Letter from Mrs. Melvin E. Sawin, Shadblow Farm, Wakefield, Rhode Island to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., May 12, 1953 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Edith Sawin (Mrs. Melvin E. Sawin) to Mildred Bliss sending her enclosed leaflets to help Mildred plan her garden for the blind. Edith says the garden was designed and staged by The New England unit of The Herb Society and was shown at the Boston Flower Show in March where it won a number of awards. "Perhaps you can adapt it to your needs ...". The leaflet includes a list of plants. Ediths sends Mildred contact information for persons at the New England Unit of the Herb Soceity and Herb Society of America for records of research for gardens.
Dates
- Creation: May 12, 1953
Creator
- Sawin, Edith M., 1894-1986 (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
- Sawin, Edith M., 1894-1986 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Herb Society of America. New England Unit (Organization)
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