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Letter from Mildred Bliss, 103 East 68th Street, New York to Mrs. Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando Drive, San Marino, Calif., March 22, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.03.22

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand. Handwritten notes in ink added to letter. Mildred Bliss addresses the style of the Forsythia arch and the stone curbing for the parking spaces at Dumbarton Oaks. She tells Beatrix Farrand she will mail her the plans for the new room [the new museum?]. She reports Sir Arthur Salter is coming for three days, and she and Robert will be ready for Beatrix Farrand's visit to Dumbarton Oaks beginning April 6....

Letter from Mildred Bliss, 104 E. 68th Street, New York to Trix, March 16, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.03.16

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Trix (Beatrix Farrand) telling her she read the Casa Dorinda notes on the train to New York and thought it was an excellent report.She informs Beatrix Farrand that plans are being made for the room southwest of the Dumbarton Oaks Music Room and Kenneth Conant of Harvard University has visited Dumbarton Oaks twice each for three days working the dummy, plans, and details of the new room. James Bryce has moved the...

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks to Trix, March 5, 1939 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 56Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1939.03.05

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with signature by Anne Sweeney on behalf of Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand reponds to Farrand letters. Pages 2 and 3 appear to be lacking. Mildred tells Beatrix to acknowledge the Alliums from Harry Du Pont (Henry Francis Du Pont). She remarks on the tragedy of losing Mr. Yew, but hoping a fragment of his can be grown in the nursery. Mildred thanks Beatrix for her assistance with Santa Barbara Botanic Garden matters. She congratulates Max on the launching of the Friends...

Letter from Mildred Bliss to Trix, February 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.02.xx

Scope and Contents:

Typescript and handwritten letter signed by Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix). Date of letter is uncertain, but it was created after Lucie Howe Draper Schelling's death, February 4, 1938 as it is discussed in the letter. Mildred mentions the grief felt by Ernest Schelling, Lucie's husband. She also mentions to Beatrix Farrand, Sumner Welles may be interested in Edith Wharton's letters.

Letter from Milrob, 3101 R Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Farrand, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 31Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.xx.xx

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Handwritten letter from Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Farrand/Trix [Beatrix Farrand]. Mildred Bliss tells her about her upcoming schedule and mentions Nadia Boulanger, Ernest [Schelling], Bertie Wright's daughter, and Royall Tyler. Letter has a date in it of June 27, this letter probably written in 1938 based on other correspondence with similar topics of conversation.

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Letter from Mildred Bliss, 103 East 68th Street, New York to Mrs. Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando Drive, San Marino, Calif., March 22, 1938 Digital

Letter from Mildred Bliss, 104 E. 68th Street, New York to Trix, March 16, 1938 Digital

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks to Trix, March 5, 1939 Digital

Letter from Mildred Bliss to Trix, February 1938 Digital

Letter from Milrob, 3101 R Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Farrand, 1938 Digital

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