Letter from Norman J. Nelson, Public Schools of the District of Columbia, Woodrow Wilson High School, Chesapeake Street and Nebraska Avenue, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., May 2, 1939 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Norman J. Nelson to Robert Woods Bliss says he is grateful for the tickets to the Finlandia Concert that he and Mildred Bliss sent yesterday afternoon. He reports the tickets are being distributed to the students in the Music Department, and they are very glad the students will have the opportunity to enjoy the music.
Dates
- Creation: May 2, 1939
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 (Person)
Creator
- From the Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1940- (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