Item 1: Letter from MS to RWB, Hotel St. Regis (NYC), 3/13/1930, re: various objects of interest including 1 oak table from Blake Hall, 1 Renaissance tapestry from the Doria sets, 1 rug.
Item 2: Memorandum to RWB (enclosure to item 1), re: descriptive list of photographs with quotes including 1 English 18th-century pole screen, 1 17th-century French bed, 1 Italian pedestal table, 1 English 17th-century oak table, 1 English 17th-century oak bench, 1 French 1778 prie-dieu by François Bayer, 1 17th-century Indian rug, 1 Flemish 16th-century tapestry representing the “The Month of April” [HC.T.1930.07.(T)].
Item 3: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street, 4/17/1930, re: various objects of interest including a tapestry.
Item 4: Enclosure to item 3, memorandum, re: 16th-century Flemish tapestry representing “The Month of April” [HC.T.1930.07.(T)].
Item 5: Enclosures to item 3, several loose quotes regarding 1 pair of log rests, 1 pair Louis XV andirons, 1 French bed 17th century, 1 English pole screen.
Item 6: Memorandum to RWB, 3101 R Street, 4/22/1930, re: 1 ca. 1525–1530 Flemish tapestry after cartoons of Bernard Van Orley and representing the month of April [HC.T.1930.07.(T)], 1 French 17th-century bed.
Item 7: Several unattached quotes including 1 Ghiordes carpet, 1 Hispano-Moresque barrel, 1 French 1778 prie dieu by François Bayer.
Item 8: Copy of letter from MS to Lawrence Grant White, 101 Park Avenue (NYC), 7/11/1930, re: Gothic tapestries with symbols of the Zodiac.
Item 9: Letter from Lawrence Grant White to MBB, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 7/11/1930, re: tapestries.
Item 10: Letter from Lawrence Grant White to RWB, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 7/31/1930, re: tapestries with Zodiac motif.
Item 11: Cable from [Lawrence Grant White] to Blisses, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 7/31/1930, re: tapestries.
Item 12: Letter from MS to RWB, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 8/25/1930, re: 2 Flemish early 16th-century tapestries, subject includes the signs of the Zodiac with each tapestry representing three of the Months.
Item 13: Cable from MS to RWB, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 9/22/1930, re: [tapestry] repairs.
Item 14: Letter from [RWB] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/25/1930, re: tapestries.
Item 15: Letter from MS to RWB, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 3/6/1931, re: tapestries.
Item 16: Letter from MS to RWB, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 4/29/1931, re: tapestries. Memorandum attached, re: 1 Flemish tapestry [HC.T.1930.07.(T)], 1 French 17th-century bed, 1 collection of 16th-century Spanish benches [HC.F.1929.201-202 and 207-210.(SF)], 1 table, 1 pair of torchères.
Item 17: Letter from MS to RWB, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 7/22/1931, re: Gothic tapestries from Spain and the acquisition of an Imperial Herat rug.
Item 18: Letter from MS to MBB, Hotel St. Regis (NYC), 11/27/1931, re: various objects of interest. Memorandum attached, re: 1 Louis XVI marble table, 1 18th-century wall fountain, 1 18th-century Louis Quinze salon suite, 1 Italian Renaissance table, 1 Italian Renaissance pedestal table, 1 pair 18th-century Queen Anne cabinets, 1 pair of original Louis XVI ormolu andirons, 1 pair Louis XVI ormolu andirons with infant satyrs with photographs of andirons with two photographs [HC.F.1933.053-054.(FC)], 1 15th-century Florentine tabernacle.
Item 19: Letter from MS to MBB, American Embassy (Buenos Aires), 6/9/1932, re: Benguiat rugs.
