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Baker, Anne (landscape architect)

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Anne Baker, 124, East 40th Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., December 7, 1933 Digital

File — Box B: 1, Folder: 49Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Baker 1933.12.07
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter on stamped Beatrix Farrand office letterhead. Anne Baker, assistant to Beatrix Farrand, is sending Mildred Bliss a print of the Loggia inscription with no change made in the size of the tablet. The inscription may have been for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Green Garden area for a dedication panel for Beatrix Farrand instead of the Loggia. She suggests Mildred Bliss present the lettering to the Greek scholar for size and suggestions, so the tablet will be done once...

Letter from Anne Baker to Mrs. Mildred Bliss, Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women, Groton, Massachusetts, February 9, 1934 Digital

File — Box B: 1, Folder: 55Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Baker 1934.02.09
Scope and Contents:

Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Anne Baker, a landscape architect in Beatrix Farrand's office following up on the inscription. She mentions that the acanthus leaves might lend greater support to the inscription panel than using oak leaves. Letter on Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women letterhead.

Letter from Mildred Bliss to Miss Baker, Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women, Groton, Massachusetts, February 16, 1934 Digital

File — Box B: 1, Folder: 56Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1934.02.16
Scope and Contents:

Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Anne Baker, a landscape architect in Beatrix Farrand's office, responding to Anne Baker's letter of February 9, 1933. Mildred Bliss says she wants the Beatrix Farrand inscription in place when Mrs. Farrand returns to Dumbarton Oaks unless it will delay work on the Aquarius fountain group [located in the Star Garden] or the swinging seats which would be nice to have when the warm weather arrives.