Item 1: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/11/1945, re: objects of interest including a Blumenthal table, an 18th-century circular table from the Dutasta Collection in Paris, and an applewood provincial commode. Included are valuations for objects at [Dumbarton Oaks] that were inventoried and will be picked up.
Item 2: Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/16/1945, re: Dumbarton Oak’s furniture to be [sold], and list of furniture to be sent. Discussion of painted panels, Crown Derby [china], Russian gold plate, Italian chairs, French crapeau, Directoire table from the Blumenthal Collection, and other objects.
Item 3: Enclosure to item 2, three detailed inventories re: 91 Piece Duesbury Armorial Crown Derby Dinner Service, Russian gold platters and trays, list of furniture to be sent to French and Company when van comes from New York.
Item 4: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/22/1945, re: objects mentioned in JT’s letter of 8/16/1945.
Item 5: Telegram from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/27/1945, re: are articles on truck insured in transit.
Item 6: Telegram MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/27/1945, re: items fully insured.
Item 7: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/27/1945, re: insurance of items on van.
Item 8: Copy of letter from Alberta S. Carpenter to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/1/1945, re: transport of Dumbarton Oak objects to French and Company, painted panels from dining room walls not yet removed.
Item 9: Copy of shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to French and Company, 11/1/1945, re: description of transported objects.
Item 10: Copy of shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to French and Company, 11/1/1945, re: description of transported objects.
Item 11: Letter from MS to Alberta S. Carpenter, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/4/1945, re: receipt of objects, Italian chairs, large bookcase, dining room panels, broken clock, Directoire table-desk.
Item 12: Copy of shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to French and Company, 11/6/1945, re: 1 breakfront bookcase or china cabinet.
Item 13: MS to Alberta S. Carpenter, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/7/1945, re: bookkeeping error.
Item 14: Copy of letter from Alberta S. Carpenter to [MS], 210 East 57th Street (NYC), re: bookkeeping clarification.
Item 15: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/19/1945, re: chenille carpet.
Item 16: Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/26/1945, re: box of fragments.
Item 17: Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/3/1945, re: [chenille] carpet, rug for oval room, lamps, chairs.
Item 18: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/9/1945, re: lamps, chairs, objects on consignment.
Item 19: Copy of letter from [JT] to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/1/1945, re: anxious to receive shipment of furniture to Dumbarton Oaks, mentions objects on [consignment].
Item 20: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/7/1945, re: rush shipment of objects to Dumbarton Oaks, acquisition of silver knife.
Item 21: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/7/1945, re: delay in sending furniture and other objects to Dumbarton Oaks, objects on consignment.
Item 22: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/12/1945, re: furniture and torchères sent to Dumbarton Oaks, knife for Mrs. Bliss.
Item 23: Telegram from JT to [MS], 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/14/1945, re: [shipment] not received.
Item 24: Telegram from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/14/1945, re: truck delayed.
Item 25: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/27/1945, re: arrival of objects, lamp shade damaged, mentions other business.
Item 26: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/29/1945, re: [damaged] shade, other business.
Item 27: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/21/1945, re: awaiting the arrival of the shade and globe, and other details including mention of the oval room.
Item 28: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 1/10/1946, re: anxious for [information] regarding arrival of shade and globe, eager to complete plans for oval room, waiting for [information] for objects on consignment.
Item 29: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/16/1946, re: lamps, chairs, shade, and globe.
Item 30: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/22/1946, re: list of objects on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 31: Enclosure to item 30, “List of Objects on Consignment from Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University, Washington, D.C.,” 1/22/1946, re: 1 service of Duesbury china, 3 Russian trays, 4 French platters, 1 English cabinet, 1 Burat marquise, 1 mahogany cellarette, 4 gilded wall brackets, 2 knife boxes, 2 tables, 1 18th-century English hall clock.
Item 32: Enclosure to item 30, memorandum to Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/22/1946, re: 1 Directoire library table, 4 torchères, 2 Louis XVI side chairs, 2 armchairs, 4 16th-century Italian side chairs, 1 Louis XV armchair.
Item 33: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/25/1946, re: credit for Louis XVI side chair.
Item 34: Enclosure to item 33, memorandum to Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/25/1946, re: [Louis XVI] side chair.
Item 35: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/29/1946, re: travelling to Washington, D.C.
Item 36: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 1/31/1946, re: plans for MS to visit Dumbarton Oaks. Lists various objects that require settlement with their account.
Item 37: MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/7/1946, re: corrected invoice.
Item 38: Enclosure to item 38, memorandum to [JT], Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/7/1946, re: 1 directoire library table from the collection of Mrs. George Blumenthal, 1 mahogany breakfront-cabinet, 4 16th-century Italian side chairs, 1 Louis XV armchair, 2 modern consoles, 4 torchères, 2 Louis XVI armchairs, 1 side chair.
Item 39: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/7/1946, re: payment for chairs.
Item 40: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 2/8/1946, re: receipt of payment.
Item 41: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 2/8/1946, re: payment for proposal.
