Box D: 2
Contains 128 Results:
Letter from Donald L. Kline, Planning Division, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Parks, Washington to Beatrix Farrand, Landscape Architect, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, May 21, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Donald Kline to Beatrix Farrand. A copy of the letter was sent to John Thacher. Kline tells her that he request $8,600 in the National Captial Parks District of Columbia budget for personnel and materials to properly maintain the area in the present condition. He is uncertain if Congress will pass the budgeted amount of even $4000. Four copies of letter with original.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., May 25, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature by secretary for Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher send him a carbon copy of a letter being sent to Irving Root, National Park Service telling him to call a meeting of the Dumbarton Oaks Park Advisory Committee and have Donald Kline and Newton Drury attend if possible. This will be the first time one of the Blisses can be in attendence. Secretary likely Isabelle M. Stover.
Letter from Ellis Russell, Tenth Floor, 67 Wall Street, New York to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, May 25, 1942 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., May 28, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him she is sending the agenda for the upcoming meeting with Robert and Mildred Bliss. Copies of the letter are also being sent to G. Frederick Coles, James Bryce, and Anne Sweeney. She is looking forward to the visit.
Telegram from Ruth Havey, New York, N.Y. to Mrs. Max Farrand, Dumbarton Oaks 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., June 3, 1942 Digital
Western Union telegraph from Ruth Havey to Beatrix Farrand tells her the time she is arriving in Washington, D.C.
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York to John Thacher, 3101 R Street N.W., Washington, D.C, June 8, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth Havey to John Thacher sends him the dummy and a small scale sketch for the historical tablet. The dummy for the 32nd Street tablet will follow later. The arrangement for future work at Dumbarton Oaks is heart-warming. She is going to Bar Harbor, Maine and has high hopes that her and Beatrix Farrand will arrive at a work solution.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 12, 1942 Digital
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 15, 1942 Digital
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, 3101 R Street, June 16, 1942 Digital
Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him Ruth Havey is at Reef Point and excellent progress is being made. The historic tablet progress is good. She asks him to wire her when Mildred Bliss arrives in Washington, D.C. to discuss historic tablet.
Text for telegram from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbour, Maine, June 16, 1942 Digital
Text for Western Union telegram from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand tells her he is delighted to hear things are progressing well [with Ruth Havey on historic tablet]. Robert and Mildred Bliss return on June 26 for ten days.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 18, 1942 Digital
Letter from John S. Thacher to Ruth Havey, 25, Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., June 20, 1942 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Ruth Havey tells her he would like to see and review the drawings for the 32nd and historic tablets before Robert and Mildred Bliss return to Dumbarton Oaks. He is glad her visit with Beatrix Farrand is going well.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher asks the result of the meeting with the Dumbarton Oaks Park Committee Meeting and if any progress was made with Irving Root and Donald L. Kline. She inquires if Robert and Mildred Bliss will return to Washington, D.C. next winter and where they will live. She hopes the scheme for the historic tablet on R Street meets his approval and offers her opinion on it and the construction in the wall.
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 27, 1942 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., July 24, 1942 Digital
Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 31, 1942 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., August 5, 1942 Digital
Text for day letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 8, 1942 Digital
Text for day letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand tells her [no flower bulbs] for the National Gallery due to complications. He will write further details.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him she sent James Bryce and the bulb dealer an air mail letter about the National Gallery [of Art] not needing flower bulbs. Farrand wants to know from Bryce what plant needs the Blisses will have next winter and what will be the financial arrangement buying and growing them. Farrand is not mourning over the departed red oak tree as she never liked it.
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine , August 12, 1942 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., August 14, 1942 Digital
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 19, 1942 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand tells her to order what plants she thinks Robert and Mildred Bliss need. He is worried about the rain and damage to the basement floors of the new wings. His plans are uncertain about getting a regular tree man. He sends his regards to Max and Beatrix Farrand.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., August 21, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for giving the all clear to order plants for Robert and Mildred Bliss. She wonders if the brookside has submerged in mud due to all the rain. She feels he has been a "wise young judge" as executive officer of Dumbarton Oaks.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., August 26, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher shares telegram response from Robert and Mildred Bliss about the museum and historic tablets. She is writing Ruth Havey to share their response and schedule a time to discuss it further at Reef Point.
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 1, 1942 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand tells her he spoke to Robert and Mildred Bliss who told them their decision about the tablets. He is confident Beatrix Farrand, Ruth Havey, and John Thacher can come up a design that pleases the Blisses. The second academic year at Dumbarton Oaks begins on September 25.