Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss, August 2, 1949
Accession number | K:RH 1949.08.02 |
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Alternative title | Dumbarton Oaks Agenda, August 2, 1949 |
Sender | |
Recipient | |
Garden Area |
Rose Garden
House Interiors
Director’s House and Terrace
Cool House
Terrior Column and Enclosure
Arbor Terrace
Mélisande’s Allée
Lovers’ Lane Pool
Kitchen Gardens
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Date |
1949
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Work types |
correspondence
drawings
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Description
Typewritten Dumbarton Oaks Agenda discussing work to be done in various garden areas and estimated cost for projects approved for immediate construction.
Specific agenda items included: for the Arbor Garden or Arbor Terrace: wall panels, paving plan, and a possible solution for the lead cabinet or bookcase missing handle; for Mélisande's Allée: steps, inner ramp, outer ramp, present stone wall, seat, and drainage; for Rose Garden: finalities shield and arms materials, Quod Severis Metes inscription design and material of Tennessee marble; for the Terrior Column and Enclosure: the seat and support materials, graveling walkway, shifting of small shrubs, thinning bamboo, and removing large hemlocks suggesting possible plant replacement near walkway; for the Founders' Room: wall fabric; for the Greenhouse or Cool House conversion to a Garden Center suggesting replacement roof materials and other alterations.
Last two pages are detailed sketches for the fountain and bookcase wall panels in the Arbor Terrace.
On Havey's professional letterhead with handwritten notes and sketches.
Originally enclosed with K:RH 1949.08.04.
Title created by cataloger.
Subjects
Collection
Repository
Accession number | K:RH 1949.08.02 |
---|---|
Alternative title | Dumbarton Oaks Agenda, August 2, 1949 |
Sender | |
Recipient | |
Garden Area |
Rose Garden
House Interiors
Director’s House and Terrace
Cool House
Terrior Column and Enclosure
Arbor Terrace
Mélisande’s Allée
Lovers’ Lane Pool
Kitchen Gardens
|
Date |
1949
|
Work types |
correspondence
drawings
|