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Letter from Gisela M. A. Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Classical Art to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1934 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 1, Folder: 61Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:GR 1934.04.13
Scope and Contents:

Handsigned typescript letter from Gisela M.A. Richter to Mildred Bliss. Includes a handwritten postscript. Letter offering Thursday, April 19 at 3 p.m. as an appointment time in New York to discuss the grammatical mistakes in the Greek inscription. Gisela reports the trouble is with the very unusual Greek.

Letter from Gisela M.A. Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Classical Art to Mrs. Robert W. Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 12, 1934 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 1, Folder: 58Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:GR 1934.03.12
Scope and Contents:

Typescript and handsigned letter on The Metropolitan Museum of Art letterhead from Gisela Richter to Mildred Bliss expressing she would be delighted to look over the inscription [for the panel in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden dedicated to Beatrix Farrand] as requested in a letter from Mildred Bliss on March 9, 1934.

Letter from Mildred Bliss to Miss Gisela Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, March 9, 1934 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 1, Folder: 57Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1934.03.09
Scope and Contents:

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

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 1, Folder: 64Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1934.04.24
Scope and Contents: 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...

Message from Mildred Bliss to Gisela Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. City, April 15, 1934 to April 19, 1934 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 1, Folder: 62Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1934.04.19
Scope and Contents:

Handwritten and handsigned message from Mildred Bliss to be sent to Gisela Richter at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City no later than 4/19/[19]34. Gisela Richter had scheduled a meeting with Mildred Bliss for April 19, 1934 to discuss problems with the Greek inscription for the panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden. Mildred Bliss regrets she is unable to attend the meeting and will ask Ruth Havey discuss inscription with her.