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Underwood, Paul A. (Paul Atkins), 1902-1968

 Person

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

The Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks fieldwork records and papers

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.004
Scope and Contents: This collection contains fieldwork records and papers produced by the staff of the Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks, as well as Thomas Whittemore and Paul Underwood, between the 1920s and 2000s. It is comprised of correspondence, minutes, financial records, logbooks, fieldwork notebooks, research notes, ground plans, maps, oversize drawings, tracings, paintings, photographs, films, newspaper clippings, and publication materials. The collection is organized by the method of creation and...

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, January - February 1954

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 144
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, March 1954

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 146
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, April - October 1954

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 148
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, 1954

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 155
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, June 1963 - July 1967

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 14 - 15, Folder 227
Scope and Contents:

Series I contains correspondence and administrative records that were created and compiled by the organizations’ fieldwork directors and staff members. This series documents the day-to-day administrative operations as well as matters related to staffing, grant proposals, and publications of fieldwork projects from the 1920s to 2000s. Folders may contain additional correspondents than the ones named in the folder titles.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, 1954

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 156
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, January - March 1955

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 158
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, April 1955 - June 1955

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 161
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, July - December 1955

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 164
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Correspondence with Paul Underwood, April - December 1956

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 6 - 13, Folder 176
Scope and Contents:

Box 12 (folders 169 - 17) specifically contains correspondence related to the transfer of the Byzantine Institute Library in Paris to the French government and fieldwork, administrative, and financial affairs related to Kariye Camii. Also includes discussions about equipment requirements, work permits, and contributor information.

Dumbarton Oaks stationary leaf, 1703 32nd Street, Washington, D.C. with signatures of Byzantine scholars, May 18, 1956 Digital

File — Box E, Folder: 7, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E7:1956.05.18
Scope and Contents:

Dumbarton Oaks stationary leaf dated May 18, 1956 with signatures of Byzantine scholars of possible conference attendance on Byzantine art? Includes a note written in Greek.

Duplicate photographs of Kariye Camii, Istanbul, Turkey, undated, undated

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 2, Series 4, MS.BZ.004-02-04-02, MS.BZ.004-02-04-02-2011-029/030
Scope and Contents:

Frescoes in the parecclesion of Kariye Camii; preparatory prints for Paul A. Underwood, Kariye Djami, volume 2 (mosaics) and volume 3 (frescoes), 1966; photographs of other sites in Istanbul (e.g., Hippodrome, Sea walls, and Fethiye Camii); unidentified ceramics; and the cathedral in Monreale, Italy

Fieldwork reports from Istanbul by Paul Underwood, 1950 – 1951

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 4 - 5, Folder 76
Scope and Contents:

The first box contains correspondence documenting the transition of the Byzantine Institute upon the death of Thomas Whittemore and Paul Underwood’s appointment as the new Field Director.

Income tax forms and withholding tax statements, April 1951 - 1961

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, 2, Box 22, Folder 291
Scope and Contents:

Series II contains financial reports, logbooks, bank statements, vouchers, and checks. It documents the financial history of the fieldwork projects executed by the Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks between the 1930s and 1960s.

Line art of Byzantine apse by Paul A. Underwood, 1945-1959 Digital

File — Box E, Folder: 1, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E1:undated line art apse byzantine
Scope and Contents:

Line art drawing of a Byzantine apse with initials P.A.U [Paul A. Underwood) in lower left corner.

Paul Atkins Underwood research papers

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.019
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of 6 boxes of records that contain: lecture and research notes; note cards; drafts for outlines and essays; bibliographies and lists of objects; and photographs of Byzantine art and architectural drawings. These items were primarily created by Paul Underwood between 1936 and 1950 and by Albert Mathias Friend, Jr. between 1945 and the mid-1950s. The collection includes Underwood’s research papers as a graduate student in the Department of Art and Archeology...

Underwood, Paul, "A Preliminary Report on some Unpublished Mosaics in Hagia Sophia," American Journal of Archaeology, volume 55, no. 4, page 367, October 1951

File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, 4, Box 27, Folder 326
Scope and Contents:

Series IV contains published articles by Thomas Whittemore and other authors about the art and architecture of Hagia Sophia.