Box E
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Hotel Miramar, Santa Barbara, California to Ruth M. Havey, 25 Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y., August 18, 1950 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Ruth Havey
File — Box: E, Folder: 20, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E20:MB 1950.08.18
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter dictated by Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey thanks her for the ledger stone drawings which she and Robert Woods Bliss like and so she hopes Mrs. Coolidge will as well. She asks Havey to show Mrs. Coolidge samples of the stones. Mildred Bliss tells her she is arriving in Washington, but she asks Havey to give her time to have breakfast and a bath "before we plunge into either the Hamilton burial or the North Vista!" before contacting her. Mildred feels arched limestone curved...
Letter from Ruth Havey, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss with contract agreement from G. Morris Steinbraker and Son, October 24-December 2, 1951 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Ruth Havey
File — Box: E, Folder: 20, item: 10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E20:RH 1951.12.02
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss sends her contract agreement from G. Morris Steinbraker for construction of the North Vista finials and consoles. The model is stored at the Dumbarton Oaks Fellows' Quarters pending delivery of the limestone. When cutting begins the Aquarius finial will also be cut and intermediate capping under the rail will also be done. Contract agreement signed by G. Morris Steinbraker and Ruth Havey on behalf of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. Letter dated...