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Phillips, Caroline Drayton , 1880-1965

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1965

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Letter and translated Latin inscriptions from Caroline Phillips, 3501 Newark St., Washington, D.C. to Mildred Bliss, July 9, 1933 Digital

File — Box B: 1, Folder: 29Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:CP 1933.07.09
Scope and Contents:

Handwritten and signed letter on personal letterhead including Italian translations of inscriptions from Dante's Purgatorio XXVIII-139; XXVIII-16; and XXIV-145. Written near personal letterhead, Highover, North Beverly, Mass. is written, 3501 Newark? St., Washington, D.C.

Letter from Caroline Phillips, Highover, North Beverly, Mass. to Mildred Bliss, May 24, 1933 Digital

File — Box B: 1, Folder: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:CP 1933.05.24
Scope and Contents:

Handwritten letter and signature on personal letterhead.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, June 12, 1939 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 62Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1939.06.12
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for her delightful lecture at Dumbarton Oaks. The Georgetown neighbors enjoyed it. She reports that Caroline Phillips has arrived at Highover, North Beverly. Mildred has received a letter from Philip Lucking at Casa Dorinda that she encloses for Beatrix Farrand. The enclosed letter no longer with this letter. She wishes Farrand luck with Oberlin and is eager to welcome her for her upcoming visit.

Memorandum to Mrs. Farrand, June 15, 1938 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 29Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.06.15
Scope and Contents: Typescript memorandum created by Mildred Bliss and sent to Beatrix Farrand based on Beatrix Farrand response letter of June 18, 1938. Mildred Bliss listed the progress for projects Dumbarton Oaks Garden for [William Gray's] memorial tablet, the finalities, metal frames in the Catalogue House, a full size detail of the garage lantern, the bases for the terracotta urns, the prospective trellis, stepping stones for the Lilac Circle, finials on the south wall and polychroming of the floors of...

Papers of Caroline Drayton Phillips, 1897-1961

Collection Identifier: MC 560
Overview:

Diaries and papers of Caroline Astor Drayton Phillips, wife of career diplomat William Phillips, mother of six children, and lifelong diarist.

Postcard from C. D. P., 3501 Newark St. N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3101 R. Street, Georgetown, D.C., July 10, 1933 Digital

File — Box B: 1, Folder: 30Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:CP 1933.07.10
Scope and Contents:

Postcard with handwritten note and signature by C.D.P. (Caroline D. Phillips) to Mildred Bliss offering the address of Mrs. F. [Frederick] Winslow, 275 Clarendon St., Boston Mass., who created the Greek translation for the Beatrix Farrand dedication in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Green Garden.