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Drawings, 1922-1966
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Series — Drawer A-VIdentifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
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Architectural drawings, surveys, and sketches for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. The bulk of the drawings were created by Beatrix Farrand, landscape gardener, or the landscape architects who worked for her. One of her landscape architects was Ruth Havey, who carried on the work of the garden with Mildred Bliss once Beatrix Farrand retired. Other landscape architects included Alden Hopkins, Robert Patterson, and Ralph Griswold. There were numerous other contractors and artisans who contributed to...
Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Members of the Garden Advisory Committee, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, January 20, 1959 Digital
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File — Box: F, Folder: 1, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F1:Hopkins 1959.01.20
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Alden Hopkins to the members of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Advisory Committee, Michael Rapuano, Robert Patterson, Bradford Williams, Leon Zach and the Dumbarton Oaks Director, John Thacher. He encloses two blackline prints covering the reconstruction of the Camellia Garden (96-03, revised 1-13-[19]59) and the completion of the new planting of the Ellipse (96-07, revised 1-15-[19]59). G. Morris Steinbraker & Son of Georgetown provided an...
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