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New York Academy of Medicine. Subscription Book for Building Fund, 1888-1889.

Title: Subscription Book for Building Fund, 1888-1889.

The volume starts with 4 printed pages, describing the Academy and its need for a new building and funding. The following pages are organized by tabs designating different monetary amounts and include personal entries, some of prominence, committing to contribute. 2 letters concerning donations and an accomanying envelope are also laid in.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (68 pages)

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Vanderbilt, Frederick William, 1856-1938,. Autograph letter signed from Frederick William Vanderbilt, New York, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], [19th century] February 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Frederick William Vanderbilt, New York, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], [19th century] February 17.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Codman, Ogden. Alterations to residence [graphic] : job no. 115 [for F.W. Vanderbilt] / Ogden Codman, Architect, 340 Madison Ave. N.Y.C.

Title: Alterations to residence [graphic] : job no. 115 [for F.W. Vanderbilt] / Ogden Codman, Architect, 340 Madison Ave. N.Y.C. 1917.

House originally built and decorated by Codman for Gen. Lloyd S. Bruce. Later acquired (ca. 1917) by F.W. Vanderbilt, cf. Metcalf.

ArchivