Telegram from Milrob, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando Rd, San Marino, California, November 28, 1940 Digital
Scope and Contents
Postal Telegraph telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her how strange that their parallel decision should unite them so closely these very days. They send full appreciation to Max for his step and timing of it and relief it will bring you both despite wistful regrets and readjustments. On Sunday their last day at Dumbarton Oaks you will be held close. Robert goes to Florida for three weeks. Mildred shall be in New York until the eighth then Washington, D.C. for daily work at Dumbarton and both leave for Santa Barbara the 28th. At present there is emotional intensity and pressure preventing her from writing. Signed "devotedly to Max Trix" (Max Farrand and Beatrix Farrand).
Dates
- Creation: November 28, 1940
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
- From the Sub-Series: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Person)
- From the Sub-Series: Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (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