Letter from William W. Edwards, 124 St. Mary's Street, Raleigh, North Carolina to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, October 27, 1957 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from William W. Edwards to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the opportunity made available to him by the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Scholarship. He tells her the last summer was one of the most enjoyable he has ever spent, and an experience he will always value. The advantages, aesthetic, and practical experience form part of a reserve from which to draw in the creation of his own designs for the pleasure of others and self-expression. He wishes all students of landscape architecture could have such an opportunity.
Dates
- Creation: October 27, 1957
Creator
- Edwards, W. Warren (Wlliam Warren), 1929- (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)
Creator
- Edwards, W. Warren (Wlliam Warren), 1929- (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