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Note and calling card from Mrs. Charles Warren, April 16, 1935 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 117Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Warren 1935.04.16
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Handwritten note from Mildred Bliss's secretary informing Mildred Bliss that Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, friends of Mrs. Charles Warren came to visit the gardens. Mrs. Charles Warren's calling card has a handwritten request for the Merrills to see the gardens. The Merrills are brother and sister-in-law of Mr. Keith Merrill.
Letter from Mabel Choate, 2839 Woodland Drive to Mildred Bliss, April 28, 1934 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 28Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Choate 1934.04.28
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Handwritten letter from Mabel Choate, 2839 Woodland Drive [Washington, D.C.] to Mildred Bliss tells her she has never seen anything more beautiful as Dumbarton Oaks. "It is simply glorious [and] Mrs. Gibbons and I had the most wonderful time yesterday seeing it all. It is the most lovely place I've ever seen in this country and I am so grateful for the oportunity of seeing it." She is sorry she didn't see Mildred, and hope she is "ever so much better now." Mr. Gray [garden Superintendent]...
Exchange of letters between Jane James Cook, The Warrington, 3908 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, March 23, 1937; July 11, 1937; November 29, 1937 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 30Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Cook 1937.11.29
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Two handwritten letters from Jane James Cook to Mildred Bliss and one copy of a typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Jane Cook. In the letter dated March 23rd, [1937] Jane Cook tells Mildred Bliss that three members of the "Garden Club of Twenty" in Baltimore attended a meeting at Mrs. Wiliner's in Washington and afterwards decided to pay a visit to the Blisses estate or at least taking a peep at it through the chink in the wall. She mentions seeing Mildred's beautiful exhibits at the...
Letter from Winthrop Crane, Chilton House, Dalton, Massachusetts to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 5, 1935 Digital
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 31Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Crane 1935.05.05
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Handwritten letter from Winthrop Crane [Jr.] to Mildred Bliss tells her how grateful he is for an afternoon in those "utterly beautiful gardens of yours." He reminds Mildred to not forget the little island in which she has promised a crane refuge. He is poised on one leg in the pleasantest anticipation of a new home. Crane was the Chairman of the Board of Crane & Co., a family owned papermaking company in Dalton, Massachusetts. The company became the sole supplier of currency paper for...
Letter from C.T. Currelly, Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto 5, Canada to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., June 1, 1937 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 32Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Currelly 1937.06.01
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from C.T. [Charles Trick] Currelly to Mildred Bliss thanks her and her husband [Robert Woods Bliss] for the enormous pleasure they gave him when he was in Washington. He has been making his friends a vivid green, which is slowly turning to yellow, with descriptions of her garden.
Letter from Dorothy, 1172 Park Avenue to Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., September 13, 1933 Digital
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Dorothy 1933.09.13
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Typescript letter with handwritten first name signature from Dorothy to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the wonderful experience of her garden. When Mildred told her it would take two hours to see it she felt that Mildred must be indulging her imagination, but after she had wandered over the garden for an hour and a half and Mr. [William] Gray said "there is still more to see", she realized with amazement the truth of what Mildred said. Mr. Gray showed her a photograph of a bare hillside and...
Letter from Marion Wade Doyle, Washington Self-Help Exchange, Inc. 2529 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3101 R. St. N.W., Washington, D.C., October 15, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 36Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Doyle 1941.10.15
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Marion Wade Doyle [Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle] to Mildred Bliss tells her the Board of Directors were very glad to hear at their October 9 meeting that Mr. Robert Woods Bliss is making good progress. Mr. [James] Bryce told them that he has now left the hospital, and they wish him speedy progress in recovering from the effects of his illness. She reports Dumbarton Oaks was very beautiful with sunny and fairly cool weather for the guests that...
Letter from Newton B. Drury, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington to Honorable and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3101 R Street, N.W, Washington, D.C., March 22, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 38Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Drury 1941.03.22
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Newton B. Drury, Director, National Park Service to Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss states his appreciation for their generosity in giving Dunbarton [Dumbarton] Oaks Park to the nation. He remembers a pleasant meeting with Mr. Bliss at a National Parks Association dinner before he received his appointment as Director. He expects to be in Washington for the next few months and plans to call on them some time soon. He has reviewed the...
