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A handwritten note probably created by Mildred Bliss's secretary and intended for Mildred Bliss about Mrs. Katharine Miller Stevenson, a landacape architect from Hartford, Connecticut, visiting the Dumbarton Oaks Garden on the suggestion of Mrs. John Gibbons.

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An excerpt of the Women's Overseas Service League minutes reporting on a tea at Dumbarton Oaks to benefit the Washington Self-Help Exchange.

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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.

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Handwritten letter from May McClure Kelley (Mrs. William Fitch Kelley) to Mildred Bliss asks if she would open the Dumbarton Oaks grounds to raise funds for the 1936 Presidential campaign under the direction of the League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia.

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Photocopy of telegram from Robert Woods Bliss to Dorothy Kingsford about Mrs. Fitch Kelley's, President, League of Republican Women, request for the members to use the grounds of Dumbarton Oaks for philanthropic efforts. Original telegram is with exchange of letters, E8:Kelley 1935.03.22.

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Exchange of typescript letters (one is a copy) between Olivia Phelps Stokes and Mildred Bliss. Stokes asks if Mildred Bliss would allow the Dumbarton Oaks gardens to be open to benefit the Bryn Mawr Club of Washington to raise funds for the Fiftieth Anniversary Endowment Fund. Mildred Bliss responds that she is unable to grant permission for her because she has denied so many other charities the same request.

Scope and Contents: Exchange of handwritten and typescript letters between Philippa Temple (Mrs. T. Temple Hill) and Robert Woods Bliss and his secretary. Mrs. Temple asks if the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks could be opened to benefit the Student Loan Committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Distric of Columbia organization. Robert Woods Bliss's secretary responds on his behalf and tells Hill that Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss have already granted permission for several formal days, so would be...

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Exchange of typescript letters (one a copy) between H. J. Whigham of Town and Country and Mildred Bliss and her secretary. Whigham asks if it might be possible to have Frances Johnston photograph the Bliss's home at Dumbarton Oaks. Mildred Bliss responds via her secretary that it is not possible because the home is not quite ready to be photographed, and when ready she has promised the opportunity to a friend of hers.

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Exchange of typescript letters and telegram between Mary McDermott Beirne and Mildred Bliss and her secretary involving a visit to Dumbarton Oaks. Included is a descriptive list of daffodils offered for sale at Rhodeen. Included is Mary McDermott Beirne's calling card.

Scope and Contents: Typescript note of a telephone message between Miss Crawford of the Washington Star newspaper and Barbara Sessions asking if she could write a column about the Dumbarton Oaks library and bindery. In conversation with Barbara Sessions, Crawford was told to contact Mildred Bliss's private secretary who handled press relations. The private secretary told Miss Crawford that it was not logical to write about the program as it isn't sufficiently advanced and Dumbarton Oaks won't be open to the...

Scope and Contents: Exchange of typescript letters between Ralph W. Curtis of Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell University and Robert and Mildred Bliss asks if he can bring a group of students to Dumbarton Oaks. A copy of the letter was sent to James Bryce, the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Superintendent in case the Blisses absence. The Blisses secretary offers an approved date. Curtis send a follow-on letter with a need to change the visit date offered by the Blisses, and the date change was approved. Alfred...

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Exchange of letters (handwritten and typescript) between Helen H. Greenlees and Mildred Bliss and her secretary. Greenlees asks if she can visit the Dumbarton Oaks Garden with her 20th Century Club Nature Section. Mildred Bliss approves the request through her secretary.

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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.

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Handwritten letter from Mrs. Joseph R. Lyddane (Alton Lyddane) to Robert Woods Bliss asks if he would be willing to donate Forsythia sprouts from the Dumbarton Oaks garden to the Francis Scott Key School, in Potomac Heights, D.C.

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Handwritten letter from Mrs. Joseph R. Lyddane (Alton Lyddane) to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the Forsythia bushes for the Francis Scott Key school.

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Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Alberta S. Carpenter, secretary at Dumbarton Oaks tells her the Blisses look forward to seeing John Thacher in Paris. Mildred sends enclosed letters to Annie and Mosser. Mr. Ellis Russell is going to let Carpenter know when the security storage will delivere the bamboo tables and chairs. Mildred reports receiving a letter from Ethel Clark about the hot weather.

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Appreciation letters sent to Mildred Bliss. Two letter are copies sent from Mildred Bliss to Alberta Carpenter and Richard Bassett.

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Appreciation letters sent to Mildred Bliss. Two letter are copies sent from Mildred Bliss to Alberta Carpenter and Richard Bassett.

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Typescript letters and handwritten note about Crowell Baynes's (the Washington Post) request to tour the Dumbarton Oaks gardens occasionally. Baynes made the request of Mildred Bliss. The secretary created handwritten notes for Mildred Bliss after speaking with William Gray the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Superintendent. Mildred Bliss's secretary offered a response to Baynes on behalf of Mildred Bliss, but it may not have been sent.

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Copy of a typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Blair tells her Mildred looks forward to seeing her at a Dumbarton Oaks luncheon. Mildred Bliss tells Blair that she promised the first description of her estate to be published as an architectural record, so she refuses Blair's request to write an article on the property.

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Handwritten letter from Eva H. Bowles (Mrs. Oliver Bowles) to Robert Woods Bliss asks to hold a charity event in the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks. It would benefit the the Woman's Auxiliary of the Mining and Metallurgical Engineers educational fund to provide scholarships to students of high standing interested in mining, metallurgy, or geology. Robert Woods Bliss's secretary sends a regret on his behalf tells Bowles they have already promised other charities to which they are interested in.

Scope and Contents: Exchange of letters between Hamilton V. Bryan and Mildred Bliss about the possibility of hosting Italian aviation officers in her home. Mildred Bliss regrets that she is unable to host any officers as her home is "not yet sufficiently settled to receive guests." In additional to Mildred Bliss, a copy of this request letter was sent to: Mrs. Mark L. Bristol; Mrs. Hayne Ellis; Mrs. William McCracken; Mrs. Randall Hagner; Mrs. Ralston Holmes; Mrs. John Caswell, Jr.; Mrs. Ernest Gunther; Mrs....

Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss informs her William Hughes has the Box Terrace construction well in hand for completion before the Symposium. G. Frederick Coles plans to set the North Court consoles; is going ahead with the lotus panel in the Arbor Terrace and the framework for the Perspective lattice near the Lilac Circle. Havey is returning to New York, but will returning to Washington, D.C. mid-April depending on the work completed by William Hughes. Everett Lank is...

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Typescript letter with handwritten signatures from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss tries to clarify the use of Doria for the south steps of the Arbor Terrace after receiving word from Matthew Kearney. She is trying to reach David? McLeish from McLeod and Romberg Stone Co. to cut down the stone order before shipping. Havey has DDT poisoning which she thinks is due to spraying for bugs on roses.

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Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss tells her she has a new suggestion for the North Vista if the walls are to stay. She will get it down on paper tomorrow.