Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. di
Dumbarton Oaks house photo with snow
Dumbarton Oaks site plan
The Fountain Terrace at Dumbarton Oaks
The Hestia Tapestry, Egypt, 6th century
Dumbarton Oaks Conference
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The Dumbarton Oaks Conference, or, more formally, the Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization, was an international conference at which proposals for the establishmen
Dumbarton Oaks
…Barnes Bliss. The estate was founded by the Bliss couple, who gave the home and gardens to Harvard University in 1940. In 1944, it was the site of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, which developed plans for the founding of the United Nations following World War II. The part of the landscaped portion of the estate that was designed…
Participants of the conference