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Letter from Mildred Bliss to Miss Gisela Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, March 9, 1934 Digital
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File — Box B: 1, Folder: 57Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1934.03.09
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Copy of typescript letter with typescript signature from Mildred Bliss to Gisela Richter asking her to review for mistakes a drawing created by Ruth Havey of a Greek inscription for a panel in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden dedicated to Beatrix Farrand. She asks her not to mention it to Beatrix Farrand as it is a surprise. Mildred Bliss shares her upcoming travel plans to California. A copy of this letter was also sent to Ruth Havey.
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, 124 East 40th Street, New York, N.Y. to Miss Dorothy Kingsford, c/o Mrs. R.W. Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., April 24, 1934 Digital
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File — Box B: 1, Folder: 64Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1934.04.24
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Handsigned typescript letter from Ruth Havey, Assistant to Beatrix Farrand on embossed Beatrix Farrand New York City office letterhead to Dorothy Kingsford, secretary for Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks. Ruth Havey feels Gisela Richter was not frank with Mildred Bliss about the problems with the Greek inscription for the panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden. She tells of her distress that the inscription as it is does not express the thoughts that Mildred Bliss...