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Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., May 19, 1946 Digital
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File — Box D: 4, Folder: 33Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.05.19
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,...
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Santa Barbara, California to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., January 18, 1944 Digital
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File — Box D: 3, Folder: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1944.01.18
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,...
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Santa Barbara, California to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., January 21, 1945 Digital
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File — Box D: 3, Folder: 66Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1945.01.21
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,...
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1941 Digital
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File — Box D: 1, Folder: 80Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.12.05
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Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher informs him and the rest of the Dumbarton Oaks staff of Robert and Mildred Bliss' well-being. She asks for him to relay news about Ellis Russell, James Bryce, Anne Sweeney, and Barbara Sessions. "Mr. Russell" penciled at top.
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 2, 1943 Digital
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File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.06.02
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Copy of text for Western Union telegram sent by Beatrix Farrand to James Bryce discusses the need to repeat current order for more bulbs. Some of the bulbs are for Mildred Bliss.
Telegram from James Bryce, Washington, D.C. to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 3, 1942 Digital
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File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 54Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Bryce 1942.08.03
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Western Union telegram from James Bryce to Beatrix Farrand tells her 100 each of narcissus, hyacinth and tulip bulbs are needed for the Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.
Telegram from James Bryce, Washington, D.C. to Beatrix Farrand, Ritz Carlton Hotel, June 3, 1943 Digital
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File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 55Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Bryce 1943.06.03
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Western Union telegram from James Bryce to Beatrix Farrand tells her she should consult with Mildred Bliss regarding bulbs as alterations to grounds may be done in the fall.
Telegram from MilRob, New York, N.Y. to Mrs. Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California, March 13, 1940 Digital
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File — Box B: 2, Folder: 78Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1940.03.13
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Postal Telegraph telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand wishes Mildred [?] had been in Beatrix's audience as she is sure Beatrix painted garden pictures more lovely than the New York flower show at which James Bryce and Mildred acquired one Zygopetalum. The Boston [flower] show Acacias were quite lovely. The Stravinsky concert is tomorrow and promises well. The Instituto [Dumbarton Oaks Research Institute] progressing. They sign with devoted affection to Matrix...
REFINE MY RESULTS:
- Subject
- Dumbarton Oaks Park (Washington, D.C.) 16
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Gardens -- United States -- Pictorial works 1
- Gardens -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Historic gardens -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Names
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 80
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 73
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 43
- Stover, Isabelle M., 1905-1987 42
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 42
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945 25
- Oregon Bulb Farms 25
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 22
- Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc. 18
- Coles, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1875- 17
- Hosea Waterer (Firm) 17
- Root, Irving C., 1891-1973 16
- Joseph Breck & Sons 13
- National Gallery of Art (U.S.) 13
- Gray, William, 1881-1937 12
- Sutton & Sons Ltd. 12
- Dumbarton Oaks 11
- Russell, Ellis 11
- Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965 11
- Conard-Pyle Co. 10
- Davids & Royston Bulb Co. 10
- George Lawler (Firm) 10
- Lucking, Philip J., 1871-1949 9
- Wm. J. Jones & Co. 8
- Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery) 7
- Wayside Gardens Co. 7
- American Bulb Company 6
- Finley, David E. (David Edward) 6
- Kline, Donald L. (landscape architect) 6
- Patterson, Robert W., 1905-1988 6
- Trivett's Tested Seeds, Inc. 6
- Upton Gardens 6
- de Graaff, Jan, 1903-1989 6
- American Shipping Company 5
- Baker, Francis A. (Francis Alexander), 1907-1966 5
- Delafield, Lewis L. 5
- Thompson, Harry T., 1909-1960 5
- Vaughan’s Seed Company 5
- Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955. 4
- Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-1978 4
- Tyler, Elisina, 1878-1959 4
- Blackmore & Langdon 3
- Bryce, Isabella W., 1889-1965 3
- Clark, Ethel Burnet, 1878-1964 3
- Focillon, Henri, 1881-1943 3
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- 3
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 3
- Reid, Helen Rogers, 1882-1970 3
- Schelling, Ernest, 1876-1939. 3
- Sessions, Barbara F., 1899-1980 3
- Tyler, Royall, 1884-1953 3
- Walter, Clementine Maria, 1881-1967 3
- California. State Relief Administration 2
- Carpenter, Alberta S., 1879-1872 2
- Fulkerson, Mary F. 2
- Garland, Lewis A., 1884-1963 2
- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery 2
- John H. van Zonneveld Comp. 2
- Kennerly, Claude S., 1869-1963 2
- Lawler, George W., 1886-1974 2
- Macmillan Company 2
- Perry Seed Company 2
- Salter, Arthur, 1881-1975 2
- Schelling, Lucie Howe Draper, 1873-1938 2
- Todd, S. James, 1875-1947 2
- Weiss, Soma, 1899-1942 2
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 2
- A. T. De La Mare Company 1
- Acheson, Mildred, Countess of Gosford, 1888-1965 1
- Aetna Insurance Company 1
- Beale, Marie Oge, 1880-1956 1
- Beall, Ninian, 1625-1717 1
- Bernard Quaritch (Firm) 1
- Blake, Robert Pierpont, 1886-1950 1
- Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. 1
- Carter, John R. (John Ridgely), 1862-1944 1
- Chase National Bank of New York 1
- Clark, Elizabeth Winifred (Jane), 1902-1976 1
- Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978 1
- Craig, William N, 1862-1947 1
- Dartington Hall (Totnes, England) 1
- Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1
- Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight 1
- Elmhirst, L. K. (Leonard Knight), 1893-1974 1
- Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969 1
- Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 1
- Garland, Amy Magdaline, 1899-1996 1
- Gordon, J. B. (John Blake), 1880-1944 1
- Grullemans, J. J. (Jan Jacob), 1890-1965 1
- Henry George Fielder Books 1
- Howard, L. A. (Lucius Alexander), 1908-1979 1
- Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953 1
- Jones, Mary Cadwalader, 1950-1935 1
- Kallman's Garden Nursery (Santa Barbara, California) 1
- Kearney, Matthew, 1909-1973 1
- Kendall, William Mitchell, 1856-1914 1
- McKim, Mead & White 1
- Merrill, Elmer D. (Elmer Drew), 1876-1956 1 ∧ less
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