Letter from Marvin Ross to Robert and Mildred Bliss, August 6, approximately 1958 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss telling them that his article on the bowl in serpentine carved with a figure of St. Demetrius, one of the finest treasures in San Marco, [Venice, Italy] has been published, and he wants them to have his first copy. He says he is pleased for the [Dumbarton Oaks] Collection that the new gold treasure is in it. "It is far more important than the Mersin treasure ... Dumbarton Oaks excels The Hermitage in this respect." While most other treasures are named after the place they have been found, Marvin names it "The Dumbarton Oaks treasure" because they only only know it was found "in the Middle East."
Marvin adds a postscript, but then crosses through most it.
Dates
- Creation: August 6, approximately 1958
Creator
- Ross, Marvin C. (Marvin Chauncey), 1904-1977 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
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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.)Creator
- Ross, Marvin C. (Marvin Chauncey), 1904-1977 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (Recipient, Person)
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