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Box B: 1

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Letter from Anne Baker to Mrs. Mildred Bliss, Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women, Groton, Massachusetts, February 9, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 55Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Baker 1934.02.09
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Anne Baker, a landscape architect in Beatrix Farrand's office following up on the inscription. She mentions that the acanthus leaves might lend greater support to the inscription panel than using oak leaves. Letter on Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women letterhead.

Letter from Mildred Bliss to Miss Baker, Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women, Groton, Massachusetts, February 16, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 56Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1934.02.16
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Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Anne Baker, a landscape architect in Beatrix Farrand's office, responding to Anne Baker's letter of February 9, 1933. Mildred Bliss says she wants the Beatrix Farrand inscription in place when Mrs. Farrand returns to Dumbarton Oaks unless it will delay work on the Aquarius fountain group [located in the Star Garden] or the swinging seats which would be nice to have when the warm weather arrives.

Letter from Mildred Bliss to Miss Gisela Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, March 9, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 57Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1934.03.09
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Copy of typescript letter with typescript signature from Mildred Bliss to Gisela Richter asking her to review for mistakes a drawing created by Ruth Havey of a Greek inscription for a panel in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden dedicated to Beatrix Farrand. She asks her not to mention it to Beatrix Farrand as it is a surprise. Mildred Bliss shares her upcoming travel plans to California. A copy of this letter was also sent to Ruth Havey.

Letter from Gisela M.A. Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Classical Art to Mrs. Robert W. Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 12, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 58Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:GR 1934.03.12
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Typescript and handsigned letter on The Metropolitan Museum of Art letterhead from Gisela Richter to Mildred Bliss expressing she would be delighted to look over the inscription [for the panel in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden dedicated to Beatrix Farrand] as requested in a letter from Mildred Bliss on March 9, 1934.

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, 124, East 40th Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., March 31, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 59Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1934.03.31
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature on Beatrix Farrand's New York office letterhead. Ruth Havey, assistant to Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, informs Mildred Bliss that she is working with Miss Gisela Richter [from The Metropolitan Museum of Art] and Miss Miln on the Greek inscription [for the panel in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden dedicated to Beatrix Farrand]. She relays that Miss Richter is troubled by the meaning of some of the Greek words in the inscription as they may express a...

Postcard of Bar Harbor, Maine from Maxtrix to Milrob and list of meetings held in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, December 1933 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 53Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1933.12.xx
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Postcard from Beatrix Farrand on behalf of her and her husband Max Farrand to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss offering their fondest love at Christmas. Included is a list of meetings in the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens from March 19-April 17, 1934?

Letter from Dorothy Kingsford to Miss Ruth M. Havey, c/o Mrs. Farrand, 124, East 40th Street, New York City, April 2, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 60Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Kingsford 1934.04.02
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Copy of unsigned typescript letter from Dorothy Kingsford, secretary to Mildred Bliss, to Ruth M. Havey in care of Beatrix Farrand's New York office expressing Mildred Bliss' response to hearing of grammatical errors in the Greek inscription (dedicated to Beatrix Farrand for the panel in the Green Garden). Mildred Bliss asks if the alterations that need to be made will be completed before Beatrix Farrand returns.

Letter from Gisela M. A. Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Classical Art to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 61Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:GR 1934.04.13
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Handsigned typescript letter from Gisela M.A. Richter to Mildred Bliss. Includes a handwritten postscript. Letter offering Thursday, April 19 at 3 p.m. as an appointment time in New York to discuss the grammatical mistakes in the Greek inscription. Gisela reports the trouble is with the very unusual Greek.

Message from Mildred Bliss to Gisela Richter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. City, April 15, 1934 to April 19, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 62Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1934.04.19
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Handwritten and handsigned message from Mildred Bliss to be sent to Gisela Richter at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City no later than 4/19/[19]34. Gisela Richter had scheduled a meeting with Mildred Bliss for April 19, 1934 to discuss problems with the Greek inscription for the panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden. Mildred Bliss regrets she is unable to attend the meeting and will ask Ruth Havey discuss inscription with her.

