Garden Library collection, ca. 1500-1900 (inclusive).

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Garden Library collection, ca. 1500-1900 (inclusive).

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Holdings of the Garden Library pertain to the history of landscape architecture, garden design and ornament; to the history of horticulture, botanical illustration, and plant importation; and to early botanical science. Types of material include bound volumes and individual drawings and paintings, primarily by English and European artists from the 16th to 19th centuries; photographs, slides, and microfiches; and drawings from the office of Beatrix Farrand (landscape architect for Dumbarton Oaks) of Dumbarton Oaks gardens. There are also holograph letter and music manuscript collections, assembled by Mildred Barnes Bliss; as well as departmental records and correspondence between Bliss and Farrand. Materials are in various languages, including French, Latin, and English.

ca. 32 linear ft. and ca. 900 drawings.

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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library

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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Dumbarton Oaks.

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Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss donated their home Dumbarton Oaks and its library and collections to Harvard University in 1940 to serve as a research center in Byzantine studies. In 1969, upon the death of Mildred Bliss, her Garden Library collection of rare and modern materials was willed to Harvard, to become a part of the over-all institution of Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. From the description of Garden Library collection, ca. 1500-1900 (inclusive...

Dumbarton Oaks. Studies in Landscape Architecture

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Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959

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Beatrix Jones Farrand opened her landscape design office in New York in 1895. In 1899 she achieved the distinction of being the only female founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architecture. Farrand's career spanned the next five decades and included notable projects such as Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C., Dartington Hall in Devonshire, England, and Princeton University. In addition, Farrand wrote numerous articles for publication and gave talks on landscape architecture. Thro...

Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969

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