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2021 Plant Humanities Summer Program
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filed under:
Plant Humanities,
Mellon,
Garden and Landscape,
Rare Book Collection,
Scholarly Opportunity,
Summer Program
July 6–August 13, 2021, hosted virtually | Three weeks of virtual instruction in plant humanities, followed by three weeks of digital training and team ...
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Mellon Initiatives
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Plant Humanities Initiative
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A New Old View
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filed under:
Rare Book Collection,
Garden and Landscape Studies,
Acquisition
Dumbarton Oaks Acquires Seventeenth-Century Monument Guide
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News
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Autograph Letter Collection
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filed under:
Rare Book Collection,
Online Collection
The Rare Book Collection includes a remarkable assortment of autograph letters from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century cultural notables. This growing resource ...
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Resources
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Before the Blisses: Nineteenth-Century Connoisseurship of the Byzantine Minor Arts
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Online Exhibition,
Byzantine,
Rare Book Collection,
This exhibition examines the ways in which nineteenth-century collections and illustrated catalogs impacted the study and appreciation of early Christian, ...
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Highlights from the Collections
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Behind the Scenes: Beaming a Book to the Internet
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filed under:
Behind the Scenes,
Digitization,
Rare Book Collection
Librarians preserve 500 years of history with keen eyes and sharp knives
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News
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Behind the Scenes: Finding Food in Rare Books
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filed under:
Rare Book Collection,
Plant Humanities Initiative,
Mellon,
Behind the Scenes
Folger Before “Farm to Table” team visits the Plant Humanities Initiative
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News
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Bookbindings: “Of Making Many Books There Is No End”
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filed under:
Online Exhibition,
Rare Book Collection
Drawing from the Rare Book Collection, this exhibition on the material culture of book binding examines methods of production, materials, and styles, offering ...
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Highlights from the Collections
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Caroline Backlund
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filed under:
Rare Book Collection,
Byzantine Studies,
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library,
Oral History Project,
Archives
Oral History Interview with Caroline Backlund, undertaken by Anne Steptoe, Elizabeth Gettinger, and Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent at the Dumbarton Oaks Guest ...
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Historical Records
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Oral History Project
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City Water/City Life
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filed under:
Rare Book Collection,
Garden and Landscape Studies,
Exhibition
Upcoming exhibit showcases the history of waterfronts in urban design
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News
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City Water/City Life
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filed under:
Rare Book Collection,
Garden and Landscape Studies,
Museum,
Special Exhibition,
Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies
Through August 2017 in the Rare Book Gallery | Traces the development of water elements in three historic cities and their interaction with social and cultural ...
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Exhibitions
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Past Exhibitions