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William Earl Betsch photographs of architectural capitals in Istanbul
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Dumbarton Oaks
Collection — Multiple ContainersIdentifier: PH.BZ.002
Scope and Contents:
William Betsch created this collection in the summer of 1970 as part of the research for his dissertation: "The History, Production and Distribution of the Late Antique Capital in Constantinople." It contains 55 rolls of negatives and 1 notebook from his survey of
architectural capitals in Istanbul, Turkey. Though Betsch’s original project was to focus on cisterns, he eventually concentrated on capitals. The negatives contain images of architectural
features located throughout Istanbul,...
The Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks fieldwork records and papers
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Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.004
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains fieldwork records and papers produced by the staff of the Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks, as well as Thomas Whittemore and Paul Underwood, between the 1920s and 2000s. It is comprised of correspondence, minutes, financial records, logbooks, fieldwork notebooks, research notes, ground plans, maps, oversize drawings, tracings, paintings, photographs, films, newspaper clippings, and publication materials. The collection is organized by the method of creation and...
Robert L. Van Nice fieldwork records and papers
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Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.012
Scope and Contents:
This collection documents the architectural survey of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, conducted by Robert L. Van Nice from the late 1930s to the 1980s. The project was sponsored by William Emerson, Dean of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), from 1937 until Emerson’s death in 1957. The project was then sponsored by Dumbarton Oaks until Van Nice’s retirement in 1989. Materials in the collection include administrative records, correspondence, research...
Thomas Whittemore papers
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Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.013
Scope and Contents:
The bulk of the collection consists of Thomas Whittemore’s teaching materials, correspondence, printed materials (e.g., books, playbills, and pamphlets), and photographs, which were created between the late 1800s and 1950s. The items are related to Whittemore’s teaching career at Tufts College and Columbia University before he founded the Byzantine Institute in 1930. The contents also record and illustrate Whittemore’s other activities during this period, such as his trips to Europe, as well...
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- Betsch, William Earl, 1939- 1
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- Emerson, William, 1873-1957 1
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- Whittemore, Thomas, 1871-1950 1 ∧ less
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- Post-Byzantine 1
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- Research center 1
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- Russian Revolution 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1940- 1
- Underwood, Paul A. (Paul Atkins), 1902-1968 1
- Van Nice, Robert L., 1910-1994 1
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