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FILE — Box: H, Folder: 2, item: 6 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H2:Sessions 1938.09.04

Radiogram from Barbara Sessions to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D.C., September 4, 1938 Digital

Radiogram from Barbara Sessions to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D.C., September 4, 1938
Radiogram from Barbara Sessions to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D.C., September 4, 1938

Scope and Contents

Typescript RCA Radiogram from Barbara Sessions, Dumbarton Oaks Librarian, to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss informing them that the Italian Decree [anti-Jewish laws] is effective October 16 and deprives [Teodoro "Doro"] Levi of professorship [Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cagliari]. The situation is desperate since the stipend is their only income. She asks if [Levi's] services as a filed [e.g. field] archeologist [e.g. archaeologist] could possibly be utilized by the Antioch Committee. She suggests all communication be via [Royall] Tyler.

Dates

  • Creation: September 4, 1938

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

An appointment is required for access to these papers. To request an appointment, fill out the online form: http://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/access-and-hours/schedule-an-appointment.

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Extent

23 boxes (Approximately 2632 items including correspondence, expense reports, invoices, estimates, deposit records, book lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and plant lists.)

Repository Details

Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository

Dumbarton Oaks holds archival collections in its Rare Book Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, and the Dumbarton Oaks Archives. The collections include: the papers of noteworthy scholars in the three fields that Dumbarton Oaks supports (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape); image collections depicting objects or sites of topical interest to scholars in the three fields; Beatrix Farrand’s personal archive of letters and original drawings that document the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden; and institutional records and architectural plans and drawings documenting the history of Dumbarton Oaks. For more information about hours and to make an appointment to consult any of the collections listed here, please fill out the request form: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/schedule-an-appointment

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