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Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss, April 23, 1964

 
Accession number L:RH 1964.04.23
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
Date
1964
Work types
correspondence

Description

Discusses the brick walk and ramp for the Garden Library and Ribbon Walk area along with the steps that go to the basement. Ruth Havey notes that there is a Dumbarton Oaks Symposium taking place on May 7th [1964], and she is trying to make that deadline. She mentions sending drawings to Mr. McLeish [of McLeod and Romberg Stone Co.] to get a comparative cost for the construction of the walk and ramp in all brick or in brick and limestone.

Handwritten signature in black ink by Ruth Havey.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

brick (clay product)
walkways
limestone
drawings (visual works)
steps (stair units)
basements
concrete
construction (assembling)
Dumbarton Oaks
symposia (conferences)
McLeish, David
McLeod and Romberg Stone Co.
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)