The Flourishing Spirit of Dumbarton Oaks

The Washington Post;  November 4, 1990 ;     700+ words ......They gave their Georgetown estate, Dumbarton Oaks, and its precious book and art collections...the Soviet Union and China came to Dumbarton Oaks in hope of building the foundations...20 million endowment to found the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection: "that...

Neglected No More

The Washington Post;  March 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ...OF COURSE you've heard of Dumbarton Oaks, the famous Georgetown estate...Street and Montrose Park is Dumbarton Oaks Park, a 27-acre urban oasis...near 31st and is flanked by Dumbarton Oaks and Montrose Park. At its end...

Turkey's Next Target;Republic Seeks Return of Dumbarton Oaks Pieces

The Washington Post;  September 25, 1993 ;     677 words ......Byzantine collection at Washington's Dumbarton Oaks. New York attorney Lawrence M. Kaye...covers. Kaye said discussions with Dumbarton Oaks, which have gone on since shortly after...friendly - not the case with the Met. Dumbarton Oaks's "attitude has always been to try...

New Dumbarton library: Venturi's way.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ARCHITECTURE)

The Washington Times;  March 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ......turi. The new research library at Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown bears all the hallmarks...and Capitol that were never built. At Dumbarton Oaks, Mr. Venturi was able to realize more...controversy. That is why the decision by Dumbarton Oaks Director Edward Keenan to hire architecture...

Piping Again At Dumbarton Oaks

The Washington Post;  June 20, 1996 ;     303 words ......vital role at the Georgetown garden of Dumbarton Oaks. So when one piece is removed, or in...in the garden, working with staff at Dumbarton Oaks, discovered that Sedgwick had made...bronze, the new piece is on display at Dumbarton Oaks and, by next month, will be back in...

DUMBARTON OAKS

The Washington Post;  September 16, 1993 ;     700+ words ......world- famous gardens and grounds at Dumbarton Oaks. Few if any realize that behind the...atmosphere of decay. The land, called Dumbarton Oaks Park, was donated to the National Park...to address community concerns about Dumbarton Oaks Park and Montrose Park, an adjoining...

Fighting leafy garden invaders\

Post-Tribune (IN);  November 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......smothered by rampant vines in Washington's Dumbarton Oaks Park.(PHOTO) (WASHINGTON POST PHOTOS...invasive, grows in Washington's historic Dumbarton Oaks Park.(PHOTO) When Robert Woods Bliss...surrounding gardens and landscape of Dumbarton Oaks, they donated the house and its ...

Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks: Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks, No. 2

The Americas;  July 1, 2008 ;     299 words ...Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks: Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks, No. 2. By Karl A. Taube. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research, 2004. Pp. xviii, 228. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth. In this profusely...

An Artist Who Favors a Palette Of Bricks and Mortar

The Washington Post;  July 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......to the unveiling of a new garden at Dumbarton Oaks, a subdued, linear space connecting...left him dumbstruck. "The director [of Dumbarton Oaks, Jan Ziolkowski,] thanked me in advance...in collaboration with the staff at Dumbarton Oaks. It is not open to the public, except...

Invasive Vines Have a Chokehold on a D.C. Park

The Washington Post;  November 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......surrounding gardens and landscape of Dumbarton Oaks, they donated the house and its...Almost seven decades later, Dumbarton Oaks remains a world-class garden. Beyond its perimeter, however, Dumbarton Oaks Park is almost unrecognizable...

(book reviews)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute;  September 1, 1998 ;     609 words ......tables, bibliogr. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection...Pre-Columbian collection at Dumbarton Oaks is almost entirely the creation...Isthmian parts of the collection. Dumbarton Oaks has a reputation for books...

When the Cold Snaps At Dumbarton Oaks; This Garden Has It Down to a...

The Washington Post;  November 21, 1991 ;     700+ words ......many of us, the gardening staff at Dumbarton Oaks was fully prepared. Yes, there was...and now beginning his 40th winter at Dumbarton Oaks, recalls an autumn horror story from...of orchids and cut flowers for the Dumbarton Oaks study center and museum. After all...

A heavenly landmark; What the Blisses sowed.(BOOKS)

The Washington Times;  March 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......still roamed Europe and Latin America, Dumbarton Oaks was at first just meant to be their...Tamulevich's new book has salvaged many of Dumbarton Oaks' long-forgotten notes. Sketches and...poured their hopes and indulgences into Dumbarton Oaks, making as fertile as they could the...

Construction may endanger Harvard's historical site

University Wire;  January 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in...floated a plan for a library on the site. Dumbarton Oaks consists of a mansion and the surrounding...intensive environment. The purpose of Dumbarton Oaks, according to Dumbarton director, ...

Dumbarton Oaks' Legacy

The Washington Post;  June 13, 2002 ;     644 words ......of the best. We refer, of course, to Dumbarton Oaks, which is so familiar an institution...British landscape historian, says that Dumbarton Oaks outranks both Sissinghurst and Hidcote...plants, well grown and well matched. But Dumbarton Oaks is the perfection of the landscape...