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Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, March 22, 1938

 
Accession number B:MB 1938.03.22
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Entrance Drive
South Side of House
Swimming Pool and Loggia
Dumbarton Oaks Park
Forsythia Dell
Date
1938
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter containing a numbered list of garden projects at Casa Dorinda and Dumbarton Oaks, including construction of the Forsythia Arch and planting flowers.

Briefly mentions concerns over World War II.

Handwritten signature and corrections by Mildred Bliss.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

flowers (plants)
trees
arches
parking (area)
curbs
plaques (flat objects)
swimming pools
Salter, Arthur, 1881-1975
Schelling, Ernest, 1876-1939
Dushkin, Samuel, 1891-1976
World War, 1939-1945
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number B:MB 1938.03.22
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Entrance Drive
South Side of House
Swimming Pool and Loggia
Dumbarton Oaks Park
Forsythia Dell
Date
1938
Work types
correspondence

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