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Box B: 1

 Container

Contains 123 Results:

Correspondence, June 1922 to December 1937

Sub-Group — Box: B: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Report for The Oaks, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and Lists of Plants for R. Street Plantation Border and Plants for Orangery from Beatrix Farrand, June 24 - 25, 1922 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1922.06.24
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter with handwritten note and signature by B.F. (Beatrix Farrand). Beatrix Farrand lays out her vision for the Dumbarton Oaks property including keeping some existing landscaping and adding new trees, shrubs, and flowers. She includes lists of Plants for R. Street plantation border and Plants for Orangery. Report and lists may have been included with letter from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C., July 7,...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C., July 7 - July 8, 1922 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1922.07.07
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter on Beatrix Farrand embossed letterhead with handwritten note and signature. The report for "The Oaks" and plant lists for the R Street plantation border and Orangery dated June 24-25, 1922 from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine, to Mildred Bliss was intended to be enclosed with this letter. Beatrix Farrand continues to lay out her vision for the Dumbarton Oaks property and garden. She suggests plants, trees, and colors to be used, and reports receiving the property survey...

List of Suggestions for Perennial Seeds for Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 11, 1922 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1922.07.11
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Typescript lists on Beatrix Farrand embossed letterhead of suggested perennial seeds and plants for the flower garden.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Washington, D.C. to Beatrix Farrand, New York City, N.Y., July 13, 1922 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1922.07.13
Scope and Contents: Unsigned copy of typescript letter attributed to Mildred Bliss. Beatrix Farrand also known as Mrs. Max Farrand. Mildred Bliss reports she and Robert Bliss "purr with contentment" after receiving her report and enclosure. The report laid out the vision for the Dumbarton Oaks property and garden. She asks Beatrix Farrand to "ask your 'young architect' to send schemes for the retaining walls, stairs, landings, etc. It would save much time could I have the grading finished and the walls build,...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, September 11, 1922 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1922.09.11
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Typescript handsigned letter on Beatrix Farrand embossed letterhead. Beatrix Farrand discusses in detail the layout of the Dumbarton Oaks garden terraces and encloses the blueprints which are no longer with the letter.

Letter with enclosed black and white photograph from Beatrix Farrand, 21 East Eleventh Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, D.C., April 14, 1923 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1923.04.14
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Typescript letter handsigned with initials, B.F. on Beatrix Farrand embossed letterhead. The enclosed photographs are cedar trees being offered by Mr. Charles Sprague Sargent from the Arnold Arboretum. The letter lists the cost for three of them for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, North Vista garden area.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Max Farrand, 21 East 11th Street, New York City, April 16, 1923 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1923.04.16
Scope and Contents: Unsigned copy of typescript letter with handwritten note attributed to Mildred Bliss responding to Trix (Beatrix Farrand) about proposals for the Dumbarton Oaks garden and property. Specifically, it mentions the loggia, purchase of cedar trees from Mr. Sargent at Arnold Arboretum, Gardener's Cottage, greenhouse, 32nd Street wall, piers and gates, railing between Lovers' Lane and 31st Street entrance. Mildred Bliss explains changing architectural firms will be easier for Beatrix Farrand to...

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Paris, France to Mrs. Farrand, 21 East 11th Street, New York City , November 16, 1923 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1923.11.16
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Unsigned, copy of typescript letter attributed to Mildred Bliss. Mildred Bliss informs Trix (Beatrix Farrand) that her proposed scheme for the box-garden on the knoll is just right.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Paris, France to Mrs. Farrand, 124 East 40th Street, New York, December 3, 1925 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1925.12.03
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Unsigned typescript copy of letter with a handwritten note (attributed to Mildred Bliss) to Trix (Beatrix Farrand) expressing her delight with ideas that Beatrix Farrand has for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Mildred Bliss requests a rough prospective sketch of the little moat in the Ellipse and suggests "Edith coping" might be the perfect thing for the pool on Lovers' Lane.

Letter from Mary Cadwalader Jones, Reef Point, Bar Harbour, Maine to Mildred Bliss, June 21, 1927 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MCJ 1927.06.21
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Signed, handwritten letter by Mary Cadwalader Jones, mother of Beatrix Farrand.

Letter from Katherine C. Egan, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mademoiselle Malaye, 4 Rue Henri Moissan Quai d'Orsay, Paris, France, September 4, 1929 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:KE 1929.09.04
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Signed, typescript letter on Beatrix Farrand stamped letterhead. Katherine C. Egan, secretary, is writing on behalf of Beatrix Farrand to Mademoiselle [Therese] Malaye, secretary to Mildred Bliss, inquiring about the Italian envelopes sent to Mildred Bliss.

