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Alden Hopkins to Mildred Bliss, March 31, 1959

 
Accession number F1:Hopkins 1959.03.31
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Ellipse
Date
1959
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter sent by Alden Hopkins to Mildred Bliss, March 31, 1959 mentioning a recent meeting to discuss the landscape of the Ellipse and other design problems and requesting that Mildred Bliss meet with Helen Van Pelt Wilson, an author of garden books who is writing an article on Dumbarton Oaks for Flower grower, the home garden magazine.

Copy of letter also sent to John Thacher.

Written to Mildred Bliss at her 28th Street residence, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

gardens (open spaces)
planting plans
plans (orthographic projections)
Wilson, Helen Van Pelt, 1901-2003
magazines (periodicals)
symposia (conferences)
letters (correspondence)
Essay
visitors
meetings
Flower grower, the home garden magazine
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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