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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix).

Western Union telegram from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her the magnum opus she sent omitted asking for bench and chair designs for Museum Cortile. Mildred asks to please forward file of sketches. She shall dummy and report. She wants them finished and in place by October 1. Mildred is working relentlessly. She sends love to dear MaxTrix (Max and Beatrix Farrand) from a "dripping" Mildred in Washington, D.C..

Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix).

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Mary Fulkerson asks for help with the Catalog House display. She asks for the name of people who she can get the stencil letter arrangements that are used for labeling files and a sample of them. She asks for the names of two or three people who send French book catalogues. Anne would like to get some good flower pictures from them. If Fulkerson has any suggestions for ideas, she asks her to please send them.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "Milrob [Mildred and Robert Bliss] and prized friend". Farrand thanks Mildred for the gift of the old cruet stand and four flower glasses. She found out from the shop representative who sent it. She reports on that the illness of Robert Millikan is keeping her and Max Farrand in California. She will be happy when she gets back to Bar Harbor.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "my very dearest" [Mildred Bliss]. Farrand responds to Mildred's letter of July 23, 1938. She comments on Robert Millikan's illness and the need for Trustees to take on added responsibility at the Huntington Library and Museum. Farrand thinks that the price Helen Reid is charging for Nerines is too much and she will write her. Farrand comments on Casa Dorinda landscaping issues and garden projects and tree work at Dumbarton Oaks.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "Mildred dearest" [Bliss] offers and approximate date for Max Farrand to return to work in California and when Beatrix can visit Dumbarton Oaks and the music festival in Pittsfield [Massachusetts]. She asks Mildred to let her know what days she could meet her at Dumbarton Oaks.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "dearest Dear" [Mildred Bliss] offers her satisfaction with the carving and lettering of the William Gray inscription and offers her itinerary to visit Dumbarton Oaks.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "Garden Twin" [Mildred Bliss] shares how nice it was to be with Mildred and Robert Bliss at Dumbarton Oaks. She offers her suggestion on wording of the Gardeners' memorial for William Gray. She has sent what the rose standards should be at Dumbarton Oaks and will meet with workers at Casa Dorinda and the Blaksley [Santa Barbara Botanic Garden] in a few days. While at Dumbarton Oaks, she and James Bryce accomplished some good work.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "Garden Twin" [Mildred Bliss] updates her on the Blaksley Garden [Santa Barbara Botanic Garden] matters regarding incorporation and separating from the Santa Barbara Museum with a name change of the Blaksley Botanic Garden to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Farrand visited Casa Dorinda and tells Mildred Bliss about the gutter situation with options to fix it.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss tells her to take care of herself and her bronchials. She reports Hanry Graves has responded about a possible person to consult on the Dumbarton Oaks Trees.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "Dearest Gardener" [Mildred Bliss] shares her itinerary and dates of her Washington, D.C. visit. She is delighted to give the Elizabethan Gardens talk which she has received positive comments saying it was interesting. She offers a hug to Robert Woods Bliss and Mrs. Victoria Titus Coolidge.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss tells her G. Frederick Coles has encountered a snag with the constuction and hinges of the Forsythia gate. She is passing this on to Ruth Havey to solve. Coles has sent Havey a plan of the Forsythia seat, so she can rough out a plan for the paving, placing of the seats, and inscription.

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss asks if she might inquire of the Kenneth Clarks what Edith Wharton's Cezanne was sold for by the heir [Elisina Tyler]. The report from Harry T. Thompson on the Dumbarton Oaks tree conditions has arrived and the conclusions are favorable. Beatrix sends her a copy of the report and one to James Bryce. Beatrix has finished an ankle length dress for the party. She will be at Dumbarton Oaks in a week.

Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney inquiries on the Catalogue House work and how Sweeney is doing. Farrand hopes she is freer of pain. She reports Mildred Bliss is enthusiastic for Anne to travel to New York to acquire nice prints.

Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand (Trix) to Mildred Bliss tells her she has qualms about her or Mildred signing the California Relief Administration's tree cutting agreement based on their relief from liability. She is sending Mildred a copy of a letter [B:BF 1940.02.02B] sent to Claude Kennerly and the California Relief Administration.

Postal Telegraph telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her they felt her affection hovering over them owing to memorable and moving days. A detailed account follows. Presently greetings to Mr. Updike and devotion to beloved Trix and Max.