Letter from Dorothy Kingsford to Miss Ruth Havey, c/o Mrs. Max Farrand, 124, East 40th Street, New York City, April 20, 1934 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of unsigned typescript letter from Dorothy Kingsford, secretary on behalf of Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey, in care of Beatrix Farrand's New York City office. She informs Ruth Havey that Mildred Bliss received a letter from Miss Gisela Richter [The Metropolitan Museum of Art] about the grammatical mistakes in the Greek inscription [to be on the panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden]. Mildred Bliss wants her to discuss the inscription with Gisela Richter and Miss Marjorie Milne and let her know the result. Mildred Bliss does not want the thought of the inscription changed, but it should be grammatically correct.
Dates
- Creation: April 20, 1934
Creator
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
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_Kingsford_1934_04_20.
Creator
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Correspondent, Person)
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (Recipient, Person)
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Person)
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