Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Frederick Coykendall papers
Coykendall, Frederick, 1872-1954
4078659
MS#0296
English
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/repositories/2/resources/2440
2.92 linear feet
7 document boxes
1923-1956
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This collection is located on-site.
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Accruals
No additions are expected.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Columbia University Press. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1979. Accession number--M-79.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series: Series I: Correspondence; Series II: Subject Files; Series III: Memorabilia.
Biographical Note
Frederick Coykendall was born in Kingston, New York in 1872. He entered Columbia College in 1891, received a BA in 1895, and a CE and MA in 1897. After serving as Alumni Trustee from 1917 to 1922, he was elected as a Life Trustee in 1922 and became Chair in 1933. As Chair, he was instrumental in two presidential appointments: finding a successor to Nicholas Murray Butler and to Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is also credited with facilitating the merger between Columbia and the Presbyterian Hospital. A long-time trustee to the Columbia University Press, he was president of the Press from 1946 to 1953. Coykendall died unexpectedly in November 1954. The sad news was featured on the front page of the student newspaper, the Spectator, and classes were suspended so that the community could attend a service in his memory at St. Paul's Chapel. Coykendall was awarded the Alexander Hamilton medal posthumously.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Mrs Frank Walker, 1979 & 1982; transferred from the Columbia University Press, 1979.
Other Finding Aids
Legacy finding aid
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frederick Coykendall papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.
Related Materials
For additional materials related to Coykendall's role as member of the Columbia University Board of Trustees, please consult Central Files (UA#0001) and the Minutes of the Board of Trustees (UA#0019). For his work at CUP, please consult the Columbia University Press records (MS#0268).
Summary
Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed materials relating primarily to Coykendall's various involvements with Columbia University, including the Trustees, University Patents, the Columbia University Press, alumni affairs, and the searches for successors to Presidents Butler and Eisenhower. Also, material relating to his membership in the New York State Historical Association. Among the major correspondents are Nicholas Murray Butler, Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Dwight David Eisenhower, Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Mark Van Doren, and Thomas J. Watson. Also, memorabilia relating to Coykendall's association with the University and the Press.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Patents -- New York (State) -- New York
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York
University presses -- New York (State) -- New York
minutes (administrative records)
Photographic prints
Programs (documents)
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
Dodge, M. Hartley (Marcellus Hartley), 1881-1963
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut, 1903-1992
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891-1968
Watson, Thomas John, 1874-1956
Columbia University. Trustees
Columbia University. University Patents, Inc.
Columbia University -- : Alumni and alumnae
Columbia University -- : Presidents
Columbia University. Press
New York State Historical Association
American Assembly
Series I: Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146274Angell, Norman/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462751Bancroft, Frederic/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462761Butler, Nicholas Murray/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462771Cane, Melville H./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462781Carman, Harry J./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462791Coudert, Frederic R./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462801Cousins, Norman/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462811Darrow, Whitney/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462821Dodge, Cleveland E./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462831Dodge, Marcellus Hartley/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462841Dunn, Gano/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462851Eisenhower, Dwight David/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462861Farrand, Max/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462871Fosdick, Harry Emerson/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462881Fox, Dixon Ryan/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462891Fulbright, J. William/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462901Gannett, Frank E./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462911Giddings, Franklin H./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462921Gildersleeve, Virginia C./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462931Hayes, Carlton J. H./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462941Hogan, Frank S./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462951Johnson, Alvin/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462961Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462971Medina, Harold R./repositories/2/archival_objects/11462981Parsons, Geoffrey/repositories/2/archival_objects/11462991Plimpton, Francis T.P./repositories/2/archival_objects/11463001Proskauer, Joseph M./repositories/2/archival_objects/11463011Rabi, Isidor Isaac/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463021Ransom, Will/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463031Sadleir, Michael/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463041Schuster, Max Lincoln/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463051Shotwell, James T./repositories/2/archival_objects/11463061Sulzberger, Arthur Hays/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463071Symons, Alphonse J.A./repositories/2/archival_objects/11463081Tyson, Levering/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463091Van Doren, Mark/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463101Watson, Thomas J./repositories/2/archival_objects/11463111Series II: Subject Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146312General Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146313/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463141924-19392/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463151940-19493/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463161950-19564Alumni Fund Committee/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463174Alumni Matters/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463184Bard College/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463194Belgium Celebration/repositories/2/archival_objects/114632019354Biography/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463214Birk Proposal/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463221935-19364Bookbinding Exhibition/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463231935-19364Books for Personal Purchase/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463244Butler, Nicholas Murray/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146325Dinner/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463264Successor/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463274Columbia University/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146328General/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463294American Assembly/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463305Bicentenary/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463315Communism Committee/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463325Press - General/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463335Trustees/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463343 folders5Trustee Honorary Degrees/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463355Committee on the General Catalogue/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463361931-19335Committee on Legal Affairs/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463371935-19365Cooper, Charles P./repositories/2/archival_objects/11463385Dental School/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463395Dinner/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146340General/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463415Minutes, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/11463426Material for a book of speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463436Eisenhower, Dwight David/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146344General/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463456Successor/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463466Eisenhower, Mamie D., Letters to Mary Warrin Coykendall/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463476Firdausi Celebration/repositories/2/archival_objects/114634819346Hamilton, Alexander, Medal/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463496Home Study/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463501935-19366Kefauver, Grayson N. - Liaison Committee for International Education/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463516Library/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463526New York State Historical Association/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146353General/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463546Trustee/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463551934-19366School of Mines/repositories/2/archival_objects/114635619396University Patents/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463571936-19396Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463586Scope and Contents(Including Dwight David Eisenhower)
Series III: Memorabilia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1146359Resolution of the Trustees on the death of Frederick Coykendall/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463601955 January 37Scope and Contents(Manuscript, engrossed on vellum, signed by Grayson Kirk, sent to Mrs. Coykendall. 6 leaves. Bound in full blue morocco.)
Minutes in Honor of Frederick Coykendall...After Twenty-five Years as a Trustee of Columbia University, Twenty Years as a Trustee of Columbia University Press and Fifteen Years as its Secretary and Director Offered to Him in Affection and Gratitude...at a Dinner at the University Club... George Grady/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463611941 October 217Scope and Contents(The only copy of the book printed; designed by the staff of the Columbia University Press. Signed by Nicholas Murray Butler, the trustees, and other University officials. Bound in full blue morocco.)
Program of the Dinner held at the University Club/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463621941 October 217Scope and Contents(Menu printed entirely in Latin, the work of Professor Nelson McCrea)
Minute on the Election of Frederick Coykendall as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University Press./repositories/2/archival_objects/11463631953 December 47Scope and Contents(Typewritten manuscript, 4pp., signed by the Trustees of the Press.)
Minute of the Trustees of Columbia University Press in Appreciation of Frederick Coykendall/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463641954 December 137Scope and Contents(Typewritten manuscript, 2pp., signed by the Trustees of the Press. 2 copies.)
Photograph of oil portrait of Frederick Coykendall by Lester Chace after Irving R. Wiles/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463657Scope and Contents(Framed and glazed)
Photographs of the visit to Columbia University of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463661939 June 107Scope and Contents(3 photographs)
Program of the dinner in honor of Frederick Coykendall,held at the University Club/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463671941 October 217Last will and testament of Mary Warrin Coykendall/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463681955 March 207Genealogical records, including a family tree, of the Coykendall family/repositories/2/archival_objects/11463697Scope and Contents(15 items. Gift of Mrs. Frank Walker, 1982)