Letter from Mabel Choate, 2839 Woodland Drive to Mildred Bliss, April 28, 1934 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Mabel Choate, 2839 Woodland Drive [Washington, D.C.] to Mildred Bliss tells her she has never seen anything more beautiful as Dumbarton Oaks. "It is simply glorious [and] Mrs. Gibbons and I had the most wonderful time yesterday seeing it all. It is the most lovely place I've ever seen in this country and I am so grateful for the oportunity of seeing it." She is sorry she didn't see Mildred, and hope she is "ever so much better now." Mr. Gray [garden Superintendent] was more than kind and showed them everything and answered all the questions with unfailing interest. "The design of the whole thing is so splendid that I am filled with admiration for all that you - Beatrix Farrand have done, for I am sure that you yourself must have had a large share in it. I do hope that lots of garden clubbers will come to see it as I think that design is where they fall down." Mabel reports she is leaving and is sorry not to have seen Mildred. She wishes she could persuade Mildred to come to Stockbridge [Massachusetts], but thinks it would be sad for Mildred now with both Grace and Mimi gone "-Astinetally[?] - what? - cloned perhaps forever." She closes with "many thanks and real congratulations."
Dates
- Creation: April 28, 1934
Creator
- Choate, Mabel (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.)Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Gray, William, 1881-1937 (Person)
Creator
- Choate, Mabel (Correspondent, 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