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Box E

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Contains 78 Results:

Letter from David C. Stewart, Joint Council on Educational Television, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C., November 10, 1960 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 110Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Stewart 1960.11.10
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from David C. Stewart to Mildred Bliss tells her he lives near Dumbarton Oaks (3264 S Street) and for the past six years he and his family felt fortunate to have had the opportunity to to see the changing seasons of the Dumbarton Oaks area and gardens. He reports he had been a teacher at Robert College in Istanbul, and with an interest in Byzantine art and architecture which has led him to spend much time in the Dumbarton Oaks museum. He is...

Letter from Marian Templeton, 6410 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. to Mrs. And Mrs. Robert Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1937 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 112Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Templeton 1937.04.25
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Handwritten letter from Marian Templeton to Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss expresses her appreciation of their generosity in opening their estate to the public yesterday. She spent two enjoyable hours in their garden and have never felt quite the same enjoyment in anything else.

Letter from Violet Niles Walker, Woodberry Forest, Virgina to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 19, 1938 Digital

File — Box: E, Folder: 4, item: 116Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Walker 1938.04.19
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Violet Niles Walker (Mrs. Joseph G. Walker) to Mildred Bliss tells her after the meeting yesterday she failed to catch Mildred to thank her for the invitation to visit Dumbarton Oaks and how sorry she was at being unable to be "among those present." Walker was obliged to return home immediately after the meeting. She is sorry as she had hoped to meet Mr. [Robert] Bliss also, for Walker remembers having a delightful lunch at his mother's house...