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FILE — Box: L, Folder: 16 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, L:Hughes 1955.04.02

Estimate from William Hughes, Inc., 2800 Eighth Street N.E., Washington 17, D.C. to Miss Ruth Havey, Dumbarton Oaks, April 2, 1955 Digital

Estimate from William Hughes, Inc., 2800 Eighth Street N.E., Washington 17, D.C. to Miss Ruth Havey, Dumbarton Oaks, April 2, 1955
Estimate from William Hughes, Inc., 2800 Eighth Street N.E., Washington 17, D.C. to Miss Ruth Havey, Dumbarton Oaks, April 2, 1955

Scope and Contents

Typescript estimate with handwritten signature from William Hughes, Inc. to Ruth Havey for paving in the Dumbarton Oaks Box Terrace according to Ruth Havey telegram to Robert and Mildred Bliss about the estimate, L:RH 1955.04.05. Hughes estimates the cost to be $1480 and based on Ruth Havey's 1/4 inch scale drawing, DO 38a M315 b. Hughes understands changes may be made as job progresses and provides detail on how the job will be done. DO 38a M315 b may refer to this drawing dated 3/26/55 for the Box Terrace paving, M-3-15B.

Dates

  • Creation: April 2, 1955

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.)

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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

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