Box B: 3
Container
Contains 115 Results:
Letter from Mildred Bliss to Trix, March 28, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 26Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.03.28
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Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for the March 22nd letter and tells her how eagerly they are looking forward to seeing her on the [April] 8th. John Thacher will have several preliminary days in with to talk with them, so they ought to be able to cover the ground most usefuuly once you are at Dumbarton Oaks. Mildred thanks Beatrix for sending her itinerary. Mildred has received a very satisfactory letter from Mr. Merrill, and she hopes the desire to...
Text for telegram from Milrob to Mrs. Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, April 1, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 30Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.04.01
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Copy of text for telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her "Indeed yes - The UE belongs to our generation and we refuse to give it up - Hurray for Tuesday."
Text for telegram from Milrob, Santa Barbara, California to Mrs. Max Farrand, Cosmopolitan Club, 122 East 66th St., New York, N.Y., April 29, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 34Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.04.29
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Postal Telegraph telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her they are glad that Irving Root's favorable response to Advisory Committee and extra workers. [They?] have asked John Thatcher to discuss with James Bryce about the possibility of reducing expense as May to November would cost seventeen hudred fifty dollars, and "we have increasing number of dependent refugees." [They?] are glad to give Washington Botanic Garden first choice of tubs then New York...
Letter from Mildred Bliss to Mr. Hauck, May 8, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 36Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.05.08
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Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Mr. Hauck tells him the genesis of the inscription on Beatrix Farrand's tablet in the Green Garden and offers the story of how it came about.
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Box 596, Santa Barbara, California to Trix, May 20, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 40Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.05.20
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature and postscript from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand says she and Robert Woods Bliss are distress that Reef Point has hit a legislative snag. She hopes that Beatrix will see its future assured before the summer is over. She thanks Beatrix for her telegram with welcome news. "In a few days we will take up the matter of the form this Advisory Committee should take and what sum should be established against which it may draw. I think it is vital to...
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Box 596, Santa Barbara, California to Trix, May 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.05.xx
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Handwritten letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand.
Telegram from Milrob, Santa Barbara, Califonria to Mrs. Max Farrand (Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown), Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., June 2, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 44Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.06.02
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Western Union telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her the 31st communication she sent just received this evening. They authorize Beatrix to organize a Dumbarton Oaks Park Advisory Committee as planned and to represent Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss until they can be present. They as her to please wire the minimum sum annually she considers necessary and maximum sum she thinks desirable for possible endowment and also whether she and James Bryce...
Telegram from Milrob, Santa Barbara, California to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 19, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 58Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.07.19
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Western Union telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand asks for forgiveness for the delayed response to her communications on June 16th, 17th, 25th, 28th, and July 7th. "Pressure here excessive." Robert has been pronounced ready for an operation which will probably be performed the 31st. Everything is favorable and there is no dread. They shall write Beatrix in regards to Casa Dorinda and successful steps for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and Dumbarton Oaks....
Text for telegram from Milrob to Mrs. Max Farrand, Phillips House, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, July 21, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 59Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.07.21
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Copy of handwritten text for telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her the letters dated 18th and 19th from Beatrix were just received. "Bless you and tender congratulations and wishes to dear Max. They ask Beatrix to wire when she leaves Boston and offer reassurance that the convalenscence is going well. They are glad that Max's operation is over for Beatrix as well as the patient.
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Post Office Box 596, Santa Barbara, California to Trix, August 4, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 65Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.08.04
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Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand.
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Box 596, Santa Barbara, California to Trix, September 19, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 85Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.09.19
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand.
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Box 596, Santa Barbara to Trix, October 1, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 88Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.10.01
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand responds to the business part of Beatrix Farrand's letter dated September 24th. Mildred offers her thoughts on the historic tablet.
Letter from Mildred Bliss to Trix, November 6, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 99Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.11.06
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Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand offers her thoughts on the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and ongoing projects.
Text for telegram from Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Max Farrand, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine, November 14, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 106Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.11.14
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Copy of handwritten text for telegram from Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her the letter and roll was received on Wednesday morning. "Cheer for your and mail's speed." There was a successful meeting with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. They eagerly await Max and Beatrix Farrand to California. They send "Greetings" to Mrs. Milliken. They regret that Gerrish Milliken junior not yet able to visit us.