Item 20: Memorandum to [MBB], [American Embassy (Buenos Aires)], 6/28/1933, re: 1 16th-century Flemish tapestry representing the Month of April [HC.T.1930.07.(T)], 1 17th-century French bed, 1 16th-century Bolognese table, 1 Italian Renaissance credenza [HC.F.1929.236.(CF)], 1 collection of 16th-century folding benches [HC.F.1929.201-202 and 207-210.(SF)], 1 pair of 18th-century Venetian benches, 1 15th-century Italian Gothic washbasin [HC.F.1929.287.(CO)], 1 18th-century Queen Anne wing chair, 1 Georgian loveseat circa 1725–1730, 1 lot French silk, 1 lot 16th-century Spanish brocatelle.
Item 21: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 7/11/1933, re: tapestries and other objects of interest.
Item 22: Memorandum to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 7/20/1933, re: 1 16th-century Bolognese table, 2 18th-century Venetian benches, 1 Queen Anne wing chair, 1 Georgian loveseat, 1 18th-century English writing desk.
Item 23: Loose quotes, 7/22/[1933], re: 1 set of 16th-century French armchairs, 4 17th-century French armchairs, 1 16th-century French pull-top table [HC.F.1933.232.(SU)], 4 18th-century English side chairs, 1 Louis XV loveseat, 1 17th-century Indo-Persian mille-fleurs carpet, 1 pair 16th-century Italian armchairs, 1 16th-century table.
Item 24: Loose quotes, undated, re: 1 pair 18th-century French Royal Sèvres bowls, 1 marshmallow toaster.
Item 25: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 7/24/1933, re: 3 rugs.
Item 26: Memorandum to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 7/24/1933, re: various objects pertaining to Dumbarton Oaks including furnishings for the music room, hall, reception room, and drawing room.
Item 27: Loose quotes, undated, re: 1 Louis XVI inlaid table, 1 Louis XVI tulipwood table [HC.F.1933.049.(SU)], 1 16th-century French fire-back, 1 pair Louis XVI ormolu andirons, 1 16th century pull-top table [HC.F.1933.232.(SU)].
Item 28: Letter from French & Company to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 7/27/1933, re: 4 16th-century folding benches from the Cathedral of Zamora [HC.F.1929.201-202 and 207-210.(SF)].
Item 29: Memorandum to RWB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 7/31/1933, re: 1 Louis XVI circular tulipwood table with photograph [HC.F.1933.049.(SU)], 1 Louis XV loveseat, 1 pair Louis XV ormolu andirons, 1 Louis XVI inlaid table, 4 18th-century English side chairs, 1 Wedgewood bust portrait of Dryden, 1 pair Louis XVI ormolu andirons, 1 pair 18th-century French Royal Sèvres bowls, 4 French armchairs, 1 16th-century French Renaissance pull-top table with 2 photographs [HC.F.1933.232.(SU)], 1 16th-century walnut table, 1 16th-century walnut pull-top table, 1 17th-century Indo-Persian mille-fleur carpet, 1 pair 16th-century Italian walnut armchairs, 1 16th-century French iron fire-back, 1 16th-century French armchair, 1 marshmallow toaster.
Item 30: Memorandum to RWB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 7/31/1933 re: account information.
Item 31: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 8/3/1933, re: various objects of interest including Whistler’s caricature of [Frederick] Leyland.
Item 32: Memorandum to RWB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 8/11/1933, re: account information.
Item 33: Letter from MS to MBB, [3101 R Street (Washington DC)], 8/15/1933, re: various objects of interest.
Item 34: List of objects numbered 1-134 to be sold or on consignment, 8/18/1933.
Item 35: Memorandum to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 8/18/1933, re: estimates for painting and decorating the dining room and music room.
Item 36: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 8/21/1933, re: various objects of interest.
Item 37: Loose quotes, undated, re: 4 16th-century Italian side chairs [HC.F.1933.213-216.(SF)], 1 18th-century Feraghan rug [HC.T.1937.23.(R)].
Item 38: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 9/7/1933, re: various tapestries.
Item 39: Letter from RS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 9/12/1933, re: Zamora tapestries.
Item 40: Memorandum to RWB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 11/15/1933, re: repair work for 18th-century Persian rug and dining room repairs.
