Exchange of telegram and letter between Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C. and Dorothy Miner, Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts, Walter's Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, July 1-August 4, 1954 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text for Western Union telegram from Mildred Bliss to Dorothy Miner inquiring about the location of Mrs. Christa Gaehde, manuscript conservator. She wants to know if Gaehde is still with the Walters Art Gallery or at Great Neck, Long Island. A typescript letter from Dorothy Miner to Mildred Bliss tells her about the excellent work done by Gaehde on conserving a particularly fragile manuscript at the Walters Gallery.
Dates
- Creation: July 1-August 4, 1954
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 (Person)
- Gaehde, Christa M. (Person)
- Miner, Dorothy E. (Dorothy Eugenia), 1904-1973 (Correspondent, 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