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
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 expresses about Beatrix Farrand. She suggests alternative options that came up in her discussion with Gisela Richter and Miss Marjorie Milne.
Dates
- Creation: April 24, 1934
Creator
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (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_RH_1934_04_24.
Creator
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- (Recipient, Person)
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Person)
- Richter, Gisela M. A. (Gisela Marie Augusta), 1882-1972 (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