Letter from R.B. Farnham, Executive Secretary, Horticultural Society of New York, Inc., 157 West 58th Street, Essex House, New York 19, N.Y. to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington, 7, D.C., April 2, 1959 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter from R.B. Farnham, executive secretary from the Horticultural Society of New York to Miildred Bliss tells her there are 94 individuals registered to tour gardens for the upcoming weekend of which Dumbarton Oaks is one of the gardens. He encloses six copies of the schedule and the Horticultural Society Guide leaflet commenting on the gardens. He mentions a change in the schedule with visits to Dumbarton Oaks and Hillwood to be reversed to take advantage of a luncheon invitation by Mr. and Mrs. May.
Dates
- Creation: April 2, 1959
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, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (Person)
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Person)
- Horticultural Society of New York (Organization)
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