For scholars in Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian studies
Select individual collections for more information and to access the materials. For general questions, please contact Library@doaks.org.
Byzantine Studies
- Digitized Byzantine Rare Books
- Manuscript-on-Microfilm Database
- Albert Mathias Friend, Jr. (1894–1956): Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Alexander Alexandrovich Vasiliev (1867–1953): Research Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Alexander Alexandrovich Vasiliev (1867-1953): Office Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- André Grabar (1896–1990): Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Arthur Kingsley Porter Photographs of Architecture and Manuscripts, 1980s
- Charles Tauss Papers and Records of the Kariye Camii Museum Project, ca. 1955-1990s
- Edward Eliopoulos Photographs of Mani, Greece, 1958-1980 (Finding Aid)
- Edward Kennard Rand (1871–1945): Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Ernst Kitzinger (1912–2003): Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Franklin M. Biebel Photograph Albums of Mosaics, ca. 1950s
- Illuminated Manuscript Photographs Collection, ca. 1950
- Index of Medieval Art, 1917-present (formerly Index of Christian Art)
- Black and White Mounted Photograph Collection
- Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks Fieldwork Records and Papers, ca. late 1920s (Finding Aid)
- Byzantine Institute Films [Vimeo]
- Corpus for Wall Mosaics in the North Adriatic Area, ca. 1974-1990
- Corpus of Early Christian and Byzantine Silver, 1981-1986
- Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Census Project, ca. 1930s-1980s
- Dumbarton Oaks’ Byzantine Symposia Photographs, 1945–2008
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Archive Project, ca. 1940s
- Early Archaeological Projects Associated with Thomas Whittemore
- Ernst Kitzinger Research Papers and Photographs
- Francis Dvornik (1893–1975): Papers and Images (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Frank Kidner photographs, 1983-1999 (Collection record in HOLLIS)
- Hans Belting Research Papers and Photographs, ca. 1960s-1980s
- Hayford Peirce Research Papers and Photographs, 1883-1946
- Henri Grégoire (1881–1964): Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Henry Maguire and Ann Terry Poreč Archive, 1990s-2000s
- Josephine M. Harris Research Papers and Photographs on Coptic Architectural Sculpture from Oxyrhynchos, ca. 1950s-1970s
- Kurt Weitzmann (1904–1993): Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Margaret Alexander Papers and Records of the Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie, ca. 1940s
- Marc Rosenberg (1852–1930): Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Mildred Barnes and Robert Woods Bliss Correspondence with Kirsopp and Silva Lake, 1934
- Miodrag Marković and Dragan Vojvodić Photographs of Churches in Serbia and Macedonia, 2008
- Nathalie P. Scheffer Research Papers, 1940-1965
- Nicholas V. Artamonoff Photographs of Istanbul and Turkey, 1935-1945
- Otto Demus (1902–1990): Papers and San Marco Mosaics Project Papers and Corpus of North Adriatic Mosaics Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Paul Underwood Research Papers and Project Materials on the Reconstruction of the church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, ca. 1936-1950s
- Record of 1937 Trip Taken by Donald Drew Egbert and Andrew Saeger Keck, Princeton, NJ, February-July 1937
- Robert L. Van Nice Fieldwork Records and Papers, ca. 1936-1989
- Romilly Jenkins (1907–1969): Papers (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Sirarpie Der Nersessian Papers and Photographs, 1939-1966
- Sirarpie Der Nersessian (1896–1989): Papers and Photographs (Dumbarton Oaks Archives)
- Thomas Whittemore Papers
- William Earl Betsch Photographs of Architectural Capitals in Istanbul, 1970 (Finding Aid)
Garden and Landscape Studies
- Digitized Garden and Landscape Rare Books
- Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
- David Robbins Coffin Papers, 1918–2003
- British Gardens Aerial Photographs Study Collection
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens Film, ca. 1920s-1940s
- Contemporary Landscape Design Collection
- Seed Catalogues
Pre-Columbian Studies
- Digitized Pre-Columbian Rare Books
- Anne Paul, Paracas Textile Archive*
- Bliss Travel Archive, Guatemala, 1935*
- Christopher B. Donnan and Donna McClelland Moche Archive, 1968-2011
- Dellenback Archive of stone sculpture from Colombia*
- Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov Papers, 1945-1998
- Nicholas Hellmuth: Maya Ceramic Archive*
- Robert Woods Bliss personal archive of 1958 catalogue of Pre-Colombian Art*
- Roosevelt and Cross Archive, Peru, 1934*
- Thelma Sullivan Archive*
- Thomson Expedition Archive, Yucatan, Mexico, 1888*
- Vergara Archive of pyroengraved gourds from Peru*
*Part of the Pre-Columbian Photographs and Fieldwork Archives, administered by the Dumbarton Oaks Museum (Museum@doaks.org).
Institutional History
- Architectural Plans and Drawings
- Frederick H. Brooke Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 1921–1923
- Cunningham–Quill Architects, ca. 2011–2012
- Beatrix Farrand Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 1933
- George E. Hartman Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 1983–1988
- Hugh N. Jacobsen, 1975
- Philip Johnson Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 1959–1963
- Frederic Rhinelander King Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 1960–1964
- Macomber & Peter Architects, 1961
- Armand Albert Rateau Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 1929–1930
- Robert Venturi Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 2000–2005
- Thomas T. Waterman Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 1939–1946
- Lawrence Grant White Architectural Plans and Drawings, ca. 1923–1929
- Blissiana Files and Artifacts
- Historical Papers (additional collections listed above, under Byzantine Studies)
- French & Company: Correspondence and Related Documents, 1920–1967