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Archives related to: Codman, Charles Russell, 1784-1852

titleCodman Family Papers.
repositorySPNEA: Historic New England
descriptioninclude correspondence from Edith Wharton to Ogden Codman, Jr
Most of the collections in the Library and Archives have been thoroughly indexed, with multiple points of access.
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.spnea.org
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titleA history of the Codman collection of pictures. by Cora Codman Wolcott, Twin Pines Farm, Brookline, Massachusetts.
repositoryBoston Athenaeum
descriptionLaid in: A.L.S. (with envelope) by James M. Codman to Catherine A. Codman, dated 9 June 1925, concerning the cleaning of a Van Dael painting on marble of peaches, grapes and an insect.

Typescript (carbon copy) leaf containing a correction of p. 163 (description of the Copley portrait of John Codman) dated 23 March 1948 laid in.
extent[2], 179 leaves, [1] leaf of plates: facsim; 29 cm.
formatsTypescript
accessOpen to qualified researchers.
record sourcehttps://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/search?searchArg=A+history+of+the+Codman+collection+of+pictures.+by+Cora+Codman+Wolcott%2C+Twin+Pines+Farm%2C+Brookline%2C+Massachusetts.&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=0&recCount=50
acquisition informationMrs. Eugene C. Eppinger gift 1986 2161.
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titleOgden Codman papers, 1796-1940
repositoryBoston Athenaeum
descriptionCollection includes some early family papers, Codman's correspondence with family and friends such as Edith Wharton, correspondence with genealogists, and business papers. Also included is extensive art historical and architectural research, especially concerning New England, New York, England and France; photographs; genealogies of families in Boston, New York and Newport; tombstone inscriptions and obituaries.

Tombstone Inscriptions, v. 1, published as: Gravestone Inscriptions and Records of Tomb Burials in theCentral Burying Ground, ... Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1917.

Obituaries published as: Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800. Boston : Boston Athenaeum/G.K. Hall, 1968.

Biographical Note
Architect, decorator, antiquarian.
extent286 v. : ill.
formatsCorrespondence Business Papers Research Files Photographs Printed Materials
accessOpen to qualified researchers.
record linkhttps://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/digital/collection/p15482coll1/id/838/rec/1
record sourcehttps://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=40241
finding aidGuide in Reference and with collection.
acquisition informationBequeathed by Codman to Boston Athenaeum.
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titleCodman Family Correspondence, 1781-1912.
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionCorrespondence of the Codman family, including Charles Russell Codman Sr. and his sons Charles Russell and James M. Codman, Charles Jr.'s daughter Mamie, and Charles Wilkes. Several members of the family traveled in Europe at various times in the 19th century and described their travels in letters home.

Included is an 1894 letter from Grover Cleveland to Charles R. Codman Jr., who was a prominent Massachusetts political figure, and a copy of a 1904 letter from Codman to Cleveland.
extent2 boxes.
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
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titleDiary and notebook, ca. 1810
repositoryNew England Historic Genealogical Society
descriptionAccount of travels in France and the Netherlands, written in French, and a book of essays translated from English into French and Italian.
extent 2 v. ; 23 cm.
formatsDiaries
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record sourcehttp://library.nehgs.org/
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titleCodman Family Manuscripts Collection
repositorySPNEA: Historic New England
descriptionUnpublished guide in

The collection includes an unpublished typescript by Cora Codman Wolcott,
a first cousin of Ogden Codman, Jr., in “A History of the Codman Collection of Pictures.”

Also inlcuded are annotations made by Dorothy Codman, Charles Russell Codman’s descriptions of paintings, bills of sale, bills paid, bills of lading, probate papers, correspondence, diaries, catalogs, and the Codman Family Photograph Collection.
extent100,000 items
formatsTypescript Correspondence Legal Papers Financial Records Photographs
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
bibliographyHowie, Robert L. (1981) Codman Cohections: Portrait of a Family and its Papers. Old Time New England, 71 (258), 150-157.
record sourcehttp://www.spnea.org/resources/articles/pdf259.pdf
finding aidUnpublished guide and inventory available in the repository.
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