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Scope and Contents: Correspondence and financial records like receipts and invoices between Mildred Bliss or her secretary and individuals and corporations whose last name or name begins with "R". Some correspondence involve the acquisition, purchase or bookbinding of books or library items. Individuals or corporations include: Riggs National Bank, Rodale Books Incorporated, Russian Orthodox Church (St. John the Baptist), Charles Ratton, Nicholas Rauch, S.J., T. Rogers &amp Company, Ltd., Ludwig...

Scope and Contents: Correspondence between Mildred Bliss or her office staff and individuals, business, and organizations with the last name or name beginning with "S". One correspondence is from Corinna Lindon Smith about her edited article written by Joseph Lindon Smith.The individuals, corporations, and organizations are: Michael Stettler, David A. Randall on behalf of the Scribner Book Store (New York), bookseller information for "Salamangundi in the original parts", Percy Ernest Schramm, Berta...

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Typescript article written by Marvin C. Ross titled, "Two Gem Carvings of the IV Century A.D. and two photographs published under Archaeological Notes in the American Journal of Archaeology, 61, 1957, pages 173-174 and plate 67. Plate 67 includes Fig. 1, Intaglio of Constantine the Great, from a cast and Fig. 2 Chalcedony gem. Head of a youth, IV century, both in the Walters Art Gallery.

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter on professional letterhead from Marvin C. Ross to Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss telling them that he wanted to tell them something after his return from Europe and Istanbul, but only saw them for a brief moment. He says he was so impressed everywhere he went with the growing importance of Dumbarton Oaks. It was talked about by those he saw in the field of Byzantine studies, collectors, museum curators, govenment officials as well as research people of all kinds....

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Two-page typescript copy of an alphabetical list of deciduous shrubs for Dumbarton Oaks. Beatrix Farrand selected shrubs for Dumbarton Oaks.

Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Robert Woods Bliss to Barbara Sessions, Librarian at Dumbarton Oaks, sharing his and Mildred Bliss' distress that Barbara needed to go to the hospital after arriving in Claremont, New Hampshire. He expresses their concern was lessened after hearing she had been out and about. They hope to receive glowing accounts of her "diggings" and to learn that the change of scene and air was beneficial. He mentions that during a recent meeting of the Administrative...