Newspaper clipping "Big Part of Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks to Become Park" published in The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1940 Digital
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping titled "Big Part of Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks to Become Park" published in The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1940 reports Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss reveal plans for donation of their Dumbarton Oaks property to the Federal Government. This announcement was disclosed yesterday at the opening of a two-day symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. The announcement coincided with the inauguration of two buildings recently completed at Thirty-second and R Streets to house the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. The the remainder of the estate is to be given to Harvard University. "Mr. Bliss was not ready to say exactly how much of the estate was to be turned into a park or precisely when the transfers would take place", but it would be in his and his wife's lifetime. The property, adjacent to Montrose Park, will be turned over to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. "It is understood that henceforth the collection and library will be open to visitors during certain hours Monday and Thursday afternoons on admission cards to be obtained from the collection secretary at Dumbarton Oks on written application. Applicants will be asked to state the hour and day they desire admission. The entrance will be at 1703 Thrity-second St. N.W. Speakers at the symposium include Professor Henri Focillon of the College de France and Yale University; Professor M. I. Rostovtzeff of Yale University; Professor C. R. Morey of Princeton University; and Prossor Wilhelm Koehler of Harvard University. A brief history of Dumbarton Oaks owners and names is given. 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 3, 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