Item 42: Receipt from French & Company to JT, 2/12/1946, re: various [objects].
Item 43: Copy of shipping inventory from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 2/16/1946, re: twenty-one pieces of furniture.
Item 44: Copy of “List of Furniture Sent to French & Company, New York, February 19, 1946.” Re: 1 Mudejar walnut cabinet, 1 Renaissance walnut table, 1 walnut four-post bed, 1 Queen Anne wall mirror, 1 walnut book-rest, 1 18th-century French daybed, 1 Fauteuil petit point seat, 4 gilt wall-lights, 1 fruitwood fire screen, 1 Louis XV love seat, 1 pair Louis XV Fauteuils, 1 Louis XV bergère, 2 18th-century French lead fountains, 1 walnut writing cabinet, 1 shelf, 14 rugs, 10 cases and 1 carton of books.
Item 45: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 2/21/1946, re: list of furniture sent to [French & Company] which belong to Mrs. Bliss.
Item 46: “List of furniture Sent to French & Company, New York, February 19, 1946.”
Item 47: Handwritten note attached to items 45 and 46, re: items sent to [French & Company].
Item 48: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington D.C.), 2/23/1946, re: shipment.
Item 49: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 2/25/1946, re: [shipment].
Item 50: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/4/1946, re: barometer [HC.F.1914.385.(MD)] in the house collection that needs repair.
Item 51: Letter from MS to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library (Washington, D.C.), 3/8/1946, re: will take care of the repairs to the barometer [HC.F.1914.385.(MD)].
Item 52: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/14/1946, re: advice about construction of a vault to store rugs and tapestries at Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 53: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 3/18/1946, re: construction of storage vaults.
Item 54: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/20/1946, re: storage vault, and disposal of Louis XVI painted panels.
Item 55: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 3/25/1946, re: [Louis XVI] wall paintings.
Item 56: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/28/1946, re: [Louis XVI] wall paintings.
Item 57: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/6/1946, re: removal of [Louis XVI] wall paintings.
Item 58: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/11/1946, re: sending someone to take down [Louis XVI] painted panels.
Item 59: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/21/1946, re: removal of [Louis XVI] painted panels from the dining room walls at Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 60: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 6/7/1946, re: removal of [Louis XVI] panels.
Item 61: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 6/18/1946, re: removal of [Louis XVI] panels, and various objects being held for Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 62: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 6/22/1946, re: [Louis XVI] panels, and various other objects.
Item 63: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 7/18/1946, re: in connection to the renovations at Dumbarton Oaks lighting fixtures will be required.
Item 64: Copy of unedited letter, item 63.
Item 65: Copy of letter from Alberta Carpenter to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 7/31/1946, re: lighting fixtures for [Dumbarton Oaks].
Item 66: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/7/1946, re: [lighting] fixtures.
Item 67: Telegram from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/8/1946, re: regret price of teakwood is too high.
Item 68: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/12/1946, re: teakwood prices.
Item 69: Copy of letter from Alberta Carpenter to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/12/1946, re: [lighting] fixture.
Item 70: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/13/1946, re: teakwood.
Item 71: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/3/1946, re: lighting fixtures, and [transporting] painted panels.
Item 72: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/5/1946, re: [lighting] fixtures, [picking up painted panels].
Item 73: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/19/1946, re: samples of casement cloths, and shipment of chandeliers.
Item 74: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 9/24/1946, re: samples of casement cloths (2 samples attached), shipment of chandeliers, Saturday Evening Post article about [French & Company].
Item 75: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/26/1946, re: shipment of chandeliers, Saturday Evening Post article about [French & Company].
Item 76: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/5/1946, re: pearwood armchair of Georgian style, [shipment] of casement cloth and lighting fixtures for Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 77: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/9/1946, re: template for leather, receipt of lamps and casement cloths by Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 78: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/11/1946, re: leather [sample] for pearwood armchair, lamps and casement cloths arrived.
Item 79: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/18/1946, re: lighting fixtures, leather [sample], list of items on consignment.
Item 80: Enclosure to item 79, “Copy of list of items on consignment with French & Co., from letter of January 31, 1946, to Mr. Mitchell Samuels,” re: 1 service of Duesbury China, 3 Russian silver-gilt trays, 4 French silver-gilt platters with covers, 1 little Burat Marquise, 1 mahogany cellarette, 4 gilded wall brackets, 2 mahogany knife boxes, 1 18th-century English hall clock.
Item 81: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/21/1946, re: [lighting] fixtures, quotes for objects listed on consignment in letter dated January 31, 1946.
Item 82: Shipping receipt, Dumbarton Oaks to French & Co., 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/23/1946, re: 3 lighting fixtures, Louis XVI painted panels.
Item 83: Copy of item 82.
Item 84: Copy of letter from JT to SM, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/28/1946, re: various objects and pieces of furniture.
Item 85: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/1/1946, re: various objects and pieces of furniture.
Item 86: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/4/1946, re: various objects including the [painted panels].
