Box B: 2
Container
Contains 102 Results:
Letter from Max Farrand, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., December 17, 1938 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 50Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MxF 1938.12.17
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Max Farrand to Mildred Bliss asks if her name can be used on an invitation to join the Friends of the Huntington Library. He asks her if he should use her Washington, D.C. or New York address.
Letter from Max Farrand, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California to Honorable Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., December 23, 1938 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 52Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MxF 1938.12.23
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Max Farrand to Robert Woods Bliss tells him there is no occasion for apology. Max Farrand apologizes if he troubled Robert. The movement for the Friends of the Huntington Library is starting out promisingly, and he is confident Robert and Mildred will be pleased with the way in which it starts and develops. The responses to the idea have thus far been extraordinary.
Letter from Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando, Road, San Marino, California to Robert Woods Bliss, November 15, 1939 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 65Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MxF 1939.11.15
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Handwritten letter from Max Farrand to Robert Woods Bliss describing his relationship with his brother "Tony" over the years and how his death has hit him hard.
Letter from Max Farrand, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California to Honorable Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., May 16, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 80Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MxF 1940.05.16
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Max Farrand to Robert Woods Bliss asking advice in a personal matter. A member of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery staff, C.H. Collins Baker, an artist, is frantic over the threat [of war] in England. Baker asks if there is any possible way for their daughter, Phyllis and her physician husband, Eugene Laurent to join them in this country if things worsened in England. Farrand describes Phyllis as an invalid and her husband restored her...
Letter from Max Farrand, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California to Honorable Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., May 24, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 82Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MxF 1940.05.24
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Max Farrand to Robert Woods Bliss thanks him for his reply regarding C.H.C[ollins] Baker's daughter, [Phyllis Baker]. Robert's response settles the whole matter on if anything can be done to bring Phyllis to the United States. Max is grateful to Robert for sending him this information. He says "The European situation is one that I simply cannot talk or write about. I too am confident that the Allies will win, but the cost they and we shall...
Letter from Robert Woods Bliss to Max Farrand, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California, December 20, 1938 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 51Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RB 1938.12.20
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Copy of typescript letter from Robert Woods Bliss to Max Farrand tells him that Mildred is delighted to have him use her name on the Friends of the Huntington Library invitation. Her name is to be included as of New York and be written "Mildred Bliss" not "Mildred Barnes Bliss". Robert asks Max to send him a Friend of the Huntington Library notice when it goes out so he may become a friend. He sends affectionate good wishes to Max and hopes that 1939 will give them the opportunity of seeing...
Letter from Robert Woods Bliss to Max Farrand, Huntington Library, San Marino, California, May 21, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 81Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RB 1940.05.21
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Copy of typescript letter from Robert Woods Bliss to Max Farrand advises him on Mr. [C.H. Collins] Baker's daughter, [Phyllis Baker] travel to the United States. He offers his understanding of the British quota for visas and the proof needed for a visa to come to the United States. He adds "Let me add that nothing can be done in this country to facilitate the applications of foreigners coming to the United States; the whole matter is in the hands of our consular representatives abroad." He...
Letter from Ruth Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. to Mrs. Farrand, October 6, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 88Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1940.10.06
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Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Beatrix Farrand offers details on her recent visit to Dumbarton Oaks.
Invoice from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, D.C., December 6, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 97Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1940.12.06
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Typescript invoice from Ruth M. Havey to Mildred Bliss for Professional services from October 1st to November 30th, 1940. The invoice includes charges for office work, field work in Washington, D.C., and travel expenses for three trips to Washington, D.C. Handwritten "Received payment 12/31/40, Ruth M. Havey." Handwritten by Mildred Bliss at head of letter: "return to Shoreham Hotel, Wash[ington] and on back of letter "Havey, pd dec/40".
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, D.C., December 14, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 98Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1940.12.14
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth M. Havey to Mildred Bliss tells her "These are inscriptions for the Forsythia gate. I did two for the north side as I was not quite satified with the first one. Sketch B is better I think. The shields are next on the list and should go out on Monday." The drawings for the gate inscriptions are no longer with letter, but probably part of collection of drawings.
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, D.C., December 17, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 101Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1940.12.17
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth M. Havey to Mildred Bliss tells Mildred that enclosed is a print of the drawing for the shields on the incription for the new wing; and a note concerning the colors of a particular Harvard seal. This enclosed note is B:RH 1940.12.16. Havey offers to look up the article on the uses of the various Harvard seals if Mildred wants. She hopes to send to Mildred the sketch for the lantern in the service court tomorrow. Havey would like to know...
Letter from Ruth Winchell Havey, The Coach-and-Four Inn, Coatsville, Pennsylvannia. to Mrs. Farrand, November 3, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 87Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1940.xx.xx
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Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Beatrix Farrand tells Beatrix she feels like her "Aunt Nellie sending you clippings of what is going on around town." Haveys says she started home this afternoon (from Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.), but found herself too sleepy to drive through so she stopped for the evening in Pennsylvania. She heard Professor Morey's discussion on Early Christian marbles, and he made it a fascinating subject. Havey reports Mr. Robert Wood Bliss told James Bryce...
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, August 18, 1938 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 40Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.08.18
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Handwritten personal letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix) offers her thoughts and feelings on different matters.
Letter from Milrob, 3101 R Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Farrand, 1938 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 31Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.xx.xx
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Handwritten letter from Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Farrand/Trix [Beatrix Farrand]. Mildred Bliss tells her about her upcoming schedule and mentions Nadia Boulanger, Ernest [Schelling], Bertie Wright's daughter, and Royall Tyler. Letter has a date in it of June 27, this letter probably written in 1938 based on other correspondence with similar topics of conversation.