Letter from Mlle. Malaye to Miss Katherine Egan, Reef Point, Bar Harbour, Maine, September 14, 1929 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MM 1929.09.14
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Unsigned copy of typescript letter. Mademoiselle [Therese] Malaye, secretary to Mildred Bliss in Paris, acknowledges receipt of Italian envelopes sent to Mildred Bliss by Beatrix Farrand. Katherine C. Egan is secretary to Beatrix Farrand.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mlle. Malaye, 4, rue Henri Moissan, Quai D' Orsay, Paris, France and handwritten note by Mildred Bliss, September 30, 1929 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1929.09.30
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Typescript and handsigned letter on Beatrix Farrand letterhead to Madamoiselle [Therese] Malaye, secretary for Mildred Bliss. Includes a handwritten note by Mildred Bliss about fumigation with Paradichlorobenzene and Carbon Tetrachloride.

Letter from Mary Cadwalader Jones, 21, East Eleventh Street, New York City to Mildred Bliss, February 3, 1931 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MCJ 1931.03.02
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Signed handwritten letter by Mary Cadwalader Jones, mother of Beatrix Farrand.

Letter from G.L. Hendrickson, Yale University, Department of Classics to Mr. Russell and note by Mildred Bliss, March 12, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:GLH 1933.03.12
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Typescript copy of signed letter by George Lincoln Hendrickson to Ellis Russell, secretary to Robert Woods Bliss. Handwritten note in pencil on tissue paper about Latin and Greek translations in Mildred Bliss' hand.

Letter from G.L. Hendrickson, Yale University, Department of Classics to Ellis Russell, 49 Wall Street, New York City, March 17, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 17Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:GLH 1933.03.17
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Typescript letter on Yale University, Department of Classics letterhead with handwritten corrections and signature by George Lincoln Hendrickson offering a Latin inscription dedicated to Beatrix Farrand. Ellis Russell is secretary to Robert Woods Bliss, but letter was probably intended for Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss.

Letter from Ellis Russell, Twelfth Floor, 49 Wall Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, American Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 22, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:ER 1933.03.22
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Typescript letter on professional letterhead with handwritten signature by Ellis Russell, secretary to Robert Woods Bliss, to Mildred Bliss. Enclosures previously included are no longer with letter.

Letter from G.L. Hendrickson, Yale University, Department of Classics to Mr. Russell, March 23, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:GLH 1933.03.23
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Copy of typescript signed letter by George Lincoln Hendrickson to Ellis Russell, secretary to Robert Woods Bliss.

Letter from Ellis Russell, Twelfth floor, 49 Wall Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, American Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 31, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:ER 1933.03.31
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Typescript and handsigned letter on professional letterhead from Ellis Russell, secretary to Robert Woods Bliss, to Mildred Bliss. Includes enclosures of dedication inscription for Beatrix Farrand in English, Spanish, and Latin. Mildred Bliss has made handwritten annotations to one Latin inscription (marked IV).

Letter from Ellis Russell, 49 Wall Street, New York City to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, American Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 4, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 21Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:ER 1933.04.04
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ellis Russell, secretary to Robert Woods Bliss, to Mildred Bliss. Enclosure mentioned is no longer with letter. Letter sent Air Mail.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, S.S. "Eastern Prince" at sea to Professor Hendrickson, May 16, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 22Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1933.05.16
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Copy of typescript letter, unsigned, but attributed to Mildred Bliss to Professor George Lincoln Hendrickson, Yale University, Department of Classics, about a Latin dedication and inscription for Beatrix Farrand for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden [Green Garden].

Letter from J.H. McDaniels, 645 Main St., Geneva, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Bliss, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 24Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:JHM 1933.07.02
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Handwritten signed letter from Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, Professor of Greek Language and Literature at William Smith College and Hobart College in Geneva, New York to Mildred Bliss. He is responding to a request to translate an inscription into Greek. The inscription is to be a dedication to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Green Garden.

Letter from Mildred Bliss to Mr. J.H. McDaniels, 645 Main Street, Geneva, N.Y., July 5, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 25Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1933.07.05
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Copy of typescript letter, unsigned, but attributed to Mildred Bliss to Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, Professor of Greek Language and Literature at William Smith College and Hobart College in Geneva, New York. Enclosure of typewritten inscription in English sent with original letter not with copy of letter.

Letter from M. W. Winslow, 275 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts to Mrs. Bliss, between July 5, 1933 and July 8, 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 26Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Winslow 1933.07.xx
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Handwritten and signed letter on personal letterhead from Mary W. Winslow to Mildred Bliss translating the years 1922-1933 in Greek for the inscription and dedication for Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Green Garden.