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...
Pamphlets about poetry, 1906-1916
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Thomas Whittemore papers
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Series:
Unpublished and Printed Materials
File Identifier: MS.BZ.013, Series 3, Folder 141
Scope and Contents:
The third series contains unpublished essays about Byzantine art and coins and Russian art and architecture. Some of these materials may relate to Thomas Whittemore’s honorary position as Keeper of Byzantine Coins and Seals at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University to which he was appointed in 1933. They may also include student papers related to Whittemore’s teaching activities at New York University in 1927-1930. In addition, there are printed materials, including books, playbills,...
Pamphlets on religious themes, ca. 1909-1915
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Thomas Whittemore papers
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Series:
Unpublished and Printed Materials
File Identifier: MS.BZ.013, Series 3, Folder 142
Scope and Contents:
The third series contains unpublished essays about Byzantine art and coins and Russian art and architecture. Some of these materials may relate to Thomas Whittemore’s honorary position as Keeper of Byzantine Coins and Seals at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University to which he was appointed in 1933. They may also include student papers related to Whittemore’s teaching activities at New York University in 1927-1930. In addition, there are printed materials, including books, playbills,...
Notes, transcriptions from publications, and pamphlets on various topics related to Egyptian archaeology and hieroglyphs, undated
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Early archaeological projects associated with Thomas Whittemore
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Series:
Egypt
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Sub-Series:
Related Research Materials Concerning Amarna
File Identifier: MS.BZ.017, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Folder 34
Scope and Contents:
Contains a compilation of research materials concerning sites in Egypt and other countries that relate to Amarna. Many of these are mentioned in Whittemore’s preliminary report on the EES excavations during the 1924-1925 season at Amarna, for which he served as acting field director.
Correspondence with Julia Warner, Folder 1 of 2, 1950s - 1970s
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
The Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks fieldwork records and papers
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Subgroup:
Administrative records
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Correspondence
File Identifier: MS.BZ.004, Subgroup 1, Series 1, Boxes 14 - 15, Folder 206
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Includes several pamphlets of The Byzantine Institute of America.
Programs for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Twenty-Fifth Season, 1905-1906
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Thomas Whittemore papers
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Series:
Personal Papers
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Sub-Series:
Items Related to Thomas Whittemore's Teaching Career
File Identifier: MS.BZ.013, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, Folder 9
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Programs include announcements from the English Department of Tufts College for the performance of The Pleasant Comedy of Old Fortunatus by Thomas Dekker on June 1, 2, and 4, 1906. See no. 23, p. 1726 and no. 24, p. 1800.
Publications by Rowland J. Mainstone, Undated
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Robert L. Van Nice fieldwork records and papers
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Subgroup:
Fieldwork Papers
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Series:
Research Materials
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Sub-Series:
Research Notes
File Identifier: MS.BZ.012, Sub-Group 2, Series 1, Box 1, Folder 087/088
Scope and Contents:
Research notes were kept by Robert Van Nice in folders according to topic, which are arranged alphabetically. Subseries 1 contains information on a wide range of subjects of interest to Van Nice. Most of the research is related to his work in Hagia Sophia, but there are also travel articles and some correspondence. The folders may contain research notes, newspaper clippings, and other published articles on various architectural, historical, or geological topics. Folders may also contain...
Unpublished and Printed Materials, ca. 1898-1930s
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Thomas Whittemore papers
Series Identifier: MS.BZ.013, Series 3
Scope and Contents:
The third series contains unpublished essays about Byzantine art and coins and Russian art and architecture. Some of these materials may relate to Thomas Whittemore’s honorary position as Keeper of Byzantine Coins and Seals at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University to which he was appointed in 1933. They may also include student papers related to Whittemore’s teaching activities at New York University in 1927-1930. In addition, there are printed materials, including books, playbills,...
Letter on behalf of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss to Herbert Steiner, Wells College Press, Aurora, N.Y., November 30, 1950 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Herbert Steiner
File — Box H, Folder: 4, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H4:MBSec 1950.11.30
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Typescript copy of letter probably created by Rose A. Willgoose on behalf of Mildred Bliss to Herbert Steiner of Wells College Press inquiring of additional published Aurora pamphlets to complete a series of pamphlets that she has in her library. She extends to him personal greetings from Mildred Bliss and her desire to meet him if he comes to Washington, D.C.
Letter from Herbert Steiner, P.O.B. 517, State College, Pa. to Rose Willgoose, Janurary 6, 1951 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Herbert Steiner
File — Box H, Folder: 4, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H4:Steiner 1951.01.06
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Handwritten letter from Herbert Steiner to Rose Willgoose on behalf of Mildred Bliss indicating he sent three Aurora pamphlets (#1, #6, #7) to complete the series that Mildred Bliss has in the library. The cost for the pamphlets are $2.00 each for a total of $6.00. He asks if Mildred Bliss received the Mesa Nr 3 publication and acknowledges he has received payment for the first series.
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 17, 1946 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box B: 6, Folder: 68Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1946.06.17
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand reports receiving 3 books for which she is returning the invoice; measuring space and shelves for books, pamphlets; and Catalogue House panels. Included is a note with file drawer and shelf measurements for the space needed for books and materials. Anne Sweeney mentions she is enclosing a copy of the last report for the Garden Activities from April 1945-1946. She starts her vacation when the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens close for the...
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 11, 1944 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box B: 5, Folder: 104Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1944.10.11
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand reports receiving a check for $50.00 from Mildred Bliss to purchase prints for the Garden Guide and Catalogue House work. A set of pamphlets on insects, weeds and grasses and animals by E. Lawrence [Laurence] Palmer from Nature Magazine have been purchased. These will be on display in the Orangery on open days. A book by A.J. Grout has been received. John Thacher has decided on the first open day for the gardens and notices will...
Herbert Steiner, 1950-1951
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
Sub-Group — Box H, Folder: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence between Rose Willgoose, librarian and a secretary for Mildred Bliss and Herbert Steiner regarding the purchase of pamphlets wanted by Mildred Bliss.
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, November 30, 1944 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box B: 5, Folder: 118Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1944.11.30
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand tells her when she left to spend Thanksgiving Day with her family in New York, it was understood that James Bryce was to leave Dumbarton Oaks on Friday night to confer with Beatrix in Boston on Saturday. When she returned on Saturday, she found that James was detailed in Washington, D.C. due to a cold. Anne had given him a note to give to Beatrix, so she is now enclosing the note and the first garden report since July for garden...
Letter from C.I. Denison to Helen Clifford, President of the Georgetown Garden Club, 1804 Forty-fifth Street N.W., Washington 7, June 26, 1957 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
"C" Miscellaneous
File — Box E, Folder: 2, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E2:Clifford 1957.06.26
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Copy of typescript letter from from C.I. [C. Isabel] Denison, Keeper of the Founders' Room to Helen Clifford, President of the Georgetown Garden Club informs her Mrs. [Mildred] Bliss wishes to offer to the Georgetown Garden Club some books and pamphlets: Wood and garden, Gertrude Jekyll, 1901; Wildflower guide, N.W. & Midland U.S., Edgar T. Wherry, 1948; Fifty-five rare books from the botanical library of Mrs. R.A. Hunt, 1949; and Botanical books, prints & drawings from the...
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