BF 1942.06.17.pdf

Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, June 17, 1942

Accession number	B:BF 1942.06.17
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
Garden Area	North Vista 32nd Street Museum Courtyard Fountain Terrace Mélisande’s Allée Beech Terrace Entrance Drive
Date	1942
Work types	correspondence

tablets

inscriptions

lettering (layout features)

walls

sketches

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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)

Accession number	B:BF 1942.06.17
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
Garden Area	North Vista 32nd Street Museum Courtyard Fountain Terrace Mélisande’s Allée Beech Terrace Entrance Drive
Date	1942
Work types	correspondence

Beech Terrace → swing seat → simplification of detail in

benches and seats → for Beech Terrace, simplification of

benches and seats → for Melisande's Allee → put aside due to other challenges

benches and seats → swinging → in Beech Terrace, simplification of detail in

Farnam, Thomas → BF visit to

Farrand, Beatrix → health issue June 1942 → hard knock of

Farrand, Max → honorary degree from Princeton for

Mélisande's Allée → seat for → put aside due to other challenges

Havey, Ruth M. → BF praise for DO work by

historic tablets → for R Street → RH and BF working on

Trefoil gate → elimination of detail in → put aside due to other challenges

Museum → gift tablet → RH and BF working on

Museum Cortile → bench designs for

North Vista → RH and BF working on designs for

North Vista → walls → placement considerations

paint → samples of, put aside due to other challenges

pavilion → for North Vista, rejected by BF, RH, and JT

Princeton University → MxF receiving honorary degree from

R Street → historic tablet for → RH and BF working on

gates → Trefoil, elimination of detail in → put aside due to other challenges

walls → North Vista → placement considerations

Yale University → BF consulting for → Farnam and

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