Memorandum from C.Denison to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss about Irene Poplawska-Leineweber, approximately June 3, 1937 Digital
Scope and Contents
Memorandum from C. Isabel Denison to Mildred Bliss about a telephone call from Madame Poplawska-Leineweber, wife of a professor at American University asking if she can offer two squirrels she has in her yard to Dumbarton Oaks to prevent them being killed by dogs or cats. A follow-up handwritten note to memorandum indicates Madame Poplawska-Leineweber did not realize how many squirrels were already at Dumbarton Oaks when she made the request.
Dates
- Creation: approximately June 3, 1937
Creator
- Denison, C. Isabel (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
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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.)Creator
- Denison, C. Isabel (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Person)
Source
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