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Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

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Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Announcement of the The Huntington Library's publication of "The Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1905-1949, 1949 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Huntington Botanical Gardens 1949
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Typescript publication announcement from the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery about "The Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1905-1949 by William Hertrick. Written in pencil: received July 5, 1949.

Book orders from Rose Willgoose to Office of Publications, Huntington Library, San Marino 15, California and paid receipts from the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California, March 16 - May 9, 1949 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:MB 1949.03.16
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Copies of typescript book orders from Rose A. Willgoose, Mildred Bliss's secretary to the Office of Publications, Huntington Library and paid receipts for books sent.

Exchange of letters between C.I. Denison and Ralph J. Gifford, Friends of The Huntington Library, San Marino 9, California, January 13 - March 11, 1956 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Denison 1956.03.11
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from C.I. Denison to representatives of the Friends of the Huntington Library requests the illustrated catalog of the Lipton Collection of old silver to be sent to Mildred Bliss. A payment is enclosed. A typescript response letter from Ralph Jenner Gifford of the Friends of the Huntington Library to Mildred Bliss informs her that a complimentary copy of the catalog is being sent; payment is being returned; and a renewal of membership notification is being sent. A...

Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1949-1956

Sub-Group — Box: F, Folder: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
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Includes correspondence from the Huntington Library to Mildred Bliss as a Member of the Friends of the Huntington Library; issues of the "News of Huntington Library publications"; correspondence to or from Mildred Bliss or her office staff concerning the purchase of Huntington Library publications or brochures.

Leaflet for Friends of the Huntington Library for tax deductible membership benefit and member recommendations, January 6, 1955 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Friends Huntington contribution
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Leaflet likely came with membership renewal letter in 1954 which was intended for Mildred Bliss.

Leaflet of The Nature of Science and other lectures by Edwin Hubble and paid receipt from the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino 9, California to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington 7, D.C., 1954 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Nature of Science
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Leaflet of "The nature of science and other lectures" by Edwin Hubble and for sale by the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Includes a paid receipt sent from the library to Mildred Bliss.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University, 3101 R Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 8, 1941 Digital

File — Box D: 1, Folder: 26Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.03.08
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher in response to his letter (D:JT 1941.03.04). Beatrix Farrand elaborates on garden projects enumerated in an earlier letter attempting to answer or express her opinion regarding each. Includes a copy of Beatrix Farrand's letter to Paul Sachs regarding dates for her next visit to Dumbarton Oaks (D:BF 1941.03.08B). She mentions her husband, Max Farrand's is resigning from the Huntington Library which is occupying...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Collection, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., March 18, 1941 Digital

File — Box D: 1, Folder: 29Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.03.18
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher details the dates of Beatrix Farrand's next planned trip to Dumbarton Oaks and topics she and John Thacher plan to discuss. Specifically, Mildred Bliss' wishes for the Orangery and the drawing room to be part of the discussion. She also plans to work with James Bryce and Anne Sweeney on the Catalogue House while Thacher is away on Harvard business. Beatrix Farrand discusses the health of Robert Bliss and Henri...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Paul J. Sachs, Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University, 3101 R Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 8, 1941 Digital

File — Box D: 1, Folder: 27Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.03.08B
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Paul Sachs in response to his letter (D:PJS 1941.02.20). Beatrix Farrand explains a delay in sending notes for their next meeting as her husband, Max Farrand, had recently retired. She suggests tentative dates for her next visit to Dumbarton Oaks. Heavily penciled "Jack" in the top left corner indicates that Paul Sachs may have wanted John Thacher to provide a response.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3101 "R" Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1940 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 76Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1940.02.13
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "Blessed One" [Mildred Bliss] advises Robert Woods Bliss not to join the Torrey Botanical Club. She updates Mildred on a conversation she had with Claude Kennerly about the tree cutting by the California State Relief Administration. Beatrix will take a stab at drafting an agreement which she will pass by Ellis Russell and Lewis Delafield. Max Farrand thanks Mildred for her commendation on the Friends of the Huntington Library report. She...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 24, 1942 Digital

File — Box D: 2, Folder: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.02.24
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for his two recent letters. She asks him to jog her memory if he fails to hear from Mildred Bliss in a ten day interval about the salary for Anne Sweeney (Catalogue House Division). She reports that the orchids from the Director's House in Pasadena [Huntington Library and Art Gallery] will be sent in April when the weather is more conducive for their transit. She conveys Mildred Bliss's doubts about...