Letter from Ruth Havey, Twenty-Five Fifth Avenue, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Santa Barbara, California, February 24, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:RH 1941.02.24
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss encloses a sketch for the Whitehaven Street entrance to the Dumbarton Oaks Park and a restudy of the stone bench in the loggia. Copies of the bench drawing have been sent to John Thacher and Beatrix Farrand. Ruth Havey told John Thacher that she would ask Mildred to let him know whether it was all right to go ahead with the cutting. G. Frederick Coles told Ruth in Janurary that he needs a full size detail drawing...
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Post Office Box 596, Santa Barbara, California to Miss Havey, March 25, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 22Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.03.25
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Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey tells her she meant to send the check to her long ago and asks for Ruth's forgiveness for the delay. She thanks Ruth for sending the sketch of the Whitehaven Street entrance to her. She reports that Beatrix Farrand has the bench drawing and will take up all matters at Dumbarton Oaks when she gets there the third week in April. Mildred says that Beatrix Farrand is very much overworked at the moment with pulling up stakes at the...
Note from Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Max Farrand, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine, November 6, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 100Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.11.06B
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Handwritten note from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand discusses sending an urgent the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden material. It requires Beatrix Farrand's immediate decisions. "Please wire where airmail will reach you Sunday. Mildred hopes Max is gaining satisfactorily as Robert Woods Bliss is.
Correspondence, January 1941 to December 1941
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
Sub-Group — Box: B: 3Identifier: 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,...
Notes on garden project responsibility and unfinished business between Mrs. Bliss and Harvard, February 18, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1941.02.18B
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Typescript list by Beatrix Farrand with ink additions by Beatrix Farrand and graphite additions by Mildred Bliss. At the top "Please return carbon corrected to B.F. [Beatrix Farrand]. The first list is titled, "B.F. is doubtful whether Mrs. Bliss or Harvard is to attend to the following." The list is probably referring to financial and administrative responsibility of the listed projects. The second list titled, "Mrs. Bliss - Unfinished Business to be completed for her account". This lists...
Casa Dorinda Notes, April 11, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 31Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Casa Dorinda Notes 1941.04.11
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Typescript notes on Casa Dorinda by Beatrix Farrand. The notes on gardening include annuals, perennials, roses, fertilizing, instructions on tennis court, tree cutting, seeds for late season flowers, and substitute of a larger tractor for the current one.
Letter from F. F. Gillen, U.S. National Park Service, National Capital Parks, Washington to Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 26, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 51Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:FFG 1941.06.26
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Typescript letter from F.F. Gillen, Acting Superintendent of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. to Beatrix Farrand telling her that a key to the Dumbarton Oaks Park gates is being made for James Bryce.
Letter from Mildred Bliss' secretary, Post Office Box 596, Santa Barbara, California to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbour, Mount Desert, Maine, August 9, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 67Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MBsec 1941.08.09
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Copy of typescript letter from the secretary for Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand returning enclosures with many thanks. Mildred Bliss thinks the system is most practical and has shown it to Maunsell Van Rensselaer of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, who finds it so useful he has asked for blank species index cards so that he may have them copied for use here. She says Mrs. Bliss sends her love and hopes that Max Farrand is steadily progressing. She was sorry to learn that he had a setback....
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California, March 3, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1941.03.03
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand asks for feedback on reference materials to be used in the Catalogue House and offers reports on the state of the gardens in Spring. Miss Horneman has been assisting her in preparing lists of flowers in blooming season for Beatrix Farrand.
Letter from Anne Sweeney, 3245 S Street, N.W. to Beatrix Farrand, March 17, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1941.03.17
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Copy of letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand tells her she congratulated Max Farrand on his retirement from the Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Sweeney is nervous she won't be able to accomplish all she would like to do before her term expires. She is working every day typing labels and lists. James Bryce thinks the labels should appear on the front of the panel rather than the back, so the "looker" can see at a glance all the information contained therein. She reports to her work...
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California, March 27, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 3, Folder: 24Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1941.03.27
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand tells her help in straightening out the plant listing was a god-send. She reports Mildred Bliss is willing for her to stay and finish up the work of the Catalog House to a point where it will be acceptable to Harvard University. She "feels like a man who was granted a stay of execution." regarding her work on the Catalog House project. She notes Beatrix Farrand's suggestions which will be most helpful, and Miss Horneman has made...