Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from C. Stuart Gager, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1939 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 49Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Gager 1939.11.09
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from C. Stuart Gager, Director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to Mildred Bliss tells her it gave him much pleasure for Mrs. Gager and him to meet Mildred at Dumbarton Oaks and see "your beautiful plantations." While walking about in the gardens with Bryce [James Bryce] it occurred to him that a name that applies to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden would also apply to Dumbarton Oaks, "Gardens within a Garden." It was not only a pleasure to see this...
Letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 10, 1942 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Plant Materials and Beatrix Farrand Agent Accounts
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Sub-Group:
Beatrix Farrand Correspondence on Plant Material
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 58Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.08.10
Scope and Contents:
Handsigned typescript letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand acknowledges the problem with daffodil order for the National Gallery of Art. He is going to ship 300 bulbs to New York and if the request does not come through he tells Farrand to sell them or donate them to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Newspaper clipping "New Garden for Blind is Opened in Brooklyn" published in N.Y. Herald Tribune, July 31, 1955 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Gardens for the Blind
File — Box E, Folder: 14, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E14:NY Herald Tribune 1955.07.31
Scope and Contents:
Newspaper clipping published in the New York Herald Tribune, July 31, 1955 and titled, "New Garden for Blind Is Opened in Brooklyn". The article described a new fragrant garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.