Letter from Margaret Rathbone to Mildred Bliss, January 1, 1958 Digital
Scope and Contents
Signed handwritten letter from Margaret Rathbone to Mildred Bliss thanks her for her good wishes and lovely stockings. Margaret Rathbone was a cataloger and librarian at Dumbarton Oaks, and she writes that she starts new work and will miss Dumbarton Oaks. She is sorry that she will not be at Dumbarton Oaks at the time of the Blisses golden wedding aniversary. She hopes she can still be considered as "one of the family" despite her departure.
Dates
- Creation: January 1, 1958
Creator
- Rathbone, Margaret, 1909-2006 (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.)Creator
- Rathbone, Margaret, 1909-2006 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, 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