Letter from Clifford Peterson, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino 15, California to Rose A. Willgoose, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., February 6, 1950 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Peterson 1950.02.06
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Clifford Peterson from the publications office at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery responds to Rose A. Willgoose about a copy of Hertrich's Huntington Botanical Gardens which according to his records was already mailed together with the book, Mark Twain to Mrs Fairbanks to Dumbarton Oaks Library on May 24, 1949. Copy of letter also sent to Ralph J. Gifford.

Letter from Homer D. Crotty, Friends of the Huntington Library, San Marino 15, California to fellow member, December 29, 1949 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Friends Huntington 1949.12.29
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Typescript letter from Homer D. Crotty, Secretary of the Friends of the Huntington Library to fellow member (most likely Mildred Bliss) offering a report to the membership and soliciting membership renewal for the year 1950.

Letter from Homer D. Crotty, Friends of the Huntington Library, San Marino 15, California to fellow member, December 31, 1951 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Friends Huntington 1951.12.31
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Typescript letter from Homer D. Crotty, Secretary, Friends of the Huntington Library to fellow member (most likely Mildred Bliss) offering a report to the membership and soliciting membership renewal for the year 1952.

Letter from Homer D. Crotty, Friends of the Huntington Library, San Marino 15, California to fellow member, December 31, 1952 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Friends Huntington 1952.12.31
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Typescript letter from Homer D. Crotty, Secretary, Friends of the Huntington Library to fellow member (most likely Mildred Bliss) offering a report to the membership and soliciting membership renewal for the year 1953. An acknowledgement of membership payment is included.

Letter from Homer D. Crotty, Friends of the Huntington Library, San Marino 15, California to fellow member, December 31, 1957 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Friends Huntington 1957.12.31
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Typescript letter from Homer D. Crotty, Secretary, Friends of the Huntington Library to fellow member (most likely Mildred Bliss) offering a report to the membership and soliciting membership renewal for the year 1958.

Letter from Rose A. Willgoose to representatives at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino 15, Calfornia, January 25, 1950 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:MB 1950.01.25
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Copy of typescript letter from Rose A. Willgoose on behalf of Mildred Bliss to the Henry E. Huntington Libary and Art Gallery sends a check for membership renewal and inquiries about a requested copy of William Hertrich's History of the Huntington Botanical Garden. The library's response is correspondence, F2:Peterson 1950.02.06.

List of The Huntington Library Publications to be published May-June 1949, approximately March 1949 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:Huntington Publ 1949.05.xx
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Includes correspondence from the Huntington Library to Mildred Bliss as a Member of the Friends of the Huntington Library; issues of the "News of Huntington Library publications"; correspondence to or from Mildred Bliss or her office staff concerning the purchase of Huntington Library publications or brochures.

News of Huntington Library Publications, 4th year, 2nd number, December 1948-January 1949 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:News Huntington Publ 1949.01.xx
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Includes correspondence from the Huntington Library to Mildred Bliss as a Member of the Friends of the Huntington Library; issues of the "News of Huntington Library publications"; correspondence to or from Mildred Bliss or her office staff concerning the purchase of Huntington Library publications or brochures.

News of Huntington Library Publications, 4th year, 3d number, March - April 1949 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:News Huntington Publ 1949.03.xx
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Includes correspondence from the Huntington Library to Mildred Bliss as a Member of the Friends of the Huntington Library; issues of the "News of Huntington Library publications"; correspondence to or from Mildred Bliss or her office staff concerning the purchase of Huntington Library publications or brochures.

News of Huntington Library Publications, 5th year, 1st number, September - October 1949 Digital

File — Box: F, Folder: 2, item: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F2:News Huntington Publ 1949.09.xx
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Includes correspondence from the Huntington Library to Mildred Bliss as a Member of the Friends of the Huntington Library; issues of the "News of Huntington Library publications"; correspondence to or from Mildred Bliss or her office staff concerning the purchase of Huntington Library publications or brochures.