Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. The estate was founded by the Bliss couple, who gave the home and gardens to Harvard University in 1940. In 1944, it was the site of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference to plan for the post-WWII United Nations. The part of the landscaped portion of the estate that was designed as an enhanced "natural" area, was given to the National Park Service and is now Dumbarton Oaks Park.

The research institute that has emerged from the bequest to Harvard is dedicated to supporting scholarship in the fields of Byzantine and Pre-Columbian studies, as well as garden design and landscape architecture through its research fellowships, meetings, exhibitions, and publications. It also opens its garden and museum collections to the public, and hosts public lectures and a concert series. Dumbarton Oaks is distinct from Dumbarton House, a Federal Style historic house museum also located in the Georgetown area. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1951 [i.e. 1952]
    2 v. plates. 30 cm.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks...
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    by Oikonomidès, Nicolas
    Published 1986
    Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c1986.
    175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks...
  3. 3
    by Constantinides, C. N.
    Published 1993
    Washington, D.C. : Nicosia : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection ; Cyprus Research Centre, 1993.
    xxxvi, 449 p., [240] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks...
  4. 4
    Washington, The Dumbarton Oaks research library and collection, 1962.
    xvi, 115 p., 65 pls., 30 cm.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks...
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    Published 1941
    Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c1941-
    v. : ill., plates ; 30 cm.
    Also issued online.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks...
  6. 6
    Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1962.
    xv, 115 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.) ; 30 cm.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks. Center for Byzantine Studies...
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    Published 2003
    Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c2003.
    327 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture...
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    Published 1989
    [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Washington, D.C. : Athenaeum of Philadelphia ; Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c1989.
    324 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture...
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    Published 1996
    Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c1996.
    288 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
    ...Dumbarton Oaks...

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