Box: F
Contains 161 Results:
Exchange of letters between Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and representatives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union on the donation of Parklyn's 1797 aquatint of Mount Vernon, July 5, 1951-January 26, 1952 Digital
Notes on a wax resin using Terebenthine from the tree, 1930-1960 Digital
Correspondence between Mildred Bliss and people and companies with the first or last name of M. Includes a correspondence with a drawing of a mural in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople (now Istanbul), a mailed picture postard of "The Famous 'Vinales' Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, and a photograph stamped 1938 of a model of Dumbarton Oaks with an open museum courtyard.
Exchange of letter from Monroe Wheeler, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York 19, New York and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C., June 12-30, 1952 Digital
Handwritten and copies of typescript letters between Monroe Wheeler, Museum of Modern Art, New York and Mildred Bliss about making facsimiles available from a copy of a Rouault letter which she donated to the museum. She will explore with Rouault the possibility of publishing one or all three of the items. She will tell Wheeler of her negotiations upon her return from travel in October.
Letter from Lawrence Grant White, McKim, Mead, and White, 101 Park Avenue, New York to Robert Woods Bliss, 2750 Que Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., March 2, 1950 Digital
Letter from Lawrence Grant White to Robert Woods Bliss tells him the formula and process for painting the letters.
Letter from Elsa A. Needham to representatives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, July 9, 1953 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from Elsa A. Needham to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on behalf of Mildred Bliss asks them to send a copy of Gisela Richter's work on Greek Form if one becomes available.
Letter from Elsa A. Needham to Marguerite Northrup, Art & Book Shop, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 28, New York, July 20, 1953 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from Elsa A. Needham to Marguerite Northrup thanks her for sending a reply and the information to Mildred Bliss.
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
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
Letter from Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., December 27, 1946 Digital
Letter from Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, 3101 R St., N.W., Washington, D.C., September 25, 1947 Digital
Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1538 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washingtoin 7, D.C., October 18, 1957 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Alden Hopkins to Mildred Bliss. He sends her a final report by W. Warren Edwards, Dumbarton Oaks Garden Scholarship recipient, outlining his recommendations and suggestions for the Garden Scholarship program. He is forwarding a copy of this report based on Michael Rapuano's request. Report is correspondence, F1:Hopkins 1957.08.20. Copies of the letter also sent to Michael Rapuano and John Thacher.
Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Members of the Garden Advisory Committee, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, January 20, 1959 Digital
Letter from Alden Hopkins to Helen Van Pelt Wilson, Center Street, Westport, Connecticut, March 24, 1959 Digital
Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 31, 1959 Digital
Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eight Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., May 3, 1959 Digital
Letter from Alden Hopkins to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 Thirty second Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., May 19, 1959 Digital
Postcard from Alden Hopkins to Robert and Mildred Bliss, 1537 28th Street N.W., Georgetown, Washington, D.C., USA, June 24, 1959 Digital
Picture postcard sent by Alden Hopkins during his trip to Europe. He offers his favorable impressions of Rome where he visited 25 years ago.
Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Mary L. Wilkens, Dumbarton Oaks, The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington, 7, D.C., December 23, 1959 Digital
Estimate from G. Morris Steinbraker & Son, 3207 Grace Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C. to Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia, April 17, 1959 Digital
Copy of typescript letter with handwritten signature from G. Morris Steinbraker on behalf of his company to Alden Hopkins provides him an estimate for construction work on plan #96-03 for the reconstruction of the Camellia Garden (or Lilac Circle) for $3,620.00. He has not included the cost of plant removal or planting of any kind.
Garden Gossip, Volume 30, Issue 3, with article titled, "Landscape Design, Restoration of the Gardens and Grounds of Woodlawn Plantation" by Alden Hopkins, March 1955 Digital
Excerpt from Garden Gossip, recording the activities of the Mid-South, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 1955 of article titled, "Landscape Design, Restoration of the Gardens and Grounds of Woodlawn Plantation" by Alden Hopkins, landscape architect, Williamsburg, Virginia. Article was likely shared with Mildred Bliss.
Report and recommendations from W. Warren Edwards, 1537 Northwest 37th Street, Oklahoma City 18, Oklahoma, Garden Scholarship recipient to Alden Hopkins, Secretary, ASLA Committee on Dumbarton Oaks Garden Scholarship, Box 1521, Williamsburg, Virginia, August 20, 1957 Digital
Note with address of Alden Hopkins in Williamburg, Virginia, 1955-1960 Digital
Two notes with address for Alden Hopkins. One typescript note has: Hopkins, Aldon, Box 1521, Williamsburg, Virginia. The other handwritten in Mildred Blisses handwriting: Alden Hopkins, Box 1521, Williamsburg, Virginia with an added comment by her.
Letter from Earle H. Balch, Embassy of the United States of America, The Hague to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Hotel Des Indes, The Hague, September 6, 1956 Digital
Letter from Elsa A. Needham to Raymond Stites, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 9, 1952 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from Elsa A. Needham, Keeper of the Founder's Room, Dumbarton Oaks on behalf of Mildred Bliss to Raymond Stites, National Gallery of Art, Washington informs him she is returning the book of Degas plates loaned to Mildred Bliss under separate cover. Mildred Bliss wanted the plates to examine the reproducing work of Paul L. Baruch, Inc. Needham thanks him for lending the plates to Mildred Bliss.