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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 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: 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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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: 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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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: 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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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: 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 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: 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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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: 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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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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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: 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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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: 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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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: 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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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: 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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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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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: 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.
Letter from Julia Wightman to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 23, 1959 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: 121Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Wightman 1959.05.23
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Handwritten letter from Julia P. Wightman [Julia Parker Wightman] to Mildred Bliss tells her it was lovely of her and Ambassador [Robert] Bliss to have the Hroswitha Club members to Dumbarton Oaks. She has always longed to see it so much and the grounds and house surpass any description. It was wonderful for them to have given their home for a research library of such proportions. "It is just fabulous!" Wightman is still remembering the beautiful music room with its magnificient ceiling and...
Letter from Helen Van Pelt Wilson, 65 Center Street, Westport, Connecticut to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, August 19 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: 122Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Wilson 19xx.08.19
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Handwritten letter from Helen Van Pelt Wilson to Mildred Bliss tells her she has already spent many happy contemplative hours in Mildred's gardens. Yet, Margaret Baillie who is advising Wilson on her garden tells her she has missed the outdoor theater, so that must be seen on Wilson's next visit. It is always fascinating to know the person behind the garden, the one whose personality it reflects. Wilson was grateful to have an opportunity to go over Mildred's garden with her. She used the...
Calling cards from Mrs. Charles Warren, 1527 Eighteenth Street, Washington, D.C. and Mrs. George Whiteley Coggeshall, April 15 between 1930-1944 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: 29Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Coggeshall 19xx.04.15
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Two calling cards probably intended for Mildred Bliss. One with Mrs. Charles Warren with a handwritten note, "Mr. and Mrs. Coggeshall would like to see the gardens." The second calling card is from Mrs. George Whiteley Coggeshall.
Letter from James Paul Hudson, Box 2283, Georgia Univ.[ersity] Station, Athens, Georgia to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, 1703 Thirty-second Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., September 26, 1958 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: 66Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Hudson 1958.09.26
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from James Paul Hudson to Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss tells them as a recipient of one of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Scholarships for the past summer, he would like to express his most sincere appreciation to them for making possible such a wonderful experience. He deems it a coveted honor to have been chosen for the scholarship. He shall always be grateful to them for their most active interest in the field of Landscape Architecture,...
Letter from Emily Eartes Jeffries, Sulgrave Club, 1801 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Bliss, May 21, 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: 70Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Jeffries 1941.05.21
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Handwritten letter from Emily Earlis [?] Jeffries to Mildred Bliss tells her she spent a charming afternoon yesterday at Dumbarton Oaks with the Facilores [?]. The roses were in fall bloom and the museum so very interesting that she writes to thank Mildred for giving them moments of joy in "this unhappy place of the world." "Monsieur was convalescing and Madame still anxious about his condition. Jeffries does not know whether his illness was due to physical causes or to his distress over the...
Note from Mrs. Hennen Jennings, 1910 Twenty-fourth Street to Mildred Bliss, 1933-1948 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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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: 71Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Jennings
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Handwritten note from Mrs. [James] Hennen Jennings (Mary) to Mildred Bliss sending her formal acceptance to an invitation. "A formal acceptance for [illegible name] and me for the 10th is going to you." She tells Mildred, "I was sad to miss you yesterday, if you had come in for only five minutes - it would have been a joy. I was alone." Note undated, probably created between 1933 and 1948 (the year Mary Lucretia Jennings died).
Letter from Ellen W. Johnston to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, April 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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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: 72Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Johnston 1940.04.20
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Handwritten letter from Ellen W. Johnston to Mildred Bliss thanks her for "two afternoons of enchantment in your gardens, such unbelievable beauty, but no matter how beautiful a garden is, the creator is it's main spring, and it was a joy to have that little visit with you on Saturday." She shares with Mildred the garden plans for the Garden Club of America meeting. No private cars will be allowed to go to any of the gardens. That seems to be an ultimatum. On Tuesday the 7th, the buses will...
Letter from Mary C. Jones, Waldorf-Astoria, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, June 28, 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: 73Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Jones 1937.06.28
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Handwritten letter from Mary C. Jones to Mildred Bliss says her graciousness in making it possible for Jones to see Mildred's exquisite gardens gave her a sense of real adventure. She asked Arthea [?] Rutherford to express to Mildred her sincere appreciation, but she must also add her own thanks. Last winter Mrs. Max Farrand [Beatrix] spoke of Mildred's gardens in a way that Jones was at once intrigued, and Jones shall take the pleasure of sharing her experience with Beatrix when she sees...