Letter from Dorothy Kingsford to Miss Ruth Havey, c/o Mrs. Max Farrand, 124, East 40th Street, New York City, April 20, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 63Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Kingsford 1934.04.20
Scope and Contents: Copy of unsigned typescript letter from Dorothy Kingsford, secretary on behalf of Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey, in care of Beatrix Farrand's New York City office. She informs Ruth Havey that Mildred Bliss received a letter from Miss Gisela Richter [The Metropolitan Museum of Art] about the grammatical mistakes in the Greek inscription [to be on the panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden]. Mildred Bliss wants her to discuss the inscription with Gisela Richter and...

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, 124 East 40th Street, New York, N.Y. to Miss Dorothy Kingsford, c/o Mrs. R.W. Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., April 24, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 64Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1934.04.24
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter from Ruth Havey, Assistant to Beatrix Farrand on embossed Beatrix Farrand New York City office letterhead to Dorothy Kingsford, secretary for Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks. Ruth Havey feels Gisela Richter was not frank with Mildred Bliss about the problems with the Greek inscription for the panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden. She tells of her distress that the inscription as it is does not express the thoughts that Mildred Bliss...

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, 124 East 40th Street, New York N.Y. to Miss Dorothy Kingsford, c/o Mrs. R.W. Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., April 26, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 65Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1934.04.26
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Handsigned typescript letter from Ruth Havey, Assistant to Beatrix Farrand on embossed Beatrix Farrand office letterhead to Dorothy Kingsford, secretary to Mildred Bliss. Ruth Havey mentions she has conferenced with Miss Marjorie Milne about the inscription for the panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden and offers another suggestion for the inscription. Enclosed is a handwritten Greek translation of the inscription.

Letter from unknown correspondent, Nacoochee, Georgia to Mrs. Bliss, August 29, 1934 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 66Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Unknown 1934.08.29
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Handwritten and handsigned letter on folded paper. The unknown correspondent informs Mildred Bliss that he/she and another person will be unable to stay when they travel north, but asks if they can let her know when when they return in October to meet with Mr. Phillips and various foreign diplomats about a trip to the East next Spring. He/she encloses a rough draft of a Greek inscription with an English translation.

Letter from Miss Dorothy Kingsford, Secretary to Miss Havey, c/o Mrs. Max Farrand, 124, East 40th Street, New York, May 7, 1935 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 67Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Kingsford 1935.05.07
Scope and Contents: Unsigned copy of typescript letter from Dorothy Kingsford, Secretary to Mildred Bliss, informing Ruth Havey, Assistant to Beatrix Farrand, that Mildred Bliss has abandoned the idea of a Greek inscription and is enclosing a proposed Latin inscription for the English words instead. Mildred Bliss would like sketches with lettering as it appears on the attached sheet. Mildred Bliss would like the inscription for the panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden to be in...

Letter from Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Mildred Bliss, May 8, 1935 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 68Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MxF 1935.05.08
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Handwritten and handsigned letter from Max Farrand to Mildred Bliss informing her of the dates of house guests, but expresses nothing would please him more than to have she and Robert stay while Trix [Beatrix Farrand] is away. If they choose to come while Max Farrand has guests, he offers to move them to another room, so Robert and Mildred Bliss can stay in their former quarters.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 21 East Eleventh Street, New York to Mildred Bliss, May 20, 1923 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1923.05.20
Scope and Contents: Handwritten and handsigned letters on embossed letterhead from Beatrix Farrand expressing her admiration for Mildred Bliss and the emptiness she will feel while at The Oaks [Dumbarton Oaks] while Mildred and Robert Bliss are away at an interesting post in Europe. She and [William] Gray will do some organizing, explore the possibilities of masons and carpenters, and eject [Wm. P.] Lipscomb and Co. from the outdoors [the garden]. She states she is the helping hands to carry out the work on The...

Letter from Dorothy Kingsford to Miss Ruth Havey, c/o Mrs. Max Farrand, 124, East 40th Street, New York, May 20, 1935 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 69Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Kingsford 1935.05.20
Scope and Contents: Copy of unsigned typescript letter from Dorothy Kingsford, Secretary to Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey, Assistant to Beatrix Farrand in her New York office. On behalf of Mildred Bliss Dorothy requests that Ruth Havey send the Latin inscription no later than Saturday morning even if she hasn't been able to work on it. Mildred Bliss asks that Ruth Havey notify her by telegram or air-mail whether Beatrix Farrand will be arriving here Saturday morning or afternoon and where Beatrix Farand can be...

