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FILE — Box: K, Folder: 33 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, K:RH 1952.08.08

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to John S. Thacher, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington, D.C. and list of original drawings, prints, and photographs, August 8-15, 1952 Digital

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to John S. Thacher, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington, D.C. and list of original drawings, prints, and photographs, August 8-15, 1952
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to John S. Thacher, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington, D.C. and list of original drawings, prints, and photographs, August 8-15, 1952

Scope and Contents

Typescript letter from Ruth Havey to John Thacher apologizes for keeping the original drawings from the Bar Harbor files so long. She says she will make copies of those she needs and return the originals in the next week. A list of original drawings, prints, and photographs of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden by shipping company was sent a week later. A few were to be returned later.

Dates

  • Creation: August 8-15, 1952

Creator

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.)

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Subject

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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