Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, N.W., Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., April 23, 1964 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss discusses the brick walk and ramp for the Garden Library and Ribbon Walk area along with the steps that go to the basement. Ruth Havey aims to have the work completed by May 5th as there is a [Dumbarton Oaks] Symposium on May 7th [1964]. She mentions sending drawings to Mr. McLeish [of McLeod and Romberg Stone Co.] to get a comparative cost for the construction of the walk and ramp in all brick and in brick and limestone.
Dates
- Creation: April 23, 1964
Creator
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (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
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- McLeod and Romberg Stone Co. (Organization)
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