Item 87: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/21/1946, re: leather [sample], lighting fixture, [waiting for French & Co.] to come for the [painted panels] removed from the dining room.
Item 88: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/23/1946, re: various objects, picking up [painted panels].
Item 89: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/26/1946, re: various objects, hoping van will pick up [painted panels] this week.
Item 90: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/27/1946, re: marble head to be returned to Mr. E. Segredakis.
Item 91: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/27/1946, re: pick up of [painted panels], sanctuary lamp.
Item 92: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/29/1946, re: pick up of wall paintings from the dining room, lamps, marble head.
Item 93: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 11/29/1946, re: Régence commode.
Item 94: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 12/3/1946, re: Régence commode.
Item 95: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/5/1946, re: various objects.
Item 96: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/20/1946, re: Queen Anne walnut chest, wall paintings.
Item 97: Telegram from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 1/14/1947, re: wall paintings from dining room.
Item 98: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/15/1947, re: have not sold wall paintings yet.
Item 99: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 3/19/1947, re: disposal of wall paintings and other matters.
Item 100: Telegram from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/19/1947, re: [please] reply to letter of March 19th.
Item 101: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/19/1947, re: [JT’s] telegram.
Item 102: Telegram from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 4/28/1947, re: please send information promised.
Item 103: Copy of note from JT to French & Co., 4/29/1947, re: [Dumbarton Oaks’] account.
Item 104: Unedited copy of item 103.
Item 105: Telegram from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/30/1947, [painted] panels.
Item 106: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/30/1947, re: various objects on consignment and Dumbarton Oaks account.
Item 107: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/15/1947, re: Dumbarton Oaks [account].
Item 108: Letter from MS to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/17/1947, re: wall panels are too large to sell.
Item 109: Copy of letter from EHB to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/19/1947, re: wall panels.
Item 110: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/1/1947, re: wall panels.
Item 111: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/19/1947, re: wall panels.
Item 112: Letter from MS to JT, El Mirasol Hotel and Cottages (Santa Barbara), 8/20/1947, re: table for drawing room at Dumbarton Oaks (with photograph), and other matters.
Item 113: Enclosure to item 112, photograph of table.
Item 114: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 8/21/1947, re: various matters.
Item 115: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/7/1947, re: please send check [for panels].
Item 116: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/9/1947, re: payment for panels.
Item 117: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/17/1947, re: settling matter of payment for the wall paintings from the former dining room at Dumbarton Oaks.
Item 118: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 112/27/1947, re: payment [for panels], death of daughter.
Item 119: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/30/1947, re: payment for [panels], deepest sympathy for loss of daughter.
Item 120: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 5/1/1948, re: payment for panels.
Item 121: Copy of letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 5/18/1948, re: little table from the Barney Collection.
Item 122: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/5/1948, re: please send payment for [panels].
Item 123: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 10/26/1948, re: receipt of check from French & Co. for wall paintings.
Item 124: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 10/27/1948, re: check [for panels], [experienced difficulties] with tax matters.
Item 125: Shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to Neshan G. Hintlian, 1128 Connecticut Avenue (Washington, D.C.), 11/8/1948, re: repair for Feraghan rug [HC.T.1937.23.(R)].
Item 126: Letter from Marie Sterner to MBB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/30/1948, re: Vuillard [painting] [HC.P.1936.40.(O)].
Item 127: Copy of letter from [RWB?] to Marie Sterner, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/2/1948, re: Vuillard painting [HC.P.1936.40.(O)].
Item 128: Copy of letter from Secretary to Mr. Bliss to Marie Sterner, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/6/1948, re: Vuillard painting [HC.P.1936.40.(O)].
Item 129: Letter from Marie Sterner to MBB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 12/13/1948, re: [Aflred] Stevens painting.
Item 130: Shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to Grazino J. Gagliardi, 4817 9th Street (Washington, D.C.), 2/3/1949, re: 1 17th century Italian armchair to be recovered.
Item 131: Letter from EHB to Gerhard Gerlach, 109 East 31st Street (NYC), 2/4/1949, re: cover for [Italian] chair.
Item 132: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57the Street (NYC), 11/9/1949, re: valuations for tapestries at Dumbarton Oaks for insurance purposes.
Item 133: Letter from MS to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 12/2/1949, re: insurance valuations.
Item 134: Enclosure to item 126, “Insurance Valuations of Tapestries at Dumbarton Oaks,” 12/2/1949, re: 1 Brussels tapestry [HC.T.1908.01.(T)], 1 15th-century Arras tapestry [HC.T.1912.03.(T)], 1 15th-century mille-fleurs tapestry [HC.T.1913.04.(T)], 1 15th-century German tapestry [HC.T.1915.01.(T)], 1 16th-century Flemish tapestry [HC.T.1930.07.(T)], 1 15th-century Gothic tapestry [HC.T.1935.15.(T)].
Item 135: Copy of letter from JT to MS, 210 East 57th Street (NYC), 12/5/1949, re: insurance valuations.