Item 1: Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/26/1950, re: account information, Flemish Tapestry of Christ and the Virgin needs [cleaning] treatment [HC.T.1908.01.(T)].
Item 2: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/30/1950, re: cleaning of [Flemish Tapestry of Christ and the Virgin] [HC.T.1908.01.(T)].
Item 3: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/3/1951, re: repair of wooden ceiling in the Music Room.
Item 4: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/14/1951, re: wooden ceiling [in Music Room].
Item 5: Letter from MS to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/21/1951, re: Swedish commode, ceiling [in Music Room].
Item 6: Letter from MS to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/14/1951, re: artist restorer to examine ceiling [in Music Room].
Item 7: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/19/1951, re: cost of restoration of [Music Room] ceiling.
Item 8: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/24/1951, re: [Music Room] ceiling, cleaning of “Christ and the Virgin” tapestry [HC.T.1908.01.(T)], Swedish commode.
Item 9: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 6/27/1951, re: “Christ and the Virgin” tapestry [HC.T.1908.01.(T)].
Item 10: Letter from MS to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 6/27/1951, re: “Christ and the Virgin” tapestry [HC.T.1908.01.(T)].
Item 11: Copy of letter from [JT?] to MBB, Colonial Inn (Edgartown, MA], 7/24/1951, re: report on meeting with Mr. Samuels regarding items to be sent to New York (French and Company).
Item 12: Enclosure to item 11, copy of memorandum to [MBB], 7/23/1951, re: [list of possible items at Dumbarton Oaks to be sent to New York].
Item 13: Enclosure to item 11, copy of “Memorandum for Mrs. Bliss, July 24, 1951,” re: [list of possible objects to be sent to New York with prices].
Item 14: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 7/25/1951, re: objects being [transported] to New York.
Item 15: Letter from MS to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 7/26/1951, re: objects to be [transported] to New York.
Item 16: Memorandum from MS to Dumbarton Oaks, 7/31/1951, re: list of objects being sent to Dumbarton Oaks from French & Company, including a number of Karachi, Serebend, Swedish, Bokhara, Oriental, Kurdistan, and Calistan rugs.
Item 17: Receipt for item 16, from French & Company to Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 7/31/1951.
Item 18: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/1/1951, re: list of items at Dumbarton Oaks sent to [French & Company to sell], shipping receipt for three tapestries which are to be cleaned, and information regarding other objects to be sold.
Item 19: Enclosure to item 18, shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to French & Company, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/1/1951, re: descriptive list of objects sent from Dumbarton Oaks to French & Company.
Item 20: Enclosure to item 18, shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to French & Company, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/1/1951, re: 3 tapestries to be cleaned 1) Flemish 16th century [HC.T.1930.07.(T)]: Christ and the Virgin [HC.T.1908.01.(T)], 2) French 14th century: Animals and Flowers [HC.T.1913.04.(T)], 3) French 15th century: La Dame au Hennin {HC.T.1912.03.(T)].
Item 21: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/8/1951, re: [objects received from Dumbarton Oaks].
Item 22: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/8/1951, re: various objects including commodes.
Item 23: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/13/1951, re: furniture, tapestries, and commodes.
Item 24: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/29/1951, re: objects including mantels, boiseries, and desks to be sent to [French & Company].
Item 25: Letter from MS to EMB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/31/1951, re: various objects at Dumbarton Oaks to be sent to French & Company.
Item 26: Letter from MS to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/7/1951, re: objects to be transported to New York.
Item 27: Shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to French & Company, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/13/1951, re: description of objects sent to French & Company including 1 Spanish 17th-century desk, 1 French 19th-century desk, 1 Chinese porcelain lamp, and other objects.
Item 28: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/21/1951, re: check covering the purchase of commode; all objects from Dumbarton Oaks are on display [at French & Company].
Item 29: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/24/1951, re: [receipt] of check for commode.
Item 30: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/24/1951, re: Baltimore Museum of Art to borrow Tournai tapestry of “The Prince of Malice” [HC.T.1935.15.(T)], would like to borrow a replacement tapestry until object is returned.
