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Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1941 Digital
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File — Box D: 1, Folder: 76Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.11.03
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher discusses her upcoming November 21-25, 1941 trip to Dumbarton Oaks. She reviews her planned schedule, such as who she will meet with, what they will discuss, and when these meetings will take place. She may go to Alexandria, Virginia to see some land belonging to Dorothy Straight Elmhirst's son, Michael Whitney Straight. Beatrix Farrand encloses copies of two letters she wrote to Newton B. Drury and to Irving...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3203 S. Street, Washington, D.C., June 18, 1938 Digital
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File — Box B: 2, Folder: 30Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1938.06.18
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Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss with responses to the following garden projects: Orion and Bootes chairs for the Star Garden, seat for the Lilac Circle, unicorn lady for Dumbarton Oak Park area, Forsythia arch in the Forsythia Dell, designing at Dumbarton Oaks, lantern in the Star Garden, the swinging seat in the Terrior Column and Enclosure, ironwork colors, William Gray's memorial, and the Music Room wall. She also responds to points on the the Memorandum...
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine, July 27-29, 1938 Digital
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File — Box B: 2, Folder: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.07.27
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Typescript letter dated July 27, 1938 and July 29, 1938 with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix) tells her it is distressing news to hear about the illness and surgery of Robert Millikan. Mildred comments on Farrand's letter of July 12 and 14, 1938 on Helen Reid and prices for Nerines, and she lists questions and comments on Casa Dorinda. Mildred Bliss addresses Dumbarton Oaks building new wing and the landscape, seeking out consultation about trees from Van...
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, June 13, 1938 Digital
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File — Box B: 2, Folder: 28Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.06.13
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Dictated typescript letter with handwritten signature and postscript from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand. Mildred Bliss was hoping that Beatrix Farrand would stop in Washington, D.C. on her way to Calfornia as she had much to talk over with her. She thanks her for the recent letter and photographs. She reports the Garden Club met at Dumbarton Oaks and Anne Sweeney gave a talk about the Catalogue House. Royall Tyler leaves for New York and Robert Bliss is going to hear him speak at the...
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- Dumbarton Oaks Park (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Names
- Bryce, James, 1887-1964 3
- Gray, William, 1881-1937 3
- Lucking, Philip J., 1871-1949 3
- Reid, Helen Rogers, 1882-1970 3
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 3
- Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955. 2
- Delafield, Lewis L. 2
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 2
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- 2
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 2
- Tyler, Elisina, 1878-1959 2
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 2
- Beale, Marie Oge, 1880-1956 1
- Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-1978 1
- Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969 1
- Fulkerson, Mary F. 1
- Redon, Odilon, 1840-1916 1
- Root, Irving C., 1891-1973 1
- Sessions, Barbara F., 1899-1980 1
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 1
- Tyler, Royall, 1884-1953 1 ∧ less
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