Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
type | Collector Patron | |||||||||||||||||||||
dates | 1875-1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||
city | Washington | |||||||||||||||||||||
state | DC | |||||||||||||||||||||
other cities | San Juan, Puerto Rico; Venice, Italy; St. Petersburg, Russia; Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; Stockholm, Sweden; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santa Barbara, CA; | |||||||||||||||||||||
sex | M | |||||||||||||||||||||
history | Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) and his wife, Mildred Barnes Bliss (1875-1969) were prominent art collectors and the founders of Dumbarton Oaks, an estate which they developed and conveyed in 1940 to Harvard University as the Center for Byzantine Studies. Contains personal, philanthropic and United States Foreign Service-related papers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
decades | 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 |
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updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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