Surveys

Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Scope and Contents: These records document anthropometric surveys and data captured into two series; The Alfred M. Tozzer papers and the Martin Luther papers. Series one contains anthropometric coverage, data and results from Hawaiian territories as documented in the Alfred M. Tozzer papers. Series two depicts data surveys of peoples in several regions including: Alaska Natives; Scandinavians; Finnish; and those residing in Cape Anne, Massachusetts. A bulk of materials in series two, the Martin Luther papers,...

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By-laws, correspondence, financial records, membership records and directories, minutes, phone logs, reports, tax records, conference material, programs and projects, press releases, speeches, memorabilia, audiovisual material, photographs, etc., of the International Alliance for Women, a global umbrella organization that unites, supports and promotes professional women and their networks.