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Box H

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Contains 2 Results:

List of trees at Dumbarton Oaks, Section G, 1940 Digital

File — Box: H, Folder: 3, item: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H3:PL Trees-1940-Section G-01
Scope and Contents:

Five-page typescript copy of list of trees in section G, Dumbarton Oaks. Included on list is tree number, kind of tree, and circumference in inches at 4 ft above ground. List of trees shown on a map. Beatrix Farrand selected trees for Dumbarton Oaks.

Letter from Marvin Ross to Mildred Bliss, 1703 32nd Street, Washington 7, D.C., June 24, 1957 Digital

File — Box: H, Folder: 7b, item: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H7b:Ross 1957.06.24
Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss giving her a progress report. Marvin writes that after applying for a Russian visa he received only one for 25 days, and had to travel with a group. He has asked for two months and to go alone. The local agency that handles tourists for Intourist tells him that he will get the two month visa, but he must be patient. He says he has waited since 1939 to go back and finish his project and finds it hard to be patient.While...