Item 31: Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/1/1951, re: replacement tapestry for “The Prince of Malice” [HC.T.1935.15.(T)].
Item 32: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/28/1951, re: wondering if [French & Co.] has been able to dispose of any of the Dumbarton Oaks furniture.
Item 33: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/5/1952, re: no luck selling [Dumbarton Oaks] objects.
Item 34: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/7/1952, re: inquiring if [French & Co.] has been able to dispose of any of the Dumbarton Oaks objects.
Item 35: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 3/15/1952, re: some [Dumbarton Oaks] objects are under consideration by a museum.
Item 36: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/10/1952, re: asking if any of the Dumbarton Oaks objects have been sold.
Item 37: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/23/1952, re: a number of Dumbarton Oaks objects are under consideration [nothing sold] yet.
Item 38: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 1/26/1953, re: would like to know what the situation is for objects on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks. Trustees are anxious to liquidate.
Item 39: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/12/1953, re: there has been a delay [disposing of Dumbarton Oaks objects] and it will be another month before they have news, business has not been too easy the last year or so.
Item 40: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/20/1953, re: disposal of Dumbarton Oaks objects.
Item 41: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), re: return of Bernard Palissy plate [HC.C.xxxx.003.(C)] to [Dumbarton Oaks] for study purposes.
Item 42: Letter from French & Co. to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/25/1953, re: have sent the Bernard Palissy plate [HC.C.xxxx.003.(C)] [to Dumbarton Oaks].
Item 43: Letter from MS to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/30/1953, re: return of [Palissy] plate [HC.C.xxxx.003.(C)], business has not been too good and [Dumbarton Oaks] objects haven’t sold.
Item 44: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/2/1953, re: Palissy plate [HC.C.xxxx.003.(C)] arrived safely.
Item 45: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/29/1954, re: what proposal [French & Company] has to make to [Dumbarton Oaks] in connection with the furniture and other objects still on consignment?
Item 46: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 3/31/1954, re: will make a proposal in April [for Dumbarton Oaks objects on consignment].
Item 47: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/12/1954, re: proposal regarding the furniture on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 48: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/15/1954, re: objects on consignment.
Item 49: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (Washington, D.C.), 5/21/1954, re: proposal [for objects on consignment].
Item 50: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/28/1954, re: no opportunity to go into the matter this week [regarding objects on consignment].
Item 51: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 6/16/1954, re: will purchase pair of console tables and the five doors [from Dumbarton Oaks]. Will either purchase or dispose of the other [Dumbarton Oaks] objects on consignment before the turn of the year.
Item 52: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 6/25/1954, re: payment for pair of Adams console tables and five doors.
Item 53: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/26/1954, re: Dumbarton Oaks objects on consignment.
Item 54: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/30/1954, re: trying to expedite sales.
Item 55: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (Washington, D.C.), 1/3/1955, re: furniture on [consignment].
Item 56: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (Washington, D.C.), 2/25/1955, re: what settlement can be made in regard to the furniture belonging to Dumbarton Oaks which [French & Company] has on consignment.
Item 57: Letter from secretary to MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 3/10/1955, re: MS is away.
Item 58: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (Washington, D.C.), 4/6/1955, re: disposal of objects from Dumbarton Oaks which are still on consignment.
Item 59: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/28/1955, re: will hear from us before the fiscal year ends.
Item 60: French & Co. auditors to Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), no date, re: audit of accounts due by June 30, 1955, furnish itemized statement of unpaid account, amounts due, merchandize held on consignment, purchase commitments, etc.
Item 61: Attachment to item 60, copy of “Objects Held on Consignment for Sale by French & Company, for Dumbarton Oaks, as of June 30, 1955,” 9/8/1955, re: list of 21 objects and lots.
Item 62: Copy of item 61.
Item 63: Attachment to item 60, “Copy of List Enclosed to French & Company Letter of June 18, 1953. Re: Dumbarton Oaks, List No. 4, Objects on Consignment for Sale as of June 5, 1953,” re: list of twenty-six objects.
