Letter from Donald Tweedy, Danbury, Connecticut to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 18, 1937 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Donald Tweedy to Mildred Bliss tells her the walk through the Dumbarton Oaks Garden with his wife will always be remembered. "Yours [garden] captures best that fabulous quality of the place where the youngest son of the King meets the Princess of his dreams. It has the magic touch of faery." His mother and sister may phone to ask her permission to visit the garden while they are visiting in Washington, D.C. He is grateful for the opportunity to visit. His mother, Mrs. Arthur Tweedy and sister, Mrs. James Douglas Biggs, enthustiastic gardeners who are in Washington, D.C. will phone Dumbarton Oaks for permission to see the gardens and grounds.
Dates
- Creation: April 18, 1937
Creator
- Tweedy, Donald, 1890-1948 (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.)Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Tweedy, Elizabeth T. (Elizabeth Tuets), 1872-1957 (Person)
- Biggs, Marguerite Tweedy , 1892-1978 (Person)
- Tweedy, Grace L. (Grace Louise), 1866-1949 (Person)
Creator
- Tweedy, Donald, 1890-1948 (Correspondent, 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