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- ca. 1940s (Anlage)
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Robert and Mildred Bliss retired to their Georgetown home, Dumbarton Oaks, in 1933. They began adding to their already extensive collection of artwork and reference books, anticipating the creation of a research institute. In 1940, the Blisses gave their property to Harvard University, creating Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
"Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection is an institute in Washington, DC, administered by the Trustees for Harvard University. It supports research and learning internationally in Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian studies through fellowships and internships, meetings, and exhibitions. Located in residential Georgetown, Dumbarton Oaks welcomes researchers at all career stages who come to study its books, objects, images, and documents. It opens its doors to the public to visit its historic Gardens, designed by Beatrix Farrand; its Museum, with world-class collections of art; and its Music Room, for lectures and concerts. The institute disseminates knowledge through its own publications (such as Dumbarton Oaks Papers and symposium volumes) as well as through the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (published by Harvard University Press). Dumbarton Oaks also makes accessible ever more of its resources freely online." -http://www.doaks.org/about
Among its many other activities, in January of 1963, Dumbarton Oaks and the trustees of Harvard University assumed all fieldwork activities formerly initiated by the Byzantine Institute. The Dumbarton Oaks fieldwork committee directed and sponsored new fieldwork projects in Turkey (Church of St. Polyeuktos), Cyprus (Church of the Panagia Amasgou at Monagri), Syria (Dibsi Faraj), and present-day Macedonia (Bargala).
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In the academic year of 1941-1942, Dumbarton Oaks initiated two research projects (or a research program)—"Fontes" and "Archives of Byzantine Art" (also known as "Archives" or "Research Archives")—that was initially supervised by Wilhelm Koehler (1941-1943) and followed by other renowned scholars, and carried out by Junior Fellows (see the list below).
The aim was to create an inventory of Early Christian and Byzantine monuments by compiling bibliographic information and photographic reproductions for each site. The goal of the Research Archive was to gather in one place all available documentation from extant publications and make this resource available to all scholars. Koehler, as Senior Fellow in charge of Research, supervised the work of Junior Fellows. Each Junior Fellow was assigned a geographic region and was responsible for surveying and documenting all the monuments within that area. For example, in 1941-1942, the assignments were, as follows: North Africa - Donald F. Brown; Balkans - Ernst Kitzinger; Italy - Herbert Bloch; Anatolia - Mary E. Crane; and Syria and Palestine - Andrew S. Keck.
The resulting collection consists of photographs and prints, along with accompanying notes from the Junior Fellow's individual findings. Geographic coverage includes: Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Libya, Syria, Transjordan, Tunisia, Turkey, (former) Yugoslavia.
List of participants:
Academic Year 1941-1942:
- Research program supervisor: Wilhelm Koehler
- Junior Fellows for the "Fontes:" Paul Alexander and Milton V. Anastos
- Junior Fellows for the "Archives:" Franklin M. Biebel (second half of the academic year), Herbert Bloch, Donald F. Brown, Mary E. Crane, Florence E. Day, Andrew S. Keck, and Ernst Kitzinger
Academic Year 1942-1943:
- Research program supervisor: Wilhelm Koehler
- "Fontes" supervisor: Robert Blake
- Junior Fellows for the "Fontes:" Deferred due to the Second World War
- Junior Fellows for the "Archives:" Continued to contribute toward the war effort
Academic Year 1943-1944:
- General research program supervisors: Edward Kennard Rand and George La Piana
- "Archives" supervisor: Wilhelm Koehler
Academic Year 1944-1945:
- Research program supervisor: Albert M. Friend, Jr.
Academic Year 1945-1946:
- Research program supervisor: Albert M. Friend, Jr.
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- Dumbarton Oaks Annual Report, 1941-1942, p. 2-3, 7.
- Dumbarton Oaks Annual Report, 1942-1943, p. 1.
- Dumbarton Oaks Annual Report, 1943-1944, p. 2.
- Wilhelm R. W. Koehler, "Proposed Programme for Research at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection," Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum 9, no. 4 (March 1941): 81-84.
- Wilhelm R. W. Koehler, "News Reports: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C.," College Art Journal 1, no. 2 (January 1942): 34-36.
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- Dumbarton Oaks (Creator)
- Koehler, Wilhelm (Creator)
- Friend, Albert Mathias, Jr. (Creator)
- Kitzinger, Ernst (Gegenstand)
- Alexander, Margaret A. (Gegenstand)