Box L
Contains 41 Results:
Letter from Vincent A.B. Primavera, Florentine Craftsmen, Inc., 479-485 First Avenue, New York 16, N.Y. to Miss Ruth M. Havey, c/o Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 1703 32nd St. NW, Georgetown, D.C., December 14, 1964 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Vincent A.R. Primavera, President of The Florentine Craftsmen, Inc. to Ruth Havey tells her Mr. Carmelo C. Provenzano will be at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library on December 19 between 2:30-3:00pm.
Ruth Havey, 1953-1965
Sub-Series — Box: LIdentifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001Letters and sketches sent by Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss about the status of the projects in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden.
Estimate from William Hughes, Inc., 2800 Eighth Street N.E., Washington 17, D.C. to Miss Ruth Havey, Dumbarton Oaks, April 2, 1955 Digital
Estimate from William Hughes, Inc., 2800 Eighth Street N.E., Washington 17, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Attn. Miss Ruth Havey, landscape architect, Dumbarton Oaks, March 31, 1956 Digital
Estimate with handwritten signature from William Hughes, Inc. to Robert and Mildred Bliss in care of Ruth Havey. Hughes proposes to do complete a wall for Dumbarton Oaks for $3995. He provides detail on how the work would be done.
Receipt from Alexander's Sculptural Service, 117 East 39th Street, New York 16, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street N.W., Georgetown, Washington, D.C., January 26, 1960 Digital
Typescript paid receipt from Alexander's Sculptural Service to Mildred Bliss for one snail with gnomon, sundial model made with hydrocal. Approved for payment by Ruth Havey, 2/23/[19]60, and signed paid by A.J. Tatti, 3/11/[19]60.
Receipt from Alexander's Sculptural Service, 117 East 39th Street, New York 16, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street N.W., Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 12, 1960 Digital
Typescript invoice and paid receipt from Alexander's Sculptural Service to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss for Dumbarton Oaks for 4 bronze wheats. Approved for payment by Ruth M. Havey, 3/2/[19]60 and marked paid by A.J. Tatti 5/1/[19]60.
Telegram from Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey, 25 5th Ave. New York City, May 16, 1954 Digital
Handwritten message for Western Union telegram (night letter) from Mildred Bliss informing Ruth Havey she is needed at Dumbarton Oaks and to please communicate so the next phase of work can be planned. The Arbour [arbor] Terrace has priority.
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., January 22, 1953 Digital
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., June 30, 1953 Digital
Contract for ironwork between Lothar A. Freund and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss for Dumbarton Oaks, July 17, 1953 Digital
Signed contract for fabricating, finishing and erecting two pairs of wrought iron entrance gates on R Street for the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection at Washington, D.C. Contract prepared by Ruth M. Havey, landscape architect and signed by her on behalf of Mildred Bliss. Drawings referred to in contract are: DO-26 3.01 (C-38A, a revised 3.01 and dated 7/16/53) and DO-26 3.02a (C-3-39A).
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Bliss, July 31, 1953 Digital
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1954 Digital
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 4, 1954 Digital
Mr. Freund's estimate for alterations of R Street entrance gates, June 17, 1954 Digital
Typescript cost estimates for the lettering and leafwork of the R Street entrance gates by Lothar A. Freund of Lothar A. Freund Ironworks. Estimate probably was included in a correspondence from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss, July 17, 1954 (L:RH 1954.07.17).
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1954 Digital
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, The Colonial Inn, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, August 27, 1954 Digital
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, The Colonial Inn, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, September 10, 1954 Digital
Note and report of garden projects from Ruth Havey to Mrs. Bliss, October 23, 1954 Digital
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., December 28, 1954 Digital
Telegram from Ruth Havey, Washington, D.C. to MilRob, Coral Reef Club, St James, Barbados, April 5, 1955 Digital
Western Union International Communications telegram from Ruth Havey to MilRob (Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss). Havey advises them to accept paving estimate from William Hughes for Box Terrace and arbor estimate from G. Morris Steinbraker & Sons Company to rebuild the arbor.
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1955 Digital
Telegram from Ruth M. Havey, New York, NY to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th St. Northwest, Georgetown, November 13, 1955 Digital
Western Union telegram from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss tells her plans are being sent for the Arbor Terrace special delivery. The Box Terrace paving plans will follow. [G. Frederick] Coles has full size shop drawings for the center circle of the Box Terrace and a model for the North Court [North Vista] console changes.