Written by Ariel Polokoff, ICFA Intern (Spring 2015), The George Washington University, Class of 2015 This past Spring semester, I had the privilege of interning in the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. This internship offered a two-fold benefit to my undergraduate education—it was both … Continue reading
Written by Carrie Ferguson, ICFA Intern (Fall 2014) and degree candidate, Catholic University, Library and Information Science; Edited by ICFA staff This fall I worked as an Image Cataloging intern in the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives and one of my primary projects was to create a comprehensive list of photographers represented in the archive. I compiled … Continue reading
ICFA is currently recruiting interns for the Spring term. Please click on the links below for the full internship descriptions and application instructions. Please note that students must be able to earn course credit for these internships. Exhibition Intern Intern will assist the Byzantine Research Associate with the onsite and online exhibit “The Holy Apostles: Visualizing … Continue reading
Written by Jessica Cebra, ICFA Departmental Assistant Between 1927 and 1932, the director of the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, Egypt, Evaristo Breccia conducted three excavation campaigns at the site of ancient Oxyrhynchos, today’s El Bahnasa. The excavations uncovered roughly 500 fragments of decorative architectural sculpture, a mix of capitals, friezes, cornices and other decorated blocks. … Continue reading
Written by Ameena Mohammad, Pre-Columbian Archives Assistant Got preservation issues? We do! Earlier this year, Brenda Bernier, Head of Harvard Library’s Weissman Preservation Center and Paul M. & Harriet L. Weissman Senior Photograph Conservator, generously brought her knowledge and expertise regarding preservation and conservation of photographic materials to Dumbarton Oaks. The informal workshop followed the format … Continue reading
Written by Anne-Marie Viola, Metadata and Cataloging Specialist In further exploring the connections between former Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Art and Archaeology Professor Sirarpie Der Nersessian and the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives’ illuminated manuscript photograph collection (described in my previous post), I followed a lead from our curatorial files that took me to the Library … Continue reading
Written by Anne-Marie Viola, Metadata and Cataloging Specialist Since processing this tiny, two-box collection last year, I keep coming back to my subject, Professor Sirarpie Der Nersessian, to explore the web of relationships that she maintained in a life that blurred the personal and professional – as was typical of faculty in the early days of … Continue reading
The Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) is pleased to announce the release of a new online exhibition, Artamonoff: Picturing Byzantine Istanbul, 1930-1947. The online exhibit is a recreation of the physical exhibit that was presented at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC) in Istanbul from June 25 to November 10, 2013, … Continue reading
Written by Jessica Cebra, ICFA Departmental Assistant You’ve probably heard about Margaret Alexander from us before during last year’s museum and online exhibit From Clearing to Cataloguing: The Corpus of Tunisian Mosaics, or from a more recent report on processing the materials in the Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie (CMT) and Margaret Alexander Collection. The conservation … Continue reading
Written by Jessica Cebra, ICFA Departmental Assistant Earlier this year the skyline and citizens of Aleppo lost the minaret of the Great Umayyad Mosque in the ancient walled city, destroyed amidst violent clashes. Many historic monuments, structures, and archaeological sites within the borders of Syria have undergone looting, vandalism, unauthorized excavation or construction, and varying … Continue reading
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