Item 64: Letter from ER to Alberta Carpenter, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/19/1955, re: enclosing check for the sale of Dumbarton Oaks articles.
Item 65: Copy of letter from Alberta Carpenter to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 8/22/1955, re: thank you for check for the sale of articles from Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 66: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/14/1955, re: disappointed in the amount of check given to Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 67: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/11/1955, re: kindly send a list of the objects with their respective prices that were sold for Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 68: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/14/1955, re: will try to purchase whatever remains will have a statement before the end of the month.
Item 69: Copy of letter from JT to Janusz Ilinski, City Investing Company (NYC), 1/17/1956, re: objects that French & Company still has on consignment from [Dumbarton Oaks].
Item 70: Letter from Janusz Ilinski to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/3/1956, re: [account information] regarding Dumbarton Oaks objects still held by French & Company.
Item 71: Copy of letter from JT to Janusz Ilinski, City Investing Company (NYC), 2/8/1956, re: matter of the property on consignment with French & Company.
Item 72: Memorandum from French & Company to Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/20/1956, re: “Dumbarton Oaks, List No. 1, Objects Purchased from Consignment Subsequent to June 5, 1953.”
Item 73: Memorandum from French & Company to Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/20/1956, re: “Dumbarton Oaks, List No. 2, Remaining Objects for Sale on Consignment as February 20, 1956.”
Item 74: Copy of item 73.
Item 75: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 3/19/1956, re: [the settlement of financial matters] between Dumbarton Oaks and French & Company.
Item 76: Letter from Lillian Draper (secretary to ER) to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 3/20/1956, re: will go over records and endeavor to clarify this very complicated [financial] matter.
Item 77: Copy of letter from JT to Janusz Ilinski, City Investing Company (NYC), 5/17/1956, re: Dumbarton Oaks objects, important to have transaction[s] settled as quickly as possible.
Item 78: Letter from Joyce Lambert (secretary to Janusz Ilinski) to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/18/1956, re: will be in touch.
Item 79: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 6/6/1956, re: list of furniture and art objects which Dumbarton Oaks has sent to French & Company.
Item 80: Copy of item 79.
Item 81: Enclosure to item 79, list of “All Furniture and Art Objects Sent to French & Company from Dumbarton Oaks, August 6 and Sept. 15, 1951.”
Item 82: Copy of item 81.
Item 83: Letter from Thelma Fuller (secretary to Janusz Ilinski) to Trustees for Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 7/109/1956, re: check from French & Company.
Item 84: Letter from French & Company accountants to Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 7/15/1957, re: request confirmation of merchandise held on consignment.
Item 85: Attachment to item 84, “Objects on Consignment from Dumbarton Oaks, June 30, 1956, (French & Company List, August 24, 1956).”
Item 86: Copy of item 85.
Item 87: Letter from ER to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 7/25/1958, re: non-sale of Bliss and Dumbarton items which French & Company have on consignment; two checks received.
Item 88: Enclosure to item 87, memorandum from French & Company to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 7/25/1958, re: French & Company accountants request confirmation of merchandise held on consignment.
Item 89: Letter from MS to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 7/26/1958, re: account information.
Item 90: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 8/7/1958, re: French & Company audit.
Item 91: Copy of list, “Re: Dumbarton Oaks, List No.1, Objects Purchased from Consignment to June 30, 1956,” August 24, 1956.
Item 92: Copy of list, “Re: Dumbarton Oaks, List No. 2, Remaining Objects for Sale on Consignment as of June 30, 1956,” August 24, 1956.
Item 93: Copy of letter from ER to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/5/1956, re: account [discrepancies].
Item 94: Memorandum from Brach, Gosswein & Lane to [JT?], Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/15/1958, re: “Objects at French & Company on Consignment from Dumbarton Oaks, June 30, 1958.”
Item 95: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/21/1956, re: objects on consignment, balance due Dumbarton Oaks, and [various account discrepancies].
Item 96: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 9/21/1956, re: letter to Mitchell Samuels sent for [Russell’s] approval.
Item 97: Letter from Lillian Draper to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/24/1956, re: Mr. Russell is in the West until October.
