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Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Dumbarton Oaks to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 9, 1955 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box E, Folder: 19, item: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E19:RH 1955.04.09
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Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss informs her William Hughes has the Box Terrace construction well in hand for completion before the Symposium. G. Frederick Coles plans to set the North Court consoles; is going ahead with the lotus panel in the Arbor Terrace and the framework for the Perspective lattice near the Lilac Circle. Havey is returning to New York, but will returning to Washington, D.C. mid-April depending on the work completed by William Hughes. Everett Lank is...
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, The Mayflower, Washington, D.C. to Mildred Bliss, August 28, 1956 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box L, Folder: 25Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:RH 1956.08.28
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Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss reports that she accepted the Romborg [McLeod and Romberg Stone Co.] estimate for the Doria cub and crab orchard steps ifor $18,944. It is the lowest she could get for the quality of work and material she is asking for and the limiatation on time. She went over the figures with Mr. McLeish [McLeod and Romberg Stone Co.]. Havey asked Mr. Lank to put aside work on the Bosquet seat and Didymus seat to concentrate on boxes for the shrubs [for...
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, The Mayflower, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Bliss, August 19, 1956 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box L, Folder: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:RH 1956.08.19
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Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss telling her that the "vision of loveliness" she wanted in the Arbor Terrace will be there with a few weeks to spare. The foundation for the scrolls is in and the general proportions promist to work out well; the drainage and grading are on pace; the shop drawings are finished; the Doria is to arrive; and the shop is cleared to start cutting. The planting has been mapped and Mr. Kearney will travel somewhere south of her to locate it. Havey...
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, The Mayflower, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Bliss, October 13, 1956 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box L, Folder: 26Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:RH 1956.10.13
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Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss reporting the completion of the Arbor Terrace and is curious to know what Mildred thinks of it when she sees it. Havey reports she is going on a holiday for three weeks. She tells Mildred the rail at the swimming pool steps is in; the R Street gates have their gold leaf, the Box Terrace gravel has been changed to a darker color and little stones under the seat at the south end. The seat in the Bosquet and the Didymus seat are under...
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., December 28, 1954 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box L, Folder: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:RH 1954.12.28
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Typescript letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss offers thanks for holiday greetings and returns affectionate thoughts and good wishes to her and Robert Bliss. She reports spending Christmas in Boston. Havey tells her the reconstruction of the arbor in the Arbor Terrace is on schedule with the contract signed with Lank Construction Co. and expected substantial completion by February 15th. The Box Terrace paving drawings are about done and Havey will ask Mr. Kearney to find a contractor for...
Note and report of garden projects from Ruth Havey to Mrs. Bliss, October 23, 1954 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box L, Folder: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:RH 1954.10.23
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Handwritten note and questions on graph paper from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss. Havey asks Mildred to add the answers to questions on projects and mail back to her. List of items to ask Mrs. Bliss include materials, cost, and planning details for rebuilding the arbor; the estimate for the console at the North Court wall at house; gate finials in the North Vista; Wall capping with moulding edge in the North Vista; Doria benches in the North Vista finished as is; New Doria bench in the East...
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- Names
- Coles, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1875- 4
- Kearney, Matthew, 1909-1973 2
- Lank, Everett S., 1910-1976 2
- Collingwood, Harris 1
- District Ornamental Iron Works 1
- Finelli, Philip, 1913-2005 1
- Klots, Allen T., 1889-1965 1
- Martin Wiegand, Inc. 1
- Martineau, Hubert M. 1
- McLeod and Romberg Stone Co. 1
- National Lumber Manufacturers Association 1
- Prange, Gerald F. 1
- Russell, Ellis 1
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 1
- Wiegand, Martin, 1828-2019 1
- William Hughes Incorporated 1 ∧ less
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