Item 41: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 11/20/1933, re: American Art Galleries sale, Thomas Fortune Ryan Library, and the Spitzer Collection.
Item 42: Memorandum to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 11/25/1933, re: 8 volumes of the Spitzer Collection purchased at the Thomas Fortune Ryan sale.
Item 43: Letter from MS to MBB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 11/28/1933, re: various objects of interest.
Item 44: Memorandum, attachment to item 41, 11/28/1933, re: 1 pedestal and base, 2 Samarkand rugs, 1 Indian rug, 1 satinwood clavichord, 1 sofa, 8 volumes of The Spitzer Collection, 1 lamp, 1 Steinway piano stool, 1 picture from Ehrich Galleries, 1 Ghiordes rug, 3 candlesticks.
Item 45: Letter from MS to MBB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 11/29/1933, re: Joseph Widener’s books and various other objects of interest.
Item 46: Loose quote, 12/5/1933, re: 1 ormolu candlestick with Delafosse design.
Item 47: Loose quote, 12/5/1933, re: 1 18th century Ghiordes rug.
Item 48: Letter from MS to MBB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 12/8/1933, re: various objects of interest.
Item 49: Memorandum, attachment to item 46, 12/8/1933, re: account information.
Item 50: Memorandum to RWB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 12/8/1933, re: 2 16th-century Italian armchairs, 1 16th-century Italian table, 1 18th-century Ghiordes rug, 1 18th-century Feraghan rug [HC.T.1937.23.(R)], 4 16th-century Italian side chairs [HC.F.1933.213-216.(SF)], 2 16th-century Italian sanctuary lamps, 1 Wedgwood bust of Dryden, 1 ormolu candlestick, and various other account information.
Item 51: Memorandum to MBB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 12/23/1933, re: 1 bench.
Item 52: Memorandum to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 12/27/1933, re: 1 pair of Louis XV andirons.
Item 53: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 12/26/1933, re: consignment items.
Item 54: List of objects numbered 60-134 on consignment from MBB, (attachment to item 51), re: “remaining objects on consignment from Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss as of December 23, 1933.”
Item 55: Letter from MS to MBB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 1/30/1934, re: 1 sedan chair with painted decorations by Angelica Kaufmann, 1 18th-century French chandelier, 1 Italian credenza.
Item 56: Letter from MS to MBB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 2/8/1934, re: various objects of interest.
Item 57: Letter from MS to MBB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 2/19/1934, re: various objects of interest.
Item 58: Letter from MS to MBB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 3/6/1934, re: various objects of interest.
Item 59: Letter from [RWB] to Milton Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/6/1934, re: various objects of interest.
Item 60: Letter from Milton Samuels to RWB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 9/10/1934, re: pieces of furniture in the Palace of Caprarola.
Item 61: Letter from MS to RWB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 11/16/1934, re: several tables of interest.
Item 62: Letter from RWB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/16/1934, re: purchase of Henry Raeburn’s “Portrait of Judge Maitland” at a 1920 sale by the American Art Association.
Item 63: Letter from MS to RWB, 3101 R Street (Washington DC), 11/19/1934, re: various objects of interest and discussion regarding the authenticity of the [Judge Maitland] portrait.
Item 64: Letter from MS to MBB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 12/1/1934, re: various objects of interest including a 15th century Italian inlaid walnut credenza formerly in the Bardini Collection of Florence.
Item 65: Letter from MS to MBB, 3202 R Street (Washington DC), 12/3/1934, re: fountains.
Item 66: Letter from MS to RWB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 12/7/1934, re: jars, including one Ming jar.
Item 67: Copy of letter from MS to Mrs. Henry Dimock, Scott Circle (Washington DC), 12/7/1934, re: various objects of interest.
Item 68: Letter from MS to RWB, [3101 R Street] (Washington DC), 12/19/1934, re: objects on consignment.
Item 69: Copy of letter from [RWB] to MS, 210 West 57th Street (NYC), 12/22/1934, re: [objects on consignment].