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Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, August 1, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 36Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1938.08.01

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Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "my very dearest" [Mildred Bliss]. Farrand responds to Mildred's letter of July 23, 1938. She comments on Robert Millikan's illness and the need for Trustees to take on added responsibility at the Huntington Library and Museum. Farrand thinks that the price Helen Reid is charging for Nerines is too much and she will write her. Farrand comments on Casa Dorinda landscaping issues and garden projects and tree work at Dumbarton Oaks.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., March 14, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1938.03.14

Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss (Mildred Bliss) expresses her thoughts on the death of William Gray and the loss to Dumbarton Oaks and his family. Beatrix reports that Ellis Russell has written that James Bryce has been given William Gray's head [gardener] position at Dumbarton. She discusses Mrs. Mudski (Mary Cadwalader Jones) her mother and lantern slides that Robert and Mildred enjoyed, and Elisina Tyler inheriting Sainte Claire [du Chateau] as...

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

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.07.27

Scope and Contents: 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, February 10, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.02.10

Scope and Contents: Typescript handsigned letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix) offering an activities report on the Catalogue House, Orangerie, dummies for the color of iron work, drawings for the north bay of herb garden, drawings for the Forsythia Dell gate, Star Garden constellations and lettering, and Terrior seat. Rough sketches of the Forsythia Dell gate drafted by Ruth Havey were enclosed with the letter (no longer with letter). She reports that James Bryce will take over as Garden...

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, June 13, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 28Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.06.13

Scope and Contents: 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...

Letter from Mrs. Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, March 18, 1937 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks

File — Box B: 1, Folder: 89Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1937.03.18

Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand admires Mildred Bliss' pace. She will have to miss the Whittmore Santa Sofia and galaxy of concerts [at Dumbarton Oaks], but is will be impossible for Beatrix Farrand to leave California before April 8 [1937] and having to stop in Chicago for three full days will not arrive in Washington, D.C. until April 15.While in Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand will be spending practically the entire time with Miss [Anne] Sweeney on the...

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Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, August 1, 1938 Digital

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., March 14, 1938 Digital

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

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, February 10, 1938 Digital

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, June 13, 1938 Digital

Letter from Mrs. Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, March 18, 1937 Digital

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