Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1538 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washingtoin 7, D.C., October 18, 1957 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Alden Hopkins to Mildred Bliss. He sends her a final report by W. Warren Edwards, Dumbarton Oaks Garden Scholarship recipient, outlining his recommendations and suggestions for the Garden Scholarship program. He is forwarding a copy of this report based on Michael Rapuano's request. Report is correspondence, F1:Hopkins 1957.08.20. Copies of the letter also sent to Michael Rapuano and John Thacher.
Dates
- Creation: October 18, 1957
Creator
- Hopkins, Alden, 1905-1960 (Correspondent, Person)
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
- Hopkins, Alden, 1905-1960 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Rapuano, Michael (Person)
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 (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