Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovitch, 1870-1952
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1870 - 1952
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Barbara Sessions, 2 Brookside Avenue, Claremont, N.H. to Robert Woods Bliss, June 25, 1943 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, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Barbara Sessions
File — Box H, Folder: 2, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H2:Sessions 1943.06.25
Scope and Contents:
Typescript copy of a letter written in longhand sent from Barbara Sessions, Dumbarton Oaks Librarian, to Robert Woods Bliss responding to his letter about her health and return to Dumbarton Oaks for the fall term. She says it touches her that he and the other members of the Board [Administrative Committee] have been thinking of her. She feels that rate of progress of recovery from her illness does not securely promise a return to full usefulness when the new term begins. She believes she can...
Letter from Robert Woods Bliss, 2750 Que Street N.W., Washington, D.C. to Barbara Sessions, Claremont, N.H., June 14, 1943 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, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Barbara Sessions
File — Box H, Folder: 2, item: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H2:RB 1943.06.14
Scope and Contents:
Copy of typescript letter from Robert Woods Bliss to Barbara Sessions, Librarian at Dumbarton Oaks, sharing his and Mildred Bliss' distress that Barbara needed to go to the hospital after arriving in Claremont, New Hampshire. He expresses their concern was lessened after hearing she had been out and about. They hope to receive glowing accounts of her "diggings" and to learn that the change of scene and air was beneficial. He mentions that during a recent meeting of the Administrative...