 30, 1942

 
Accession number C2:1942.01.01
Alternative title Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), January 1, 1942 to June 30, 1942
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Rose Garden
Herbaceous Border
North Vista
Date
1942
Work types
receipts (financial records)
expense accounts
correspondence
invoices

Description

Itemized report outlining expenses for professional services, assistant's time, traveling, office expenditures, and garden plants and seeds. Mentions planting at "Quarters"; North Vista and Herbaceous Border wall dummies; and Rose Garden changes and orders for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.

Includes a numbered receipt (#312) from Dartington Press Ltd.

Unsigned, but typewritten report on Beatrix Farrand letterhead. Probably created by Beatrix Farrand.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

administrative reports
roses
walls
mock-ups
plants
bulbs (plants)
letters (correspondence)
hours of labor
designs (concepts)
bookkeeping
annuals (plants)
perennials
consulting
Dartington Press, Ltd.
fire pumps
invoices
cost
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
books
rare books
Dumbarton Oaks
Seeds
Flowers
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number C2:1942.01.01
Alternative title Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), January 1, 1942 to June 30, 1942
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Rose Garden
Herbaceous Border
North Vista
Date
1942
Work types
receipts (financial records)
expense accounts
correspondence
invoices