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Archival Collections Portal > Avery Drawings & Archives Collections > Finding Aid: Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers
Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers,
circa 1793-1936,
(bulk, circa 1890-1936)
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Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers, circa 1793-1936, (bulk, circa 1890-1936), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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| Creator(s): | Codman, Ogden. |
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| Title: | Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers,
circa 1793-1936,
(bulk, circa 1890-1936)
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| Physical description: | circa 3,474 items.
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| Language(s): | In English
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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.
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This collection contains one series:
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Scope and Content
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.
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Access Restrictions
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.
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Columbia University is providing access to the materials
in the Library's collections solely for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including,
but not limited to, publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly prohibited.
All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director,
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For additional guidance, see
Columbia University Libraries' publication policy.
In addition to permission from Columbia University, permission
of the copyright owner (if not Columbia University) and/or any holder of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) may also be required for reproduction, publication, distributions, and other uses. Responsibility for making an independent legal
assessment of any item and securing any necessary permissions rests with the persons desiring to publish the item.
Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.
Preferred Citation
Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers, circa 1793-1936, (bulk, circa 1890-1936), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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Columbia University Libraries. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives; machine readable finding
aid created by Columbia University Libraries Digital Library Program Division
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History
Architect, author and interior decorator.
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