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From the Archives: The Kohana San Book: by Lisa Wainwright — published Jan 09, 2013 — last modified Jan 11, 2013 01:45 PM — filed under: House Collection, Mildred Barnes Bliss, Archives
Located in News & Events / 2013 News
Bliss Tomb and Finalities Plaque: by admin — published Dec 06, 2011 — last modified Dec 28, 2011 04:38 PM — filed under: Robert Woods Bliss, Mildred Barnes Bliss, Garden Furniture, Gardens
Baldacchino, finalities frame and seat by Beatrix Farrand, c. 1927 and c. 1936–37; serpentine stone (Doria) and lead with limestone addition.Finalities plaque by Ruth Havey and wrought by G. Morris Steinbraker and Son, Washington, DC, and Frederick Coles, c. 1949–50.Inscription cut by Steve Botinelli.
Located in Gardens / gardens_img_old / Garden Furniture
Lois Fern: by James N. Carder — published Jan 08, 2013 — last modified Jan 08, 2013 07:36 PM — filed under: Rare Book Collection, Mildred Barnes Bliss, Garden Library, Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Rare Book Reading Room, Oral History Project, Beatrix Farrand, Garden and Landscape Studies
Oral History Interview with Lois Fern undertaken by Veronica Koven-Matasy at the Dumbarton Oaks Guest House on August 10, 2010. At Dumbarton Oaks, Lois Fern was Editorial Associate in the Garden and Landscape Architecture (now Garden and Landscape) Studies program.
Located in Library & Archives / Dumbarton Oaks Archives / Oral History Project
Oleg Grabar: by James N. Carder — published Jan 23, 2013 — filed under: Art History, Mildred Barnes Bliss, Byzantine Studies, Food, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Fellows Building, Oral History Project, Archives, Ernst Kitzinger
Oral History interview with Oleg Grabar, undertaken by Anna Bonnell-Freiden and Clem Wood at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, on August 21, 2008. At Dumbarton Oaks, Oleg Grabar was a member of the Board of Scholars for Byzantine Studies between 1972 and 1975 and a member of the Byzantine Senior Fellows between 1978 and 1983. He was the son of the Byzantinist André Grabar (1896–1990), who at Dumbarton Oaks was Visiting Scholar (spring 1947), Henri Foçillon Scholar (1948–1949), Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology (1949–1954), Visiting Scholar (spring 1957), member of the Board of Scholars for Byzantine Studies (1957–1965), and Honorary Associate (1965–1991).
Located in Library & Archives / Dumbarton Oaks Archives / Oral History Project
William Howard Adams: by Erik Frederickson — published Jun 08, 2012 — last modified Jun 19, 2012 05:04 PM — filed under: Mildred Barnes Bliss, Garden Library, Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C., Robert Woods Bliss, Library, Oral History Project, Beatrix Farrand, Archives, Garden and Landscape Studies, Friends Of Music, Gardens
Oral History Interview with William Howard Adams, undertaken by Anne Steptoe, Elizabeth Gettinger, and Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent at Hazelfield House, near Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, on July 17, 2009. The garden design historian William Howard Adams was a member of the Garden Advisory Committee at Dumbarton Oaks between 1978 and 1983.
Located in Library & Archives / Dumbarton Oaks Archives / Oral History Project
James N. Carder: by James N. Carder — published Dec 11, 2012 — last modified Jan 01, 2013 03:18 PM — filed under: Main House, Mildred Barnes Bliss, Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Museum, Lovers' Lane Pool, Gardener's Cottage, Archives, Fountain Terrace, Byzantine, Byzantine Gallery, Pre-Columbian Studies, Robert Woods Bliss, Fellows Building, Byzantine Collection, Royall Tyler, Ernst Kitzinger, Bliss Gallery, Music Room, Junior Fellow, Special Exhibition, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Acquisition, Art History, Pre-Columbian Collection, House Collection, Oral History Project
Oral History Interview with James N. Carder undertaken by Jean-Nicole Saint-Laurent, Elizabeth Gettinger, and Anne Steptoe in the Dumbarton Oaks Guest House on July 15, 2009. At Dumbarton Oaks, James Carder was a Byzantine Studies Junior Fellow (1974–1976) and the Manager of the House Collection (since 1992) and the Archivist (since 1999).
Located in Library & Archives / Dumbarton Oaks Archives / Oral History Project
Elizabeth Sgalitzer Ettinghausen: by Erik Frederickson — published Jun 19, 2012 — last modified Jan 23, 2013 03:18 PM — filed under: Mildred Barnes Bliss, Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C., Hagia Sophia, Fellows, Oral History Project, Beatrix Farrand, Archives, Ernst Kitzinger, Symposium, Margaret Alexander, Concert
Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Sgalitzer Ettinghausen undertaken by Gudrun Bühl at the Dumbarton Oaks Guest House Living Room on September 22, 2009. At Dumbarton Oaks, Elizabeth Ettinghausen was a Junior Fellow in the Byzantine Studies Program in 1943–1944 and 1944–1945.
Located in Library & Archives / Dumbarton Oaks Archives / Oral History Project
Margaret Dawson: by Gabriela Santiago — published Jul 13, 2012 — filed under: Oral History Project, Mildred Barnes Bliss, Archives
Oral History Interview with Margaret Dawson undertaken by Jean-Nicole Saint-Laurent at the Dumbarton Oaks Guest House on July 22, 2009. Margaret Dawson helped to organize and catalogue Mildred Bliss’s correspondence and holographic documents and manuscripts in the summer of 1956.
Located in Library & Archives / Dumbarton Oaks Archives / Oral History Project
Angela Constantinides Hero and Helen C. Evans: by Erik Frederickson — published Jun 18, 2012 — last modified Aug 01, 2012 02:23 PM — filed under: Mildred Barnes Bliss, Byzantine, Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Museum, Robert Woods Bliss, Hagia Sophia, Oral History Project, Byzantine Collection, Archives, Hagiography, Royall Tyler
Oral History Interview with Angela Constantinides Hero and Helen C. Evans undertaken by Anne Steptoe, Elizabeth Gettinger, and Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on July 29, 2009. At Dumbarton Oaks, Angela Hero was co-editor with John Thomas and with assistance from Giles Constable of Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents: A Complete Translation of the Surviving Founders’ Typika and Testaments (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2000); she was involved with this project between 1982 and 1993. Helen Evans was a Summer Fellow in the Byzantine Studies Program at Dumbarton Oaks in 1982.
Located in Library & Archives / Dumbarton Oaks Archives / Oral History Project