Milliken, Agnes, 1887-1970

Person

Biography

Agnes Gayley Milliken was married to Gerrish Milliken, a president of Deering Milliken Inc., textiles. She had two sons, Roger and Gerrish H. Jr. and three daughters, Baronessa Anne Milliken Franchetti of Rome and Mrs. W. B. Milliken Dixon Stroud, and Margaret, who died in 1939. She had two sisters, Countess Mary Senni of Rome and Mrs. Henry E, Montgomery of Greenwich. She is buried with her husband in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., May 28, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher / Sub-Group: Correspondence

File — Box D: 2, Folder: 52Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.05.28B

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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher requests permission for Anne Milliken daughter of Gerrish and Agnes Milliken to swim in the pool during her stay in Washington, D.C. She is working in the Navy Intelligence Department as long as they need her. She asks him to send her a note telling her she can use the Dumbarton Oaks pool. Her address is: 2912 Dumbarton Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Sandy, Oregon, July 10, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Plant Materials and Beatrix Farrand Agent Accounts / Sub-Group: Beatrix Farrand Correspondence on Plant Material

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1942.07.10

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Copy of letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms discusses Narcissus Maude Adams bulbs for Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken and bulbs for the National Gallery of Art. Beatrix Farrand tells him she looks forward to telling him about the ways his bulbs are used in different universities and how much pleasure they give.

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

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss / Sub-Group: Correspondence

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 Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 15, 1942 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 56Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.07.15

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Handsigned letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, to Beatrix Farrand says he is very glad to send Agnes Milliken the Narcissus, Maude Adams. It would be an honor for his bulbs to be at the National Gallery of Art, and will hold orders for others in order to fill the National Gallery of Art request.