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, 1938 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 32Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.xx.xxB
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Handwritten letter from Mildred Bliss to Trix [Beatrix Farrand]. She tells Beatrix that Elizabeth will be photographing in the gardens before 11 tomorrow. If Beatrix comes before 12, she should let Mildred know that way she can give her a hug. She tells her Wednesday and Thursday she shall scarcely see her "alas [and] it irks me." She will indeed see her on Friday and Saturday to work and play. James Bryce has queries for Beatrix. Mildred asks how Beatrix, Max, Fulkie (Mary Fulkerson),...
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, January 8, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 68Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1940.01.08
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Handwritten letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her of her travel plans and asks for Farrand to telephone her when she arrives to Dumbarton Oaks. She reports lectures at 5pm on three days. The dummies are ready and Mildred wants to revisit an architectural problem.
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washingotn, D.C. to Trix, February 26, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 77Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1940.02.26
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Handwritten letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix) tells her Beattrix is a solid anchor for Mildred on this anniversary. She reports snowdrops showed their heads and the Bride [tree] is waving several smaller branches. She says Robert will return tomorrow and inquires about Max and Beatrix Farrand and the wild flowers and planets from Mount Wilson [Observatory].
Letter from Ruth Havey to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, D.C., June 27, 1939 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 63Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1939.06.27
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Copy of typescript letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss tells her Beatrix Farrand asked that she send Mildred prints of the museum cortile plans. Havey explains that the plans are in an unfinished state because a recent plan of the cortile which she asked Ralph Bubb to send her seems to indicate that there has been a change in the spacing of the loggia columns so that the side paths do not now center on an opening between two columns. "It seems best to verify this before the drawings are...
Summary of telephone conversation between Ruth M. Havey and Librarian, Harvard Club of New York, December 16, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 99Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1940.12.16
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Typescript summary on Ruth M. Havey professional letterhead of a telephone conversation Ruth Havey had with Librarian of the Harvard Club of New York. Summary could have been intended for Mildred Bliss. Letter sent to Mildred Bliss on December 17, 1940 enclosed this note with the letter (B:RH 1940.12.17). The summary reports of an article on Harvard Seals written by a Harvard Historian, one of the faculty members. A description of the details of the seals is included. To know which seal is...
Newspaper clipping "Harvard to Get Bliss Estate for Art Research" published in Washington Times-Herald, November 3, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 91Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:news clipping 1940.11.03B
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Newspaper clipping titled "Harvard to Get Bliss Estate for Art Research" published in the Washington Times-Herald on Sunday, November 3, 1940. The article reports Robert Woods Bliss, retired American diplomat and Mrs. Mildred Bliss turning over their estate Dumbarton Oaks to Harvard University for a center of research in the fine arts and humanities while a large part of the grounds are to become a public park (Dumbarton Oaks Park). The formal announcement of this decision was made November...
Newspaper clipping "Capabilities" by Hope Ridings Miller published in The Washington Post, November 2, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 90Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:news clipping 1940.11.03
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Newspaper clipping titled "Capitalites" by Hope Ridings Miller published in The Washington Post, Sunday, November 2, 1940 reports on the Byzantine Symposium, held at Dumbarton Oaks by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss bringing together an outstanding group of college presdients, professors, museum directors and authorities on art. While more an academic than social event, there were numerous dinners and luncheons for visitors. The symposium took place in the music room of the Bliss home and...
Newspaper clipping "Bliss Art Library Given to Harvard" published in The New York Times, November 3, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 92Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:news clipping 1940.11.03C
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Newspaper clipping titled "Bliss Art Library Given to Harvard" published in The New York Times, Sunday, November 3, 1940 reports Medieval and Byzantine treasure are donated by Robert Woods Bliss, a former diplomat and his wife, Mildred Bliss to Harvard University. The donation was announced today. Mr. and Mrs. Bliss "bacame interested many years ago not merely because of the beauty and interest of its many-sided art, but essentially because the forces then forming the world of men are...
Newspaper clipping "Big Part of Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks to Become Park" published in The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 93Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:news clipping 1940.11.03D
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Newspaper clipping titled "Big Part of Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks to Become Park" published in The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1940 reports Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss reveal plans for donation of their Dumbarton Oaks property to the Federal Government. This announcement was disclosed yesterday at the opening of a two-day symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. The announcement coincided with the inauguration of two buildings recently completed at Thirty-second and R Streets to...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., November 13, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 95Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1940.11.13
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Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Gardening Twin and Robert too (Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss) tells her how relieved Mildred must feel knowing that Dumbarton Oaks is now under the shield of Harvard University permanently. "While the wrench is desperately hard, the sense of security is entirely worthwhile, and Beatrix is glad for you that you have this comfort in spite of the pain it has meant." She reports following the entire opening festivities [of the Dumbarton...
Tree cutting agreement from California State Relief Administration for Casa Dorinda, Santa Barbara, California, 1939 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 66Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Tree Cutting Agreement.1939.xx.xx
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Copy of typescript agreement from California State Relief Administration for tree cutting at Casa Dorinda, Santa Barbara, California. Tree Cutting Agreement discussed in correspondences from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss dated January 30, 1940 (B:BF 1940.01.30) and one dated February 2, 1940 (B:BF 1940.02.02) and a response from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand dated February 6, 1940 (B:MB 1940.02.06). Beatrix Farrand opposes the signing of the agreement and Mildred Bliss concurs.