Newspaper clipping "Capabilities" by Hope Ridings Miller published in The Washington Post, November 2, 1940 Digital
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping titled "Capitalites" by Hope Ridings Miller published in The Washington Post, Sunday, November 2, 1940 reports on the Byzantine Symposium, held at Dumbarton Oaks by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss bringing together an outstanding group of college presdients, professors, museum directors and authorities on art. While more an academic than social event, there were numerous dinners and luncheons for visitors. The symposium took place in the music room of the Bliss home and included scholars Professor Henri Focillon of the College de France, Dr. Michael Ivonovich Rostovtzeff, professor of ancient history and archaeology at Yale, Dr. Charles Rufus Morey, Marquand professor of art and archaeology at Princeton, and Dr. Wilhelm Koehler. A new section of the estate on Thirty-second Street was inaugurated at the reception offered on Friday night. Per Mr. Bliss, the library and collection was designed to supplement late classical, early Christian and Byzantine material in the Library of Congress. Notible individuals attending the event were college presidents, leaders of art museums, and other dignitaries. Newspaper clipping may have been one of four included in a correspondence from Ruth Havey to Beatrix Farrand (B:RH 1940.xx.xx).
Dates
- Creation: November 2, 1940
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
- From the Sub-Series: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Person)
- From the Sub-Series: Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (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