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Letter and expense records from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street NW, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., August 30, 1960 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box L, Folder: 34Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:RH 1960.08.30
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature and handwritten expense records on ledger paper for the Tennis Court parterre and fountain from June 4, 1959 to July 31, 1960. Expense records include itemized costs for Havey's professional time; McLeod and Romberg Stone Co. moving horses [fountains]; Pitzonka Nursery for plants; Wayside Nursery for plants; LaBar's Nursery for plants; Havey travel expenses; prints; supplies; postage; and telephone.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, May 24, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 2, Folder: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1938.05.24
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand reports changes to the pictures displayed in the Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue House for which she added more rose pictures. She is planning to be away from Dumbaton Oaks to visit her sister who is ill. Sweeney reports Mr. Morrison's father passed away. Wayside Nurseries sent her nice catalogs, but she has not heard from Alfred Rehder, Arnold Arboretum or Hosea Waterer.

Memo to Robert Patterson, June 23, 1947 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 68Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Memo to Mr. Patterson 1947.06.27
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Copy of typescript memo to Robert Patterson probably from Beatrix Farrand concerning James Bryce's letter of June 23, 1947. She explains all the changes to bulb orders for the Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. She offers a suggestion for the bulbs for Mildred Bliss. Also included is a tape from an acccounting machine.