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Dumbarton Oaks Agenda by Ruth Havey, Twenty-Five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y., August 2,1949 Digital
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File — Box K, Folder: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, K:RH 1949.08.02
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Typescript Dumbarton Oaks Agenda from Ruth Havey listing items to send or return to Ellis Russell, secretary, and probably for Mildred Bliss. Specific items mentioned in agenda include: for the Arbor Garden or Arbor Terrace: wall panels, concrete paving plan, and a possible solution for the lead cabinet or bookcase missing handle; for Mélisande's Allée: steps, inner ramp, outer ramp, present stone wall, seat, and drainage; for Rose Garden: finalities shield and arms materials, Quod Severis...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., March 14, 1938 Digital
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File — Box B: 2, Folder: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1938.03.14
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Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss (Mildred Bliss) expresses her thoughts on the death of William Gray and the loss to Dumbarton Oaks and his family. Beatrix reports that Ellis Russell has written that James Bryce has been given William Gray's head [gardener] position at Dumbarton. She discusses Mrs. Mudski (Mary Cadwalader Jones) her mother and lantern slides that Robert and Mildred enjoyed, and Elisina Tyler inheriting Sainte Claire [du Chateau] as...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 10, 1942 Digital
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File — Box D: 2, Folder: 37Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.04.10
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher comments on the ups and downs at Casa Dorinda; dates she will visit Dumbarton Oaks; Francis Baker's fall from a tree and if there is anything she can do; Mildred Bliss wanting a fund for the use of Dumbarton Oaks Park; and Thacher's potential contribution to the "planting fund."
Letter from Ellis Russell, Tenth Floor, 67 Wall Street, New York 5, N.Y. to Miss Ruth M. Havey, Hotel Mayflower, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1964 Digital
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File — Box L, Folder: 39Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:Russell 1964.08.10
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ellis Russell on behalf of Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey. Ellis Russell discusses trip abroad to assist Mrs. Bliss in moving from Scotland to London along with making arrangements for a country house in England for her. She can reach her at Reddish House, Broadchalk, near Salisbury, Wilt. Russell expresses that Mrs. Bliss is anxious to get a progress report on the work being done at Dumbarton Oaks and gives Ruth Havey full authority to make...
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, The Mayflower, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Bliss, August 19, 1956 Digital
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File — Box L, Folder: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:RH 1956.08.19
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Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss telling her that the "vision of loveliness" she wanted in the Arbor Terrace will be there with a few weeks to spare. The foundation for the scrolls is in and the general proportions promist to work out well; the drainage and grading are on pace; the shop drawings are finished; the Doria is to arrive; and the shop is cleared to start cutting. The planting has been mapped and Mr. Kearney will travel somewhere south of her to locate it. Havey...
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Care of Ellis Russell, 67 Wall Street, New York, N.Y., August 4, 1949 Digital
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File — Box K, Folder: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, K:RH 1949.08.04
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Typescript handsigned letter from Ruth M. Havey to Mildred Bliss in care of Ellis Russell, secretary. Havey discusses sending a black folder that contains the August Agenda (accession number K:RH 1949.08.02) with notes on projects in various garden areas to be worked on. The projects include: Arbor Garden (Arbor Terrace) paving and wall panels, woven fabric design for the Founders’ Room, and Mr. Steinbraker’s plan for the Garden Center (Cool House) and his estimates for various pieces of...
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- Names
- Bryce, James, 1887-1964 2
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 2
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 2
- Baker, Francis A. (Francis Alexander), 1907-1966 1
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 1
- Coles, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1875- 1
- Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955. 1
- Fulkerson, Mary F. 1
- G. Morris Steinbraker & Sons, Inc. 1
- Gray, William, 1881-1937 1
- Jones, Mary Cadwalader, 1950-1935 1
- Kearney, Matthew, 1909-1973 1
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- 1
- Kline, Donald L. (landscape architect) 1
- Lank Woodworking Co. 1
- Lucking, Philip J., 1871-1949 1
- Patterson, Robert W., 1905-1988 1
- Stover, Isabelle M., 1905-1987 1
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 1
- Tyler, Elisina, 1878-1959 1 ∧ less
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