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FILE — Box: B: 1, Folder: 10 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1925.12.03

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Paris, France to Mrs. Farrand, 124 East 40th Street, New York, December 3, 1925 Digital

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Paris, France to Mrs. Farrand, 124 East 40th Street, New York, December 3, 1925
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Paris, France to Mrs. Farrand, 124 East 40th Street, New York, December 3, 1925

Scope and Contents

Unsigned typescript copy of letter with a handwritten note (attributed to Mildred Bliss) to Trix (Beatrix Farrand) expressing her delight with ideas that Beatrix Farrand has for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Mildred Bliss requests a rough prospective sketch of the little moat in the Ellipse and suggests "Edith coping" might be the perfect thing for the pool on Lovers' Lane.

Dates

  • Creation: December 3, 1925

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

23 boxes (Approximately 2632 items including correspondence, expense reports, invoices, estimates, deposit records, book lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and plant lists.)

General note

DO digital accession number is: B_MB_1925_12_03.

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Repository Details

Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository

Dumbarton Oaks holds archival collections in its Rare Book Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, and the Dumbarton Oaks Archives. The collections include: the papers of noteworthy scholars in the three fields that Dumbarton Oaks supports (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape); image collections depicting objects or sites of topical interest to scholars in the three fields; Beatrix Farrand’s personal archive of letters and original drawings that document the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden; and institutional records and architectural plans and drawings documenting the history of Dumbarton Oaks. For more information about hours and to make an appointment to consult any of the collections listed here, please fill out the request form: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/schedule-an-appointment

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