Letter from Caryl Crawford Hickory, The Shoreham to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, July 18, 1937 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Caryl Crawford Hickory to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the delightful swim yesterday afternoon. "We both enjoyed it so much." Hickory also thanks her for the mental picture which will hang in the "memory gallery". "Where ever we are in some unpleasant spot, I can now close my eyes and feel again the delicious smooth water, as we floated lazily on one's back and idly turned one's head to face one enchanting spot after another. To see the vista up the 'Scala della Conchiglia' like a glimpse in an old palace garden -- The hazy blue hills stretching back, back under the grotto, until one's mind becomes filled with the peace of the Italian hills and old gods and young goddesses seemed quite the filling denizens of the land. To look at the effects of perfect form, and color, and taste, brings such a feeling of deep contentment as one has in the pool. The enchantment becomes more real when the little bronze frog sitting on a lily-pad under the drip of his marble fountain suddenly came to life and "barked" warningly to inform the Lords of the Domain that strangers were in the pool!" She wishes Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss a pleasant summer "from us both."
Dates
- Creation: July 18, 1937
Creator
- Hickory, Caryl Crawford (Correspondent, Person)
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.)Creator
- Hickory, Caryl Crawford (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository
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