Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969

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Handwritten text for Western Union telegram from Mildred Bliss to Dorothy Miner inquiring about the location of Mrs. Christa Gaehde, manuscript conservator. She wants to know if Gaehde is still with the Walters Art Gallery or at Great Neck, Long Island. A typescript letter from Dorothy Miner to Mildred Bliss tells her about the excellent work done by Gaehde on conserving a particularly fragile manuscript at the Walters Gallery.

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Exchange of telegrams from Western Union and Postal telegraph between Sunny Forbes (Mrs. Alex C. Forbes) of Vogue Magazine and Mildred Bliss. Forbes wantes to do an feature on Dumbarton Oaks for Vogue Magazine, but Mildred Bliss says she cannot give her consent to do so.

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Correspondence from or to individuals or companies with a last name or name beginning with "F".

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Correspondence discussing the Dumbarton Oaks garden fellowships sent to Mildred Bliss or Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss.

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Letters and notes of appreciation for flowers sent by Mildred Bliss.

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Correspondence sent to Mildred Bliss from persons whose last name begins with "G".

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Correspondence to Mildred Bliss from Geoffrey A. Jellicoe, President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects offering information on the organization; V.S. Olive, letter and invoice billing for furniture restoration services; and Hubbert R. Quinter, Complete Insurance Service, providing an invoice for insurance coverage to ship books to London.

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Correspondence or published article or newsclippings related to gardens for the blind sent to Mildred Bliss. She had considered a garden for the blind or a scented garden in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, but it was never realized.

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Correspondence sent by or received by Mildred Bliss discussing the Grolier Club.

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Correspondence sent to Mildred Bliss from persons with a last name or organization beginning with "H"; an article on Hummingbirds; and a list of horticultural (plant) illustrations.

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Correspondence sent to Mildred Bliss from persons associated with the Harvard University Library and copies of pages published in The John Harvard Libary, 1959 providing an explanation of the establishment and relationship of the John Harvard Libary to the Belknap Press.

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Correspondence sent to Robert Woods Bliss or Mildred Bliss discussing Henri Focillon. One correspondence from Madame Focillon includes a newspaper clipping honoring Henri Focillon.

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Includes correspondence from the Huntington Library to Mildred Bliss as a Member of the Friends of the Huntington Library; issues of the "News of Huntington Library publications"; correspondence to or from Mildred Bliss or her office staff concerning the purchase of Huntington Library publications or brochures.

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Correspondence to Mildred Bliss from Geoffrey A. Jellicoe, President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects offering information on the organization; V.S. Olive, letter and invoice billing for furniture restoration services; and Hubbert R. Quinter, Complete Insurance Service, providing an invoice for insurance coverage to ship books to London.

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Handwritten invoice from Joe Lynch to Mildred Bliss for cleaning books at Dumbarton Oaks. Invoice paid on 6/26/1958.

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Signed handwritten letter from Isabelle Scudder Farrington to Mildred Bliss thanking her for being lovely to her friend, Mr. [Hamlin] Garland and for the tour of the garden. She sends an invitation to Mildred Bliss to attend Hamlin Garland's talk and garden tea at the Chevy Chase School and Junior College, May 7, 1934 at 4:00pm. Written in the upper left corner in pencil is "went" possibly indicating that Mildred Bliss had attended the event.

Scope and Contents: Includes correspondence from a people and a corporation with a name that starts with the letter J. One correspondence is from Anne Sweeney responding on behalf of Dumbarton Oaks and Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Gilbert E. Jones (also known as Leila N. Jones), about garden book volumes and prints. Correspondence to a company to order picture postcards with views of the Dumbarton Oaks garden included. One unsent Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection picture postcard of the Herbaeous Border...

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Includes correspondence sent to or received by Mildred Bliss or her office staff with persons whose name begins with "L" or journal name begins with "L".

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Correspondence from Lanning Roper and a representative of the Royal Horticultural Society to Mildred Bliss about the publication of an article about Dumbarton Oaks which would include photographs.

Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

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Leaflet likely came with membership renewal letter in 1954 which was intended for Mildred Bliss.

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Leaflet of "The nature of science and other lectures" by Edwin Hubble and for sale by the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Includes a paid receipt sent from the library to Mildred Bliss.

Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss to share his work on Byzantine enamels and project as outlined to the Bollinger Foundation. He says that since more enamals are dated than any other minor arts except manuscripts, this corpus and history which he has included may turn out to be of great importance in the study of Byzantine art.Once the enamals are finished, Marvin wants to go on and write his history of Byzantine jewellery and glyptics. He tells Mildred that...

Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss sending the review by V. Laurent of the handbook on "The Dumbarton Oaks Collection" in the Revue des Etudes Byzantine, XIV, 1956, pages 298-300. review is in French. Marvin tells Mildred that Laurent's criticism is 1) correct about the inscription on the silver cross -- "we can now say the Cross of Romanus II"; 2) He is wrong about the pilgrim's token. Seals are round, not rectangular and in addition the D.O. example was found with...

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Handwritten letter from Sarah Gildersleeve Fife [Mrs. Robert Herndon Fife] to Mildred Bliss received April 27, 1939 tells her Fife enjoyed so much seeing her beautiful garden. Mr. [James] Bryce explained everything so nicely. "Thank you so much."