Letter from Ruth Havey to Mrs. Robert W. Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., May 22, 1935 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 70Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1935.05.22
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss. Ruth Havey informs Mildred Bliss that she sent by first class mail special delivery two full size dummies for the Latin inscription which will fit in the panel between the piers and between the capping and base of the parapet. The dummy marked "A" is cut in limestone and the dummy marked "B" is cut in a panel of finer grained stone such as marble or slate. She is sending with this letter but no longer with letter, an alternative...

Letter from Mrs. Mudski, on board, Cunard White Star "Georgic" to Mildred Bliss, June 21, 1935 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 71Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MCJ 1935.06.21
Scope and Contents: Handwritten and handsigned letter from Mrs. Mudski (Mary Cadwalader Jones, mother to Beatrix Farrand) to Mildred thanking her for a gift. She mentions that she is trotting across the seas at the same time as Trix (Beatrix Farrand), and both have had very good weather and smooth seas. She offers her itinerary with plans to meet up with Beatrix Farrand. She is pleased that Mildred Bliss will be in California this summer for Beatrix Farrand's sake. She states that Mildred makes a real...

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, 124 East 40th Street, New York, N.Y to Mrs. Bliss, June 24, 1935 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 72Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1935.06.24
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Handwritten and handsigned letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss discussing the inscription dedicated to Beatrix Farrand for the panel in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden. She says that even though Miss [Anne] Baker had told Mildred Bliss that Ruth was going to take a holiday, she would be willing to postpone her vacation until the dedication inscription was completed.

Letter from Mildred Bliss to G.L. Hendrickson, Department of Classics, Yale University, New Haven, October 31, 1935 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 73Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1935.10.31
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Copy of unsigned typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Professor George Lincoln Hendrickson thanking him for the Latin inscription. She reports that Beatrix Farrand and her husband Professor Max Farrand was pleased by the tribute, and sends a photograph with thanks for his share of great pleasure at Dumbarton Oaks. The inscription was for a panel dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden.

Letter from G.L. Hendrickson, Yale University, Department of Classics to Mrs. Bliss, Nov. 5, 1935 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 74Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:GLH 1935.11.05
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Handwritten and handsigned letter on Yale University, Department of Classics letterhead to Mildred Bliss thanking her for the kind note and receipt of the photograph of the tablet. He tells her he feels abundantly rewarded for his small contribution to it. The photograph was of the tablet (panel) with inscription dedicated to Beatrix Farrand in the Dumbarton Oaks Green Garden.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mrs. Clark, c/o Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., August 31, 1936 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 75Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1936.08.31
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter on Beatrix Farrand letterhead from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Ethel Burnet Clark, a bibliographer who worked for Mildred Bliss at Dumbarton Oaks. Beatrix Farrand offers suggestions on searching for pictures of flowers in cheap books such as the Wild Flowers of America, so the pictures can be cut up to fit into frames. She also mentions the National Georgraphic Society, the Forestry Department, Arnold Arboretum, the Morton Arboretum, and the catalogs from Sutton and...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., January 9, 1937 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 76Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1937.01.09
Scope and Contents: Unsigned typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mil and Rob [Mildred and Robert Bliss] informing them that the Blaksley Garden situation has settled itself in a way that neither of them had hoped for. She reports on meetings with General William Lassiter, Maunsell van Rensselaer, and Lockwood de Forest and tells Mildred and Robert Bliss that the Garden Committee has chosen Lockwood de Forest to be the consulting landscape architect. Although disappointed, Beatrix Farrand feels the...

Telegram from Milrob, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, Calif., January 23, 1937 Digital

File — Box: B: 1, Folder: 77Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1937.01.23
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Postal Telegraph telegram from Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss [Milrob] to Beatrix Farrand reporting that William Gray's coronary thrombosis is improving and he and Mrs Gray appreciate message sent. They mention they are touched by the offer of a California trip for William Gray late Spring. William Gray worked as Superintendent of Gardens from 1922-1937.