BF 1944.10.18.pdf

Agenda for M.B.B. for Dumbarton Oaks meeting October 30-31, 1944 by Beatrix Farrand, October 1944

Accession number	B:BF 1944.10.18
Alternative title	Agenda for meeting October 30-31, 1944 with Mildred Barnes Bliss for Dumbarton Oaks by Beatrix Farrand, October 1944
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
Garden Area	Catalogue House Herbaceous Border Bowling Green Crabapple Hill 28th Street House 32nd Street Garden Library and Ribbon Walk Rose Garden Ellipse Green Garden Fountain Terrace North Vista House Exteriors Music Room Terrace Mélisande’s Allée
Date	1944
Work types	correspondence notes

Description

Agenda created for a meeting with Mildred Bliss October 30-31, 1944 discussing many projects involving sketches, walls, inscriptions, gardens, entrances, enlargements of existing structures, plantings and repairs in the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

First page handwritten in pencil; second page typewritten, both unsigned. Probably created by Beatrix Farrand for a scheduled visit and meeting with Mildred Bliss based on the signed correspondence B:BF 1944.10.16 discussing the some of the same agenda items.

Agenda marked as received at Dumbarton Oaks, October 18.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

agendas (administrative records)

notes

walls

sketches

inscriptions

gardens (open spaces)

libraries (buildings)

garden structures

trees

vegetables

postcards

picture postcards

paving

flagstone

gravel

concrete

Magnolia (genus)

oak

Quercus (genus)

planting plans

gates

roses

benches (furniture)

birds in art

repairing

hedges

bulbs (plants)

nurseries (horticulture)

Chrysanthemum (genus)

Ilex (genus)

tiger in art

sculpture (visual work)

architectural ornament

azaleas

budgets

meetings

Seeds

Flowers

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C)

Accession number	B:BF 1944.10.18
Alternative title	Agenda for meeting October 30-31, 1944 with Mildred Barnes Bliss for Dumbarton Oaks by Beatrix Farrand, October 1944
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
Garden Area	Catalogue House Herbaceous Border Bowling Green Crabapple Hill 28th Street House 32nd Street Garden Library and Ribbon Walk Rose Garden Ellipse Green Garden Fountain Terrace North Vista House Exteriors Music Room Terrace Mélisande’s Allée
Date	1944
Work types	correspondence notes

Index Terms

28th Street house, Blisses' → garden for → to be discussed at DO visit with MB

32nd Street → entrance → new, sketches for, to be discussed with MB

azaleas → for Green Garden?

benches and seats → Terrior Column → brace at, and roughening of roof

birds → lead, repair of, to be discussed

Bowling Green or Bowling Alley → gravel, to be discussed at DO visit with MB

budget for landscape work at DO → during World War II for 1944-45 → overrun in last years, need breakdown of what included

bulbs → for Crabapple Hill/Knoll → to be discussed

Chrysanthemum → to be discussed at DO visit with MB

Crabapple Hill or Knoll → bulbs needed for → more, to be discussed

Ellipse → walls for → sketches to be discussed with MB

Farrand, Beatrix, scheduling → 1944, Oct. at DO → agenda for

finalities [frieze] → inscription for → to be discussed at DO visit with MB

gravel → for Bowling Green/Alley, to be discussed with MB

Green Garden → paving → considerations to be discussed

herbaceous border or herbaceous garden → walls → to be discussed at DO visit with MB

holly → south side D. really neat

Jasminum (jasmine) → at Dumbarton Oaks → for Green Garden?

Library → additions to → sketches for, to be discussed with MB

magnolias → for the Green Garden → or what to plant?

Mélisande's Allée → wall for → at north end, to be discussed with MB

Music Room → tiger (stone) could be placed on flat rock outside of

new building → at DO, sketches for, to be discussed with MB

North Vista → planting changes in → to be discussed with MB

nursery → for Dumbarton Oaks → at Mass. Ave.

oaks → at Dumbarton Oaks → South Lawn, replanting of

paving → in Green Garden, combined with ground cover → considerations to be discussed

postcards, picture → discussions about → quality of and list chosen

Rose Terrace or Garden → replanting, replacements, or replenishments to → or new beds in, to be discussed with MB

south front → wall vs. hedge at

tiger, stone, Chinese → flat rock north of Music Room for

vegetable gardens → to be omitted for 1945 → as an unresolved question

walls → herbaceous border → to be discussed at DO visit with MB

walls → Mélisande's Allée → at north end, to be discussed with MB

Related Items

Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, October 16, 1944

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