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Notes on plants and garden sketches, 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MBnotes 19xx.xx.xx
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Handwritten notes by Mildred Bliss of lists of Chrysanthemums and plants and two sketches, a garden plan and a fountain. Notes likely intended for Matthew Kearney.

Postcard from Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss to Matthew Kearney, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., August 12, 1957 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MB 1957.08.12
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Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Letter from Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Claridges, Brook Street, W1 to Matthew Kearney, July 27, 1957? Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MB 19xx.07.27
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Colony Club of New York, 564 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. to Matthew Kearney, June 27, 1958 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MB 1958.06.27
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Plants for Robert and Mildred Bliss's Q Street residence, between 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:Qstreet 19xx.xx.xx
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Deposit receipt for the National Bank of Washington, Washington, D.C., July 16, 1962 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:NationalBankDeposit 1962.07.16
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Deposit receipt for the National Bank of Washington, Washington, D.C. for $211.69. On verso is written in ink: "Nothing is lost and all is harvest in the end".

Telegram from Mildred Bliss, Baltimore, Maryland to Matthew Kearney, Dumbarton Oaks, Que and 32nd St., January 8, 1957 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MB 1957.01.08
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

List of Dumbarton Oaks Garden projects, Summer 1964 - Winter 1965 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:Kearney 1965.xx.xx
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List of Dumbarton Oaks garden projects created by Matthew Kearney or that Mildred Bliss intended for him to complete between 1964 and 1965. The projects were for the Pebble Garden, Rose Garden, Ellipse, Urn Terrace, Fellows' Quarters, Garden Library, Pre-Columbian Museum, Passageway to the Museum, Box Walk, Bowling Green, Faun in the Lovers' Lane Pool, Swimming Pool and Loggia, and the Orchard. An address for Mildred Bliss while she is in Athens, Greece is included.

Note card with instructions for eating a Haden mango by David Fairchild, The Kampong, Coconut Grove, Florida, between 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:HadenMango 19xx.xx.xx
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Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

1964 bulb order repeated in 1965 for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss's 1537 28th Street residence from Matthew Kearney to John Scheepers, 37 Wall Street, New York City, June 29, 1965 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:GardenOrder 1965.06.29
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Copy of typescript garden order made for 1964 to be repeated in 1965 sent by Matthew Kearney to John Scheepers, Inc. 37 Wall St. N.Y.C. The order were flowers plants intended for the Bliss residence on 28th Street.

Description of the Prunus Cerasifera tree from the Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:Prunus 19xx.xx.xx
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Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Colored pencil sketch of a Byzantine garden plan, approximately 1951 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:ByzantineGardenPlan
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Sketch of a Byzantine garden plan likely created by Mildred Bliss while traveling in Constantinople.

List of plants for big border, 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MB 19xx.xx.xx
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

List of plants, between 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MB 19xx.xx.xxB
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Handwritten list of plants by Mildred Bliss includes Phlox divaricata, types of Roses, Salvia Blue, Scilla, Globe Flower, Tulips Clusiana, and Verbenas for possible consideration at either Dumbarton Oaks or her residence on 28th Street in Georgetown.

Contact information for Cherry Hill Nursery, W. Newbery, Massachusetts and contractors and includes a list of plants, between 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:NurseryContacts 19xx.xx.xx
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Handwritten contact information for Cherry Hill Nursery, contractors, and a list of plants. Plants include: Nora Cunningham roses, Orange Glow, Clematis recta, Washington Thorn, Spatefphilium, Geranium, and Spring Velose[?]. Information either created by Matthew Kearney or was intended for him.

List of Botanical Gardens, locations, and contacts, between 1930-1934 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:BotanicalGardens 19xx.xx.xx
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Typescript list of Botanical Gardens in the United States and the contact person and location for each garden. Written on "The Oaks" letterhead.

Letter from Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss to D.J. Summers, 71 Rugby Road, Dagenham, Essex, England, December 18, 1963

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 17Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MB 1963.12.18
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Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Postcard from Ruth M. Havey, 25 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. to Matthew Kearney, 1703 32nd Street, N.W., Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., February 27, 1961 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:RH 1961.02.27
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Handwritten postcard from Ruth Havey to Matthew Kearney sends him the contact person for the KEM agent for the Washington area to put in his files. The contact is James H. Hale Co., 2019 Longview Court, Baltimore 6, Maryland.

Description of Jeijoa or Pineapple Guava plant, between 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:Feijoa 19xx.xx.xx
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Advertisement for the sale of herbs at the Cottage Herb Garden, Washington Cathedral, between 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:Herbs 19xx.xx.xx
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Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Description of Marica Caerulae from Nellie Parker Sedgley, 2406 Massachusetts Ave to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, between 1922-1941 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 22Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:Sedgley 19xx.xx.xx
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Typescript description of the Marica Caerulae plant to accompany a plant given to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss from Nellie Parker Sedgley.

Letter from Gardner A. Dailey, 442 Post Street, San Francisco to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington 7, D.C. with business card for Otagiri Mercantiile Co., Inc., June 16, 1960 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:Dailey 1960.06.16
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Gardener A. Dailey to Mildred Bliss shares with her information on where to obtain black or white pebbles imported from Japan through the Otagiri Mercantile, Co. Inc. The card of the company is with letter.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Claridges, London to Mathew Kearney, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., October 4, 1958 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 24Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:MB 1958.10.04
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

List of nurseries, between 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 25Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:Nurseries 19xx.xx.xx
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.

Letter from Ellis Russell, 67 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. to Matthew Kearney, September 29 between 1948-1967 Digital

File — Container: Box: F, Folder: 3a, item: 27Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F3a:ER 19xx.09.29
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.