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FILE — Box: L, Folder: 28 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:RH 1957.03.15

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to John S. Thacher, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington 7, D.C., March 15, 1957 Digital

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to John S. Thacher, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington 7, D.C., March 15, 1957
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to John S. Thacher, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington 7, D.C., March 15, 1957

Scope and Contents

Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth Havey to John Thacher telling him to dispose of the little treasures [small models and dummies] in the Fellows' Building. She says it seemed important once to save the dummies and models for future reference, but she does not believe that anything stored that might be consuming useful space will actually be of any further use. Handwritten at bottom "Save box with handle in basement of F.B. [Fellows' Building].

Dates

  • Creation: March 15, 1957

Creator

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.)

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Repository Details

Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository

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