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FILE — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 56 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Hall 1956.05.09

Letter from Ardelia R. Hall, 3037 Cambridge Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 9, 1956 Digital

Letter from Ardelia R. Hall, 3037 Cambridge Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 9, 1956
Letter from Ardelia R. Hall, 3037 Cambridge Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 9, 1956

Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter from Ardelia R. Hall to Mildred Bliss tells her Mr. [Robert Woods] Bliss has told Hall of the great interest and alteration Mildred gives to the planning for the beautiful gardens and gates at Dumbarton Oaks. Hall has greatly admired the lovely, new parterre garden with its beautifully proportioned pattern and three dimensional planting. It is a charming and appropriate 18th century addition to an already perfect garden! Hall owes Mildred a great debt of gratitude for the never ending pleasures and surprises she finds there. She offers kind regards to Robert Woods Bliss.

Dates

  • Creation: May 9, 1956

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.)

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

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