Box: F
Contains 185 Results:
Description of Marica Caerulae from Nellie Parker Sedgley, 2406 Massachusetts Ave to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, between 1922-1941 Digital
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
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
Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.
List of nurseries, between 1948-1967 Digital
Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.
Letter from Buxton White, Whitehall Farm, Elizabeth City, North Carolina to Matthew Kearney, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., July 6, 1964 Digital
Typescript letter from Buxton White to Matthew Kearney for the tour of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden for the North Carolina Association of Nurserymen and asks if Kearney could send him a brochure with more information on it.
Letter from Ellis Russell, 67 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. to Matthew Kearney, September 29 between 1948-1967 Digital
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, October 8 between 1948-1967 Digital
Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.
Note with contact information for John R. Sebord, between 1948-1967 Digital
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.
1964 bulb order for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss's 1537 28th Street residence from Matthew Kearney to Ralph Cook, June 11, 1965 Digital
Typescript garden bulb order for 1964 with note added to return to Matthew Kearney's file. Order originally made attention to Mr. Ralph Cook.
List of plants, between 1948-1967 Digital
Handwritten list of plants in Mildred Bliss's handwriting. List probably intended for Matthew Kearney.
List of plants for Kearney, 1948-1967 Digital
Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and Matthew Kearney, the Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Grounds.
Note from C. Isabel Denison to Ellis Russell, September 19-22, 1958 Digital
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.
Receipt of Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt (volume 1) and letter from C.I. Denison to George H.M. Lawrence, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, January 8, 1959 Digital
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, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 28, N.Y. to Elsa A. Needham, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1953 Digital
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.
Letter from Marguerite Northrup, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 28, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1953 Digital
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.
Letter from C. Isabel Denison to Fleda Myers, January 29, 1958 Digital
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.
Letter from C. I. Denison to Mrs. C.H. Myers, 614 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, New York, April 17, 1967 Digital
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.
Letter from C. I. Denison to Fleda Myers, May 16, 1957 Digital
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 and invoice between Fleda S. Myers, "MerryOaks", 614 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, New York and C. I. Denison and note from Mildred Bliss, March 27 - April 3, 1958 Digital
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.
Letter from Fleda Straight Myers, "MerryOaks", 614 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, New York to C.I. Denison, April 15, 1957 Digital
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.
Letter from Fleda Straight Myers, "MerryOaks", 614 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, New York to C.I. Denison, May 1, 1957 Digital
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.
Letter from Fleda S. Myers, "MerryOaks", 614 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, New York to C. I. Denison, May 7, 1957 Digital
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.
Postcard from Fleda S. Myers, 614 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, New York to C. I. Denison, Founders' Room, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 1703 32nd Street, Washington 7, D.C., April 28, 1957 Digital
Handwritten postcard from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison tells her the books arrived safely.
Letter from Fleda S. Myers, "MerryOaks", 614 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, New York to C. I. Denison, July 10, 1957 Digital
Handwritten letter from Fleda Straight Myers to Isabel Denison updates her on the progress of the restoration work on the books sent to her.
Letter from Fleda S. Myers, "MerryOaks", 614 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, New York to C. I. Denison, July 20, 1957 Digital
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.