Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Codman, Richard, 1762-1806
| title | Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers, circa 1793-1936, (bulk, circa 1890-1936) |
| repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Architectural drawings and specifications for Codman’s projects, circa 1890s-1930s, including the Martha Codman house in Washington, D.C.; alterations for Edith Wharton and her husband at their three residences, the Mount in Lenox, Mass., Land’s End in Newport, R.I., and their Park Avenue home in New York City; work for the Thayer family of Boston, Mass., specifically Nathaniel Thayer’s three homes in Boston, Lancaster, Mass., and Newport, R.I. ("Edgemere"), Bernard Thayer’s Beacon Hill houyse in Boston, and Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer’s two houses in Boston and Lancaster, Mass.; the Lucy Dahlgren house in New York City; the Archer M. Huntington house on Fifth Avenue in New York City; interior design for John D. Rockefeller in his house "Kykuit" at Pocantico Hills, N.Y.; interior design work for the Vanderbilt family including Cornelius Vanderbilt’s "Breakers" at Newport, R.I. and Frederick William Vanderbilt’s mansion in Hyde Park, N.Y. and his house on Fifth Avenue in New York City; Oliver Ames’ mansion at Pride’s Crossing, Beverly, Mass., and his house in Boston; and interior decoration and alterations for Codman’s own homes in Newport, R.I. and Roslyn, N.Y. and his villa in France, "La Leopolda", at Villefranche-sur-Mer. Also, lists, descriptions, and postcards of French chateaux, with related correspondence, circa 1900s-1930s, relating to Codman’s bibliography on the chateaux of France; and miscellaneous lists of houses in England and France, correspondence, and printed material. Also, various documents of Codman’s ancestor, Richard Codman, including account books with some correspondence and legal documents, circa 1793-1800s, relating to the interior decoration and furnishing of his houses(s) in Paris. |
| extent | circa 3,474 items. |
| formats | Account Books Postcards Drawings Architectural Drawings Correspondence |
| access | This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu. |
| record source | http://clio.cul.columbia.edu |
| finding aid | Inventory is available in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Papers of Sylvanus Bourne, 1775-1859 (bulk 1800-1815). |
| repository | Library of Congress |
| description | Correspondence, business and commercial papers, a scrapbook, and account books. Consists primarily of correspondence between Bourne and other American consular officers in European ports relating to commerce between the United States and European countries, primarily France and Great Britain. Also includes correspondence relating to United States foreign relations and politics, records concerning Bourne’s business in Massachusetts, and family correspondence. Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Lawson Alexander, Richard Codman, George Rix Curtis, John Murray Forbes, Joseph Forman, George John Gregory, Levett Harris, James Maury, James C. Mountflorence, William Vans Murray, Joseph Pitcairn, Jacob Ridgway, J. Robertson, H. Rohan, Jonathan Russell, James Swan, David Bailie Warden, and William Worsdell. Biographical/Historical Data: Massachusetts businessman, and U.S. consul in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1790-1791) and Amsterdam, Netherlands (1794-1817). |
| extent | 6.6 linear feet. |
| formats | Photocopies Correspondence Business Papers Scrapbooks Account Books |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://catalog.loc.gov |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. |
| acquisition information | Purchase, 1903-1966. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | A history of the Codman collection of pictures. by Cora Codman Wolcott, Twin Pines Farm, Brookline, Massachusetts. |
| repository | Boston Athenaeum |
| description | Laid 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. |
| formats | Typescript |
| access | Open to qualified researchers. |
| record source | https://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 information | Mrs. Eugene C. Eppinger gift 1986 2161. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Codman Family Manuscripts Collection |
| repository | SPNEA: Historic New England |
| description | 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. |
| extent | 100,000 items |
| formats | Typescript Correspondence Legal Papers Financial Records Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| bibliography | Howie, Robert L. (1981) Codman Cohections: Portrait of a Family and its Papers. Old Time New England, 71 (258), 150-157. |
| record source | http://www.spnea.org/resources/articles/pdf259.pdf |
| finding aid | Unpublished guide and inventory available in the repository. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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