Letter from Mildred Bliss, Hotel Ritz, 15 Place Vendome, Paris (ler) France to Ruth Havey, 25 5th Avenue, New York City, New York, August 12, 1949 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter with handwritten notations from Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey tells her she has studied the envelope of sketches. Mildred Bliss offers comments on various garden projects: the terror seat, finalities, the cool house conversion to a garden center, the finalities, and Melisande steps. With letter are two estimates from G. Morris Steinbraker and Sons sent to Mildred Bliss for those projects. Additional copies of Mildred Bliss's letter and an estimate are included.
Dates
- Creation: August 12, 1949
Creator
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (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.)Creator
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (Recipient, Person)
- G. Morris Steinbraker & Sons, Inc. (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