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FILE — Container: Box: F, Folder: 11, item: 2 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F11:Perkins 1956.11.02

Letter from Enid Eder Perkins, 4000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington 16, D.C. to Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss , 1537 28th Street N.W., Washington, D.C., November 2, 1956 Digital

Letter from Enid Eder Perkins, 4000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington 16, D.C. to Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss , 1537 28th Street N.W., Washington, D.C., November 2, 1956
Letter from Enid Eder Perkins, 4000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington 16, D.C. to Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss , 1537 28th Street N.W., Washington, D.C., November 2, 1956

Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter in caligraphy from Enid Eder Perkins to Robert and Mildred Bliss informs them that she has opened a studio in Washington, D.C. where she will be happy to continue to fill their requirements for lettering and illuminating of resolutions, scrolls, citations, etc. She will plan to be in New York about once a week or can go their for the Blisses convenience. Perkins can be reached by telephone in Washington.

Dates

  • Creation: November 2, 1956

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

Repository Details

Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository

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