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Box E

 Container

Contains 86 Results:

Dumbarton Oaks, Appreciation Letters, 1939-1959

Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

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

Dumbarton Oaks, Requests, 1933-1938

Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

Requests sent by individuals to Dumbarton Oaks and Robert and Mildred Bliss. Six letters are copies of letters sent by Mildred Bliss or her secretary in response to requests. Two copies, one letter and one telegram, sent by Robert Woods Bliss or his secretary responding to individual requests.

"F" Miscellaneous, 1950-1957

Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence from or to individuals or companies with a last name or name beginning with "F".

"G" Miscellaneous, 1949-1956

Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence sent to Mildred Bliss from persons whose last name begins with "G".

"H" Miscellaneous, 1951-1959

Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence sent to Mildred Bliss from persons with a last name or organization beginning with "H"; an article on Hummingbirds; and a list of horticultural (plant) illustrations.

Henri Focillon, 1955

Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence sent to Robert Woods Bliss or Mildred Bliss discussing Henri Focillon. One correspondence from Madame Focillon includes a newspaper clipping honoring Henri Focillon.

Ruth Havey, 1953-1965

Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

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.

Ruth Havey, 1949-1952

Sub-Group — Box: E, Folder: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Ruth Havey about a project Ruth Havey was working on in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Includes a contract agreement from G. Morris Steinbraker and Son for finials, consoles, and wall capping for the North Vista wall.

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
Scope and Contents:

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.

Newspaper clipping "A Garden of Fragrance for Those Who Cannot See" published in N.Y. Times, October 25, 1953 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 14, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E14:NY Times 1953.10.25
Scope and Contents:

Newspaper clipping from the New York Times published October 25, 1953 with two articles. One titled, "A Garden of Fragrance for Those Who Cannot See" and "Tree of Distinction, the Merits of Sassafras Refute 'Weed' Charges." Mildred Bliss may have been interested in both articles, but more likely her interest in the clipping was for the article about a fragrant garden for the blind in the City of Brighton on the south coast of England.

Article titled, "Blind Persons Border" in The New Beacon, volume XXXIII, No. 391, July 15, 1949 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 14, item: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E14:New Beacon 1949.07.15
Scope and Contents: Article published in The New Beacon, a magazine devoted to the interests of the blind, volume XXXIII, No. 391, July 15th, 1949. The article, "Blind Persons Border" by P.J. was likely of intereste to Mildred Bliss who wanted to create a garden for the blind in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. The text the article was also sent from the National Institute of the Blind, London to Lady Rowan in the collection of letters she sent to Mildred Bliss, E14:Rowan 1951.09.12B.The other two are...