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Oral History Interview with John F. Haldon, undertaken via Zoom by Nikos D. Kontogiannis and Viviana Lu on July 18, 2023. At Dumbarton Oaks, John Haldon was a ...

Ten Years of Tyler Fellowships

Reflecting on a decade of fellowships supporting dissertations and professional development for early-career humanists

A Century in the Gardens

GLS Director Thaïsa Way reflects on our multifaceted centennial celebrations of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens

The Garden and Landscape Studies Program (1992–2022)

Expanding ways of studying how landscape and culture shape one another

Photography and the Garden

Snapshots from a hundred years of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens

2022 is the 75th anniversary of the music program at Dumbarton Oaks

Keeping Time with Nature

Telling the story and restoration of Dumbarton Oaks Park

Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: winter and summer scenes, approximately 1920s–1940s

The combined footage illustrates Dumbarton Oaks when it was still a private residence, as well as when it became an institute of Harvard University in 1940.

The Formation of the Garden and Landscape Studies Program (1952–1991)

Transforming Mildred Bliss’s vision into an academic program

Nurturing the Gardens: The Dumbarton Oaks Greenhouse

Cultivating and caring for plants year-round