Letter from Winthrop Crane, Chilton House, Dalton, Massachusetts to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 5, 1935 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Winthrop Crane [Jr.] to Mildred Bliss tells her how grateful he is for an afternoon in those "utterly beautiful gardens of yours." He reminds Mildred to not forget the little island in which she has promised a crane refuge. He is poised on one leg in the pleasantest anticipation of a new home. Crane was the Chairman of the Board of Crane & Co., a family owned papermaking company in Dalton, Massachusetts. The company became the sole supplier of currency paper for the U.S. Treasury in 1879.
Dates
- Creation: May 5, 1935
Creator
- Crane, Winthrop Murray, Jr., 1881-1968 (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
- Crane, Winthrop Murray, Jr., 1881-1968 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, 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