Letter from Lady Judy Rowan, 17 Cheque Court, London, S.W. 3 to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and enclosing responses from her inquiry on the gardens for the blind, August 20-September 12, 1951 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter and typescript copy of letter from Lady "Judy" [Catherine Patricia Love?] Rowan to Mildred Bliss telling her she has not forgotten about Mildred's garden for the blind. Lady Rowan wrote on behalf of Mildred Bliss to the Parks and Allotments Department, The Castle, York; Burnham-on-Sea Urban District Council, Somerset; Borough of Hastings, Parks and Gardens Department, Hastings; and the National Institute for the Blind, 224-6-8 Great Portland Street, London, W.1. Included with this correspondence are typescript responses from her inquiries. Three of the four responses include lists of plants and a description of their garden. Copies of these letters are also in the collection.
Dates
- Creation: August 20-September 12, 1951
Creator
- Rowan, Catherine Patricia, Lady (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.)Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- National Institute for the Blind (London, England) (Organization)
- Rowan, Leslie, Sir, 1908-1972 (Person)
- Rickett, Dennis H.F., Sir (Denis Hubert Fletcher), 1907-1997 (Person)
- Jellicoe, Patricia O'Kane, Lady, 1917-2012 (Person)
- Kletzki, Paul (Person)
Creator
- Rowan, Catherine Patricia, Lady (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