Letter from A.M. Friend, Jr., Harvard University, The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1703 Thirty-second Street, Washington 7, D.C. to the Honorable and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington 7, D.C., March 15, 1952 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from A.M. [Albert Mathias] Friend, Jr. to Robert Woods and Mildred Bliss informs them that at the meeting of the Board of Scholars held in Washington on April 27th, 1951, it was voted to hold a Symposim at Dumbarton Oaks on "Byzantium and the Slavs". This Symposium will be conducted under the direction of Reverend Francis Dvornik, Professor of Byzantine History at Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University and it will be held on Thursday, April 24th to Saturday, April 26th and offers an invitation to them to attend. He asks for their acceptance on the enclosed self-addressed postcard. The program for the symposium (F1:Byz and Slavs) was enclosed, but is separated from letter.
Dates
- Creation: March 15, 1952
Creator
- Friend, Albert Mathias, Jr., 1894-1956 (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
- Friend, Albert Mathias, Jr., 1894-1956 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (Recipient, Person)
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Dvornik, Francis, 1893-1975 (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