Box: F

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

Handwritten note with contact information for John R. Sebord, 17 Dupont Circle. Added notation in Mildred Bliss's hand about buying boxwoood from Mrs. Mc Jeans's house. Note likely intended for Matthew Kearney.

Typescript garden bulb order for 1964 with note added to return to Matthew Kearney's file. Order originally made attention to Mr. Ralph Cook.

Handwritten list of plants in Mildred Bliss's handwriting. List probably intended for Matthew Kearney.

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

Handwritten note from C. Isabel Denison to Ellis Russel asks him to renew the subscription to Landscape Architecture for two years. Typescript information indicates a payment was sent for the subscription renewal, September 22, 1958.

Copy of typescript letter from Isabel Denison to George H.M. Lawrence thanks him on behalf of Mildred Bliss for sending volume one of the Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, the bibliography of Mrs. Hunt's botanical books. A card sent with the bibliography asks for acknowledgment when book is received.

Letter from Marguerite Northrup to Elsa Needham on behalf of Mildred Bliss tells her she is forwarding a copy of a letter sent to Mildred Bliss.

Typescript letter and copy from Marguerite Northrup, Metropolitan Museum of Art to Mildred Bliss offers information on the request by Elsa Needham about a book by Gisela Richter. Information from their Classical Department recommends two articles from journals.

Correspondence between C.I. (Isabel) Denison, Keeper of the Founder's Room and on behalf of Mildred Bliss and Mrs. Fleda Straight Myers (Mrs. Clyde H. Myers), a bookbinder and restorer of rare books at the Cornell University Library. The letters discuss books sent to Fleda Straight Myers for binding and restoring. Includes an interoffice communication between C.I. Denison and John Thacher, Dumbarton Oak Director regarding insurance for the garden books.

Copy of letter from Isabel Denison to Fleda Straight Myers (Mrs. C.H. Myers) tells her Mildred Bliss is sending her 3 volumes to diagnose the problems with estimates for conservation.

Copy of letter from Isabel Denison to Fleda Straight Myers tells her Mildred Bliss approves of the paper and the leather samples she sent. The 3 volumes sent to her are insured and valued at $1500.

Exchange of letters Fleda Straight Myers and Isabel Denison about the three volumes that were repaired by Myers. Myers has returned them to Dumbarton Oaks via Railway Express. Myers describes the conservation work she did on each volume. An statement of work and cost is conveyed. A note by Mildred Bliss indicates she is delighted with the beautiful conservation work repairing the three volumes. A check is being sent to Myers for her work.

Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers (Mrs. C.H. Myers) to Isabel Denison tells her she is still restoring rare books in Ithaca, New York. Most her her work is for Cornell University Library, but she also does outside work. She tells Denison that she would need to see the books to provide an estimate of the cost. The work she does is painstaking and she does not like to feel hurried. Georgia Coffin, the rare book librarian know the quality of her work if she wants to write her.

Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison offers her an estimate for book restoration work and a description of what she would do for the three volumes.

Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison encloses papers for the fly leaves for restoration work the Thornton two volumes and the Costa volume for Mildred Bliss to approve.

Handwritten postcard from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison tells her the books arrived safely.

Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison updates her on the progress of the restoration work on the books sent to her.

Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison tells you she would like to receive the next batch of books to restore. Her teachers will be visiting from Paris in August, and she would like to review the restoration work for the books with them.

Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison reports that the next batch of books have not arrived, and she is concerned. She reports on the restoration work done on the Costas and Temple of Flora book.

Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison tells her the four volumes sent to her a month or more ago arrived safely. Myers has looked them over and would like to talk with Mildred Bliss and Denison as to what is to be done. The Costa books are nearly finished and the Thornton still is waiting for the brown morocco.

Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison tells her she will be in Washington, D.C. October 19-21 and hopes to see Mildred Bliss on Monday. She would like to return to Ithaca on October 23. An assistant in the bindery will be driving down with her. The Costas volumes are finished and she has the morocco leather in the right color for the Thornton.

Handwritten post card from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison asks her when Mildred Bliss might be able to meet with her to talk book restoration work while she is in Washington, D.C. October 17-21. She offers various days and times she could be available.

Handwritten post card from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison tells her she is planning on meeting with Mildred Bliss on the afternoon of October 31. She hopes to have work on the Temple of Flora Thornton book finished to bring along with the Costas.

Exchange of letters between Fleda S. Myers and Isabel Denison about estimates for restoration works for 9 books; receipt of payment for work on the Costas and Thornton books; and Mildred Blisses selections for papers and leather.