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Box E

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Exchange of letters and telegram between Mary McDermott Beirne, "Rhoden", Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and her secretary , May 31, 1939 - April 11, 1940 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 9, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E9:Beirne 1940.04.11
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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.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Hotel Ritz, 15 Place Vendome, Paris (ler) France to Ruth Havey, 25 5th Avenue, New York City, New York, August 12, 1949 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 20, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E20:MB 1949.08.12
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Copy of typescript letter with handwritten notations from Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey tells her she has studied the envelope of sketches. Mildred Bliss offers comments on various garden projects: the terror seat, finalities, the cool house conversion to a garden center, the finalities, and Melisande steps. With letter are two estimates from G. Morris Steinbraker and Sons sent to Mildred Bliss for those projects. Additional copies of Mildred Bliss's letter and an estimate are included.

Letter from Alfred Frauendorfer, L'Art Ancien S.A. Zurich to Mrs. Robert Wood Bliss, 1537 Twenty eight Street N.W., Washington 7, D.C., November 16, 1948 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 21, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E21:L'Art Ancien (S.A. Zurich) 1948.11.16
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Typescript letter from Alfred Frauendorfer, L'Art Ancien S.A. offers a recently acquired list of unsold works on architecture and gardens to Mildred Bliss.

Letter from C. I. Denison to Ruth Havey, 25 Fifth Avenue, New York 3, June 3, 1954 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 19, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E19:Denison 1954.06.03
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Correspondence sent between Ruth Havey and Mildred Bliss on projects Ruth Havey was working on for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Includes responses from contractors consulted by Ruth Havey to complete the work.

Letter from Hughes?, The Winslow, 45 East 55th Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, February 8, 1938 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 5, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E5:1938.02.08
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Signed handwritten letter from Hughes [last name illegible] to Mildred Bliss thanking her and Robert Bliss for the hospitality of staying at Dumbarton Oaks and attending a concert.

Dumbarton Oaks stationary leaf, 1703 32nd Street, Washington, D.C. with signatures of Byzantine scholars, May 18, 1956 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 7, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E7:1956.05.18
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Dumbarton Oaks stationary leaf dated May 18, 1956 with signatures of Byzantine scholars of possible conference attendance on Byzantine art? Includes a note written in Greek.

Letter from Gladys Schofield, 250 Georgia Avenue, Macon, Georgia to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, September 12, 1934 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:1934.09.12
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Signed handwritten letter from Gladys Schofield to Mildred Bliss sending her appreciation for the tour of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden by the "caretaker." The caretaker may refer to William Gray, the Superintendent of the garden.

Article titled, "Fragrance and Flavor, in leaf, bark, twig, and fruit" published in Morton Arboretum, Bulletin of Popular Information, Vol. 18, No. 10, October 1943 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 14, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E14:Bulletin of Popular Information 1943.10.xx
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Fragrance and Flavor in leaf, bark, twig, and fruit by May Theilgaard Watts published in the Morton Arboetum, Bulletin of Popular Information, Volume 18, Number 10, October, 1943.