Box: F
Container
Contains 10 Results:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks, 1941-1950
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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, Hopkins-Q
Sub-Group — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
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Correspondence between Anne Sweeney and organizations related to opening and publicity of the Dumbarton Oaks, Garden Guide Service. The Garden Guide Service offered tours of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden every Saturday and Sunday and on appointment, beginning in 1941. Also includes letters between Anne Sweeney and Robert W. Patterson discussing the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Guide Service, the Garden Center plans for the Cool House, and the Catalogue House project to educate garden visitors on...
Exchange of letters between Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor Maine and Anne Sweeney, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C., July 13-20, 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:AS 1950.07.20
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Exchange of letters between Robert Patterson and Anne Sweeney about the plans, correspondence, and photographs that were sent from Reef Point. Patterson writes, "I presume that the first thing is to separate the sheep from the goats and see what is worth keeping and what should be thrown out, such as blueprints when the originals are also there, and that sort of thing. The other material, the correspondence, photographs, and so on, should have been there before this but no doubt you will see...
Letter from Roma B. Graff, Potomac Rose Society, 242 Peabody Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. to Anne Sweeney, 3245 S Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., December 1, 1941 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:Graff 1941.12.01
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Roma B. Graff from the Potomac Rose Society to Anne Sweeney expresses the Board of Directors appreciation for her courtesy in showing members through the Dumbarton Oaks garden at the time of their October meeting. The members were greatly pleased to have the opportunity to view the famous garden and it was made more enjoyable by the explanations and comments given by Anne and James Bryce. She ends by thanking Anne for a very enjoyable...
Letter from Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., December 27, 1946 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:RP 1946.12.27
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Robert Patterson to Anne Sweeney tells her he was very glad to get the copy of your letter to Beatrix Farrand and the excellent report which went with it. He has written to Beatrix Farrand and John Thacher to settle the question of the Garden Guide. He reports he will probably not be in Washington until the end of January, but on this next visit will allow time enought to go over thoroughly all the points which you have brought up as well as...
Letter from Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, 3101 R St., N.W., Washington, D.C., September 25, 1947 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:RP 1947.09.25
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Robert Patterson to Anne Sweeney tells her the prospects of getting a garden center in the not too distant future are still quite bright, although entirely in the air. He tells her she will have books piled on her office floor for some time before permanent library shelves are ready in a new location. He reports that John Thacher has agreed to work with Anne on the small garden booklet. When the Catalog House plan is no longer needed,...
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, Garden Club of America, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., November 28, 1941 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:AS 1941.11.28
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney, Garden Guide to Mrs. Harold I. Pratt of the Garden Club of America encloses an informational notice about the grounds of Dumbarton Oaks opening to the public. The notice was sent to T.H.B. McKnight asking if it can be published in the Garden Club of America's forthcoming Bulletin. McKnight suggested that the notice be put in Pratt's file for the Spring issue of the Bulletin for the benefit of those Garden Clubs who might be in Washington during...
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. T.H.B. McKnight, 1615 21st Street N.W., Washington, D.C., November 28, 1941 Digital
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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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:AS 1941.11.28B
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney, Garden Guide to Mrs. T.H.B. McKnight. Based on a telephone conversation between the two, Anne Sweeney encloses Harvard University's plan for the announcement of the opening of the Dumbarton Oaks garden to the public. Sweeney says she will also write to Mrs. Pratt and send her the information to bring it to the attention of the Garden Clubs of America. She mentions in the announcement it does not state that the gates would be closed after the tour...
Letter from Anne Sweeney to representatives at Horticulture Magazine, Massachusetts Horticultural Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, December 12, 1941 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:AS 1941.12.12
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney, Garden Guide to representatives at Horiticulture Magazine encloses a copy of a notice about the newly inaugurated Garden Guide Service at Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Sweeneys says it may be interesting for the readers visiting Washington, D.C. to know that the Dumbarton Oaks gardens are open to the public through the generosity of Harvard University. She ends with "If you can find the space for this notice between now and the...
Exchange of letters between Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor, Maine and Anne Sweeney 3101 R Street NW, Washington, D.C. and a copy of a Reef Point Gardens plant record card, October 23-25, 1946 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:AS 1946.10.25
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Copy of typescript letters between Robert Patterson and Anne Sweeney about a Reef Point Gardens plant record card sent to her on Beatrix Farrand's suggestion for use in connection with the planting list at Dumbarton Oaks. Robert Patterson offers details of how the card should be completed. Beatrix Farrand would like to hear Anne Sweeney's opinion before she leaves Bar Harbor on October 31st, so the subject could be discussed with John Thacher when she meets him in Boston. Anne Sweeney...
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Robert Philbrook, Philbrook Farm, Shelburne, New Hampshire, January 27, 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, Hopkins-Q
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Sub-Group:
Publicity, Catalogue House and Dumbarton Oaks
File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 12, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F12:AS 1950.01.27
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Copy of a letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Robert Philbrook informs her of a telephone inquiry from Mrs. Keltonasking to send some data in regards to Dumbarton Oaks which might be used as a basis for a paper to be read before her local garden club. Sweeney reports she told Mrs. Kelton there were no descriptive booklets on the gardens but she would send a booklet about the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and the work that is going on at Dumbarton Oaks along with a few pictures of the gardens. She...