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FILE — Box: B: 2, Folder: 21 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.05.xx

Notes by Mildred Bliss of thoughts and ideas for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, May 25, 1935 Digital

Notes by Mildred Bliss of thoughts and ideas for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, May 25, 1935
Notes by Mildred Bliss of thoughts and ideas for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, May 25, 1935

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes of thoughts and ideas Mildred Bliss has for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Specifically she mentions the a sundial, a dipping well, and a weather vane, Orion and Bootes chairs for the Star Garden, wall and seat for the Lilac Circle, unicorn lady for Dumbarton Oak Park area, Forsythia bench and seats in the Forsythia Dell, lantern in the Star Garden, the swinging seat in the Terrior Column and Enclosure, the Finalities frieze in the Rose Garden, lead soldiers and terra cotta vases, a map for the Catalogue House, William Gray's memorial, and the Music Room wall.

Dates

  • Creation: May 25, 1935

Creator

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.)

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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