Letter from Katharine Dunlap, 1758 K Street, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 9, 1933 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 39Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Dunlap 1933.04.09
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Handwritten letter from Katharine Dunlap to Mildred Bliss thanks her for making it possible for her to spend a lovely afternoon in her garden with Mrs. Archibold. She reports the Forsythia was in bloom, a perfect cascade of golden blossom, and the birds, cardinals, robins and others were singing in the ravine and among the fruit trees which were in bloom. The grassy slopes were starred with daffodils, and everything was looking so beautiful. She knows Mildred will be glad to get back to it....
Letter from William W. Edwards, 124 St. Mary's Street, Raleigh, North Carolina to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, October 27, 1957 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 42Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Edwards 1957.10.27
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Handwritten letter from William W. Edwards to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the opportunity made available to him by the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Scholarship. He tells her the last summer was one of the most enjoyable he has ever spent, and an experience he will always value. The advantages, aesthetic, and practical experience form part of a reserve from which to draw in the creation of his own designs for the pleasure of others and self-expression. He wishes all students of landscape...
Letter from James B. Evans, 1909 Waldeck Ave., Columbus, Ohio to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32nd Street N.W., Washington 7, D.C., October 21, 1958 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 44Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Evans 1958.10.21
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from James B. Evans to Mildred Bliss tells her one of the most fortunate breaks that he has ever had was winning the 1958 Dumbarton Oaks Garden Scholarship this past summer. When he arrived in Washington, D.C. Mildred had already left for Europe. Although he has never met her personally he feels that he knows her quite well from hearing everyone talk of her during his stay at Dumbarton Oaks. "It is impossible for me to express my gratitude to you...
Letter and calling card from Sarah Gildersleeve Fife, 333 East 68th Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 1939 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 46Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Fife 1939.04.27
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Handwritten letter from Sarah Gildersleeve Fife [Mrs. Robert Herndon Fife] to Mildred Bliss received April 27, 1939 tells her Fife enjoyed so much seeing her beautiful garden. Mr. [James] Bryce explained everything so nicely. "Thank you so much."
Letter from Margaret W. Fisher, 3843 Garrison St. N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, December 3, 1938 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 47Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Fisher 1938.12.03
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Handwritten letter from Margaret W. Fisher, Secretary to Mildred Bliss tells her the members of the Chevy Chase D.C. Garden Club wish to express their appreciation for the pleasure given them through the privilege of visiting her lovely gardens and greenhouses. They also want to thank Mr. [James] Bryce through whom this invitation was made possible.
Letter from Georgia Fitzgerald, Wardman Park Hotel, Connecticut Avenue and Woodley Road, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, July 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 48Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Fitzgerald 1940.07.05
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Handwritten letter from Georgia Fitzgerald to Mildred Bliss received July 7, 1940 tells her what a lovely time she had at the tea Mildred gave for the Women's Overseas Service League. Mildred as the hostess was the most gracious lady Fitzgerald has ever met. Fitzgerald told Robert Woods Bliss that this is her first trip to Washington, and she has seen many spots of beauty, but the Dumbarton Oaks gardens complete with the surrounding atmosphere of deep and real hospitality will stand out in...
Letter from C. Stuart Gager, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1939 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 49Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Gager 1939.11.09
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from C. Stuart Gager, Director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to Mildred Bliss tells her it gave him much pleasure for Mrs. Gager and him to meet Mildred at Dumbarton Oaks and see "your beautiful plantations." While walking about in the gardens with Bryce [James Bryce] it occurred to him that a name that applies to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden would also apply to Dumbarton Oaks, "Gardens within a Garden." It was not only a pleasure to see this...
Letter from Esther Gardener, The Shoreham, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 50Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Gardener 1940.04.22
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Handwritten letter from Esther Gardener on The Shoreham hotel stationary to Mildred Bliss received April 22, 1940 tells Mildred for two hours yesterday she felt as if she had been living in another world. The peace, the tranquility, and beauty of it all [Dumbarton Oaks], she shall never forget. Gardener's son joins her in gratitude and in looking forward to meeting again.
Letter from Joyce Gascoigne, 2820 Thirty-fourth Place, Washington, D.C. to Robert Woods Bliss, 1947-1949 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 53Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Gascoigne
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Handwritten letter from Joyce Gascoigne [Mrs. Julian Alvery Gascoigne] probably to Robert Woods Bliss asks if she might bring her brother, Sir Ralph Newman to see the Dumbarton Oaks garden. She says her brother is on the committee of the Royal Horticultural Society and also President of the British Fuchsia Society. Lady Wilson told Joyce about Robert Woods Bliss and it would be very nice if he could find the time to take Joyce and her brother around his lovely garden. She wonders if...
Letter from Madge Lee Guard, 3613 Wisconsin Avenue to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, June 21, 1937 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 52Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Guard 19xx.06.21
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Handwritten letter from Madge Lee Guard to Mildred Bliss tells Mildred how very much she and her sister enjoyed Mildred's hospitality last Wednesday, and how much they appreciated the opprotunity to see that lovely spot. She is sure Miss [Anne] Sweeney didn't miss showing them every choice view in the gardens. Letter dated Monday, June 21 with no year. Most likely created in 1937 or 1943 when June 21 fell on a Monday.
Letter from Ardelia R. Hall, 3037 Cambridge Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 9, 1956 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 56Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Hall 1956.05.09
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Handwritten letter from Ardelia R. Hall to Mildred Bliss tells her Mr. [Robert Woods] Bliss has told Hall of the great interest and alteration Mildred gives to the planning for the beautiful gardens and gates at Dumbarton Oaks. Hall has greatly admired the lovely, new parterre garden with its beautifully proportioned pattern and three dimensional planting. It is a charming and appropriate 18th century addition to an already perfect garden! Hall owes Mildred a great debt of gratitude for the...
Letter from Kay Halle, 3001 Dent Place N.W., Washington 7, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, August 14, 1960 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 57Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Halle 1960.08.14
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Handwritten letter from Kay Halle to Mildred Bliss tells her "I've just sent off some data on Mr. Griswold's M.S. to Mr. Milton Fox of Abrams pubishing house. I suggested that should he wish to contact Mr. Griswold, he had best write to you. Let us hope for happy results.
Letter from Bertha Slingluff Harry, 704 Swede Street, Norristown, Pennsylvania to Anne Sweeney, November 1, between 1933-1960 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 58Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Harry 19xx.11.01
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Handwritten letter from Bertha Slingluff Harry to Miss [Anne] Sweeney tells her the cards have just arrived and thanks her for attending to them. When Bertha Harry saw them in the Orangery, she thought that she could get them at the office without bothering to have them mailed. She tells Sweeney, they [Norristown Garden Club] enjoyed every minute in the garden and doubt if they missed seeing anything. It would have been a pleasure having had Sweeney as a guide. They enjoyed also the lovely...
Letter from Katherine Harvey, Brooklawn, Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, between 1933-1960 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 59Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Harvey
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Handwritten letter from Katherine Harvey to Mildred Bliss tells her Helen Woods conducted her to Dumbarton Oaks and to Mr. [John] Thacher who very obligingly showed her the treasures that Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss have given to Harvard [University]. She deeply enjoyed seeing them. They did not see the home as it was "put away" for the summer, but they saw both the music room and afterwards walked through the beautiful gardens. Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss have offered a gift whose...
Letter from Caryl Crawford Hickory, The Shoreham to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, July 18, 1937 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 61Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Hickory 1937.07.18
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Handwritten letter from Caryl Crawford Hickory to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the delightful swim yesterday afternoon. "We both enjoyed it so much." Hickory also thanks her for the mental picture which will hang in the "memory gallery". "Where ever we are in some unpleasant spot, I can now close my eyes and feel again the delicious smooth water, as we floated lazily on one's back and idly turned one's head to face one enchanting spot after another. To see the vista up the 'Scala della...
Letter from Roger Hinks, 1914 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, February 14, 1959 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 62Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Hinks 1959.02.14
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Handwritten letter from Roger Hinks to Mildred Bliss tells her how much he enjoyed coming to tea with her the other day, and particularly how agreeable he found their table alone together after Mildred's charming guests had gone. He is still pondering on the question of porphyry and alabaster; and he still inclines to alabaster because of the half-hidden fractures the translucent surface it reveals. "But she is not made to be propped up on a cushion in a favourite chair for months at a time,...
Letter from Vernon S. Hodges, Chevy Chase to Mrs. Bliss, September 16, between 1933-1960 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 63Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Hodges 19xx.09.16
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Handwritten letter from Vernon S. Hodges to Mildred Bliss tells her "I hadn't imagined the infinite extent and variety of what is concealed behind your discreet wall. Think of my delight as I wandered through your garden this morning enjoying each new vista all the more because it was unexpected. Our much-needed rain kept me from coming earlier in the week, but I should think that even in rain your garden must be beautiful. Thank you so much for your kindness in opening it to me." Letter...