Dumbarton Oaks Agenda by Ruth Havey, Twenty-Five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y., August 2,1949 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript Dumbarton Oaks Agenda from Ruth Havey listing items to send or return to Ellis Russell, secretary, and probably for Mildred Bliss. Specific items mentioned in agenda include: for the Arbor Garden or Arbor Terrace: wall panels, concrete paving plan, and a possible solution for the lead cabinet or bookcase missing handle; for Mélisande's Allée: steps, inner ramp, outer ramp, present stone wall, seat, and drainage; for Rose Garden: finalities shield and arms materials, Quod Severis Metes inscription design and material of Tennessee marble; for the Terrior Column and Enclosure: the seat and support materials, graveling walkway, shifting of small shrubs, thinning bamboo, and removing large hemlocks suggesting possible plant replacement near walkway; for the Founders' Room: wall fabric; for the Greenhouse or Cool House conversion to a Garden Center suggesting replacement roof materials and other alterations. Last two pages are detailed sketches for the fountain and bookcase wall panels in the Arbor Terrace.
Initial page on Ruth M. Havey's professional letterhead. Additional pages with handwritten notes and sketches in blue ink. Agenda possibly enclosed with correspondence K:RH 1949.08.04.
Dates
- Creation: August 2,1949
Creator
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (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
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (Person)
Subject
- Russell, Ellis (Person)
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (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