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Box E

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Letter from Lewis L. Delafield, Hawkins, Delafield and Longfellow, 49 Wall Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Box 596, Santa Barbara, California, April 9, 1935 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 8, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E8:Delafield 1935.04.09
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Lewis Delafield to Mildred Bliss tells her he does not know of the League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia and supports their decision not to draw political attention to Dumbarton Oaks. He tells her that because she was in New York for 51 days in 1934 she would need to pay New York taxes.

Letter from Edith Hoyt, Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, November 6, 1940 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 9, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E9:Hoyt 1940.11.06
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Handwritten letter from Edith Hoyt to Mildred Bliss tells her she would like to sketch the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. She would be interested in getting autumn and spring effects on the garden. She was commissioned to paint the Henry Fairbanks garden at Murray Bay and a painting of Dumbarton Oaks would be one in a series of garden picture that her New York dealer would like to exhibit.

Letter from Pauline B. Woodruff to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 24, 1936? Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 6, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E6:Woodruff 19xx.05.24
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Signed handwritten letter from Pauline B. Woodruff, Director of Montrose Park to Mildred Bliss thanking her for her generous gifts of flowers for the May festival in Montrose Park.

Letter from Walter Walkinshaw, 1707 21st Street N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 7, 1940 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:1940.05.07
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Signed handwritten letter from Walter Walkinshaw to Mildred Bliss for the guided garden tour and conversation. He tells her he was the intern that arrived late and toured the garden with Dr. Davenport, but it was the most "soul-satisfying" experience he had since arriving east from Washington state.