Item 98: Letter from ER to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/2/1956, re: Letter to Mitchell Samuels is excellent.
Item 99: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 10/8/1956, re: letter to Mitchell Samuels; trip to Istanbul postponed; Whitehaven Street transaction complete.
Item 100: Letter from Norman Johnson to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/10/1956, re: payment of the balance due Dumbarton Oaks, will do their best to sell the remaining objects.
Item 101: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 10/15/1956, re: account [discrepancies] with French & Company.
Item 102: Letter from ER to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/17/1956, re: Dumbarton Oaks [account] with French & Company.
Item 103: Copy of letter from EHB to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 10/18/1956, re: JT in Istanbul; French & Company balance.
Item 104: Letter from ER to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/13/1959, re: failure of French & Company to make any payment on account.
Item 105: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 11/17/1959, re: have written to Colonel Janusz Ilinski at the City Investing Company telling him of plight with French & Company.
Item 106: Copy of letter from JT to Colonel Janusz Ilinski, City Investing Company (NYC), assistance in regard to various pieces of furniture which Dumbarton Oaks sent to French & Company for disposal, desperately anxious to liquidate this transaction.
Item 107: Letter from G. Butler Sherwell to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/19/1959, re: paintings by Sert belonging to Mrs. Lucienne de Cárdenas that are in Dumbarton Oaks’ possession.
Item 108: Copy of letter from JT to G. Butler Sherwell, 55 Broad Street (NYC), 12/1/1959, re: will ship paintings by Sert belonging to Mrs. Lucienne de Cárdenas to French & Company.
Item 109: Letter from Norma Ramírez to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 12/3/1959, re: shipment of [Sert] paintings.
Item 110: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 12/4/1956, re: have not received check from French & Company.
Item 111: Copy of letter from JT to Spencer Samuels, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/5/1956, re: check has not been received, what additional objects on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks have been disposed of?
Item 112: Letter from ER to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/23/1957, re: French & Company account.
Item 113: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 1/25/1957, re: thank you for your great kindness in trying to straighten out the French & Company muddle.
Item 114: Letter from Spencer Samuels to JT, [Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.)], 3/29/1957, re: acquired Parke-Bernet Building on Madison Avenue, disposing of a large part of inventory, invitation to private sale.
Item 115: Enclosure to item 114, invitation, “French & Company, Inc., ‘One of the World’s Most Extensive and Distinguished Collections of Art,’ Cordially Invites You to a Special Inventory Sale Prior to Removal to Its New Galleries, April 3- May 18, 1957, 210 East 57th Street.”
Item 116: Copy of item 114.
Item 117: Letter from SS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/9/1957, re: inventory sale.
Item 118: Copy of letter from JT to SS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/10/1957, re: interested to know how inventory sale might affect the items belonging to Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 119: Letter from SS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/29/1957, re: [account discrepancies].
Item 120: Cablegram from JT to SS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/30/1957, re: cannot understand why I have not heard from you.
Item 121: Telegram from SS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/30/1957, re: writing tomorrow.
Item 122: Copy of letter from JT to SS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/7/1957, re: thank you for check bringing account up to date, trust you will be successful in disposing of the furniture still on consignment.
Item 123: Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 5/7/1957, re: [French & Company].
Item 124: Letter from ER to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/9/1957, re: French & Company and the disposal of Dumbarton Oaks articles.
Item 125: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/20/1957, re: delighted to learn both the Dumbarton Oaks account and that of Mr. and Mrs. Bliss will be liquidated in January.
Item 126: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 7/3/1958, re: no check received, please give this matter immediate attention.
Item 127: Memorandum from [?] to Mrs. Bliss, December 1958, [Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.)], re: list of items on consignment at French & Company and Karekin Beshir.
Item 128: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/25/1959, re: payment for objects.
Item 129: Letter from Janusz Ilinski to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 12/9/1959, re: French & Company.
Item 130: Copy of letter from JT to Janusz Ilinski, City Investing Company (NYC), 12/21/1959, re: wondering about [account information].