Wilson, Helen Van Pelt, 1901-2003
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Alden Hopkins to Helen Van Pelt Wilson, Center Street, Westport, Connecticut, March 24, 1959 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Alden Hopkins
File — Box: F, Folder: 1, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F1:Hopkins 1959.03.24
Scope and Contents:
Copy of typescript letter from Alden Hopkins to Helen Van Pelt Wilson thanks her for her letter of March 16 and tells her he is delighted when she comes to visit at Williamsburg and looks forward to more of her visits. He tells her they could meet at Dumbarton Oaks to discuss the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens for an article she is writing for Flower Grower magazine. He would be in town for a talk he was giving at the Washington Club on April 7, 1959 and hopes it is possible to introduce her to...
Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 31, 1959 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Alden Hopkins
File — Box: F, Folder: 1, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F1:Hopkins 1959.03.31
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter with handwritten signature by Alden Hopkins to Mildred Bliss tells her it was a pleasure meeting with her during his last visit to Dumbarton Oaks and going over the landscape of the Ellipse and it's planting and design problems. He is planning on being at Dumbarton Oaks on April 7. He has an appointment with Helen Van Pelt Wilson who is the author of numerous garden books and who wants to gather material for an article in Flower Grower Magazine on Dumbarton Oaks. He feels...
Letter from Helen Van Pelt Wilson, 65 Center Street, Westport, Connecticut to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, August 19 between 1933-1960 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, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 122Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Wilson 19xx.08.19
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten letter from Helen Van Pelt Wilson to Mildred Bliss tells her she has already spent many happy contemplative hours in Mildred's gardens. Yet, Margaret Baillie who is advising Wilson on her garden tells her she has missed the outdoor theater, so that must be seen on Wilson's next visit. It is always fascinating to know the person behind the garden, the one whose personality it reflects. Wilson was grateful to have an opportunity to go over Mildred's garden with her. She used the...