Box E
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Contains 78 Results:
Letter from Madge Lee Guard, 3613 Wisconsin Avenue to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, June 21, 1937 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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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
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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: 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
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Collection:
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: 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
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Collection:
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
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
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
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
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
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
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
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
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...
Letter from Edith Hoyt, Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Bliss and copy of response from Mrs. Bliss, November 25, 1940 and January 18, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 65Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Hoyt 1940.11.25
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Handwritten letter from Edith Hoyt to Mildred Bliss dated November 25th, 1940. Hoyt tells Mildred Bliss "It was most kind of you to send for the pictures, and there is no hurry about returning them. I only wish I could have put into them the peace and poetry which I experienced in your garden and even a little of the joy I had in painting them. I appreciate more than I can say your graciousness in giving me this great pleasure, and something beyond that, something intangible which refreshed...
Letter from Mrs. Edward Allen to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, June 3, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
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: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Allen 1940.06.03
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Handwritten letter from Mrs. Edward Allen (Hazel R. Allen) to Mildred Bliss tells her that one of the highlights of her time in Washington was the courtesy extended to the members of the Scientific Congress at American Law Institute to visit the Dumbarton Oaks gardens and home. It was gracious for Mildred Bliss to open her gardens and home for many to enjoy and carry away a vision of such beauty and such delightful hospitality. Allen reports her husband is a member of both the Congress and...
Letter from Marguerite B. Allen to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, November 13, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Allen 1941.11.13
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mrs. Marguerite B. Allen to Mildred Bliss tells her it was a pleasure to visit her lovely estate, and her heart is full of loving appreciation and adoration for her generosity in opening her doors that the public might get a glimpse of "Very Close to Heaven". The Chrysanthemum garden was so radiant in splendor that she wondered if paradise could be more beautiful. She thought, "How beautiful must be the souls who dwell here" and then was told...
Exchange of letters between Arline B. Newcomb, 800 Academy Street, Kelso, Washington and Anne Sweeney, December 9- 29, 1944 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 95Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:AS 1944.12.29
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Handsigned letter from Arline B. Newcomb to Anne Sweeney remarking on the Dumbarton Oaks garden and if any material on it could be sent to her to share with a friend. A copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks Garden Guide to Arline B. Newcomb offers a response to an unanswered letter received December 9th. Sweeney thinks it is very kind for Newcomb to speak so well of Dumbarton Oaks to friends in the far west. "Naturally, the Peace Conferences held here this summer have...
Letter from Anne Sweeney, Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. R. L. Emery, Jr., 113 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, May 8, 1947 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 43Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:AS 1947.05.08
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks Garden Guide to Mrs. R.L. (Robert Lee) (Mrs. Geneiva C.) Emery, Jr. responding to Mrs. Emery regarding a second tour of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens on Thursday, May 15th. The Garden Club of America members will be visiting in the morning that day, but if her group can arrive in the afternoon, she will be happy to accommodate them. There is no charge to anyone as the grounds are open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays and other...
Letter from Ernesta Barlow to Mildred Bliss, between 1933-1960 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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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: 17Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Barlow
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Handwritten letter from Ernesta (Mrs. S.L.M.) Barlow to Mildred Bliss saying she will never forget the lightning flash view of Mildred's gardens (Dumbarton Oaks Gardens) yesterday. She thanks Mildred for "being so sweet as to dash about with" them. They "got to the flying field [airport] in eight minutes so I could have had another twenty to look about, dammit." She reports "Sam is envious and we look forward to seeing you and the gardens in the autumn." Barlow closes with "You looked...
Letter from Ada Beard, Women's Civic League, 113 West Mulberry Street, Baltimore to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3101 R. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., October 12, 1936 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Beard 1936.10.12
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ada Beard of the Women's Civic League in Baltimore to Mildred Bliss thanks her on behalf of the party of Civic League members who were afforded the very pleasure of visiting her garden [Dumbarton Oaks Garden]. Mr. [William] Gray and his assistants were most courteous and helpful in conducting the party through the gardens and they feel greatly indebted to her for having spent a pleasant and profitable afternoon. She hopes they will have the...
Letter from Edwin Bergstrom, The American Institute of Architects, The Octagon, 1741 New York Avenue, Washington, D.C. to Honorable Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1939 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Bergstrom 1939.10.16
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Edwin Bergstrom, President, The American Institute of Architects, to Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss offers the appreciation of the 75th Convention of The American Institute of Architects for the Blisses gracious hospitality entertaining the delegates of the Convention and their guests at tea at Dumbarton Oaks, Sunday afternoon, September 24. "The occasion was most enjoyable and in an environment whose beauty made a great appeal to the...
Letter from Edith Bettinger, 3403 O St. N.W. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 1935 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Bettinger
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Handwritten letter from Edith Bettinger to Mildred Bliss thanks Mildred for her kindness in allowing Bettinger to take her friend, Mrs. Frothingham of Boston through Mildred's garden [Dumbarton Oaks]. Mrs. Frothingham asked her to extend thanks to Mildred also. She and Mr. Bettinger had taken Captain and Mrs. Frothingham to see some Virginia gardens, and she had assured them that Georgetown offered more beautiful gardens than any seen in Virginia thanks to Mildred and Mr. [Robert Woods]...
Letter from Marguerite Tweedy Biggs, 24 Fairview Avenue, Danbury, Conn. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 24, 1937 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 21Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Biggs 1937.04.24
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Handwritten letter from Marguerite Tweedy Biggs (Mrs. James D. Biggs) to Mildred Bliss extends her very sincere thanks from Mrs. [Grace] Tweedy, Mrs. Clinton Biggs, [Francis Witmer Biggs] and herself for allowing them to see Mildred's beautiful gardens [Dumbarton Oaks]. "It was a sight that will live long in her memory, one vista after another of beauty, perfectly planned." Their guide who she assumes was the superintendant, was most courteous and interesting. She offers her grateful thanks...
Letter from Mabel Blount, Yacht "Sunshine" of Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, June 14, 1939 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 22Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Blount 1939.06.14
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Handwritten letter from Mabel Blount [Mrs. Walter Eames Blount] to Mildred Bliss tells her she was very happy to be at their party Saturday and "you are beautiful." "I would like to see you queen of some country -- some good safe country!" The poor old "Oaks" looks as if it had died and gone to heaven. She noticed her mom's bronze beech, glorified now, and her baby cut leaf maple who has grown to be a big boy. The mysterious little wood paths would have especially delighted mom. Mabel...
Letter from Louise Boit, 1695 Thirty-fourth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 28 between 1933-1960 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 24Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Boit 19xx.05.28
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Handwritten letter from Louise Boit to Mildred Bliss informs her she has come away from Mildred's "books" and "flowers" with a very very strong impression of beauty. Boit descibes the setting arranged with interest of everything, gardens from every window of the lovely medieval room. Boit thanks Mildred for the pleasure "its a cie de coeur."
Letters from Elizabeth B. Canaday, National Cathedral Association, Washington Cathedral, Mount Saint Alban, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R. Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., April 29, 1937 and May 19, 1937 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 25Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Canaday 1937.05.19
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The first typescript letter with handwritten signature from Elizabeth B. Canaday, field secretary, to Mildred Bliss thanks her on behalf of Mrs. William Adams Brown, National Advisory Chairman of the Washington Cathedral Association for the privilege of visiting the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens. She does not know how many members will be able to come, but Mrs. Stokes assured her that it woud not be necessary for us to know that ahead of time. There are about fifty women coming to Mrs. Stokes'...
Letter from Richard Chatfield-Taylor, 19 Observatory Circle, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 8, 1939 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 27Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Chatfield-Taylor 1939.05.08
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Handwritten letter from Richard Chatfield-Taylor to Mildred Bliss apologizing for taking his dog into her garden. He regrets his dog did damage to some of her flowers which she had so carefully planted. As soon as he could get ahold of his dog, he took him out of the garden. He is sorry this happened, and he will never let it happen again. Richard Chatfield-Taylor wrote from 19 Observatory Circle, Washington, D.C. Chatfield-Taylor appears to have been 13 years old at the time he wrote this....
Letter from Emmy and Egon Wellesz to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, December 24, 1956 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 118Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Wellesz 1956.12.24
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Handwritten letter from Emmy Wellesz to Mildred Bliss thanks both her and Robert Woods Bliss for a beautiful and thoughtful present and for the charming words by which it was accompanied. She takes the opportunity of telling them how much they both love being at Dumbarton Oaks and with what gratitude they are always thinking of the founders of that unique place. She wishes she could adequately express their joy in the gardens, and how much they are aware of the creative spirit to which its...
Letter from Thomas Wheeldon, M.D., The Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society, 318 West Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks 3201 S Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., May 12, 1960 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 119Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Wheeldon 1960.05.12
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Thomas Wheeldon to Mildred Bliss tells her the anticipation of an afternoon at Dumbarton Oaks was extremely pleasant, but he did not know they would have the extreme pleasure to have had her personal attention. The afternoon was memorable and will never be forgotten.
Letter from Charles H. Whitaker, 238 Dale Drive, Silver Spring, Md. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 2750 Q St. N.W., Washington, D.C., January 18, 1958 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 120Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Whitaker 1958.01.18
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Handwritten letter from Charles H. Whitaker to Mildred Bliss tells her he is grateful for the loan of a number of pictures of Dumbarton Oaks and two volumes from her collection of early literature on gardening. These were used in a talk on garden pools in a course in landscaping the small property in the Department of Agriculture Graduate School. The material was most appropriate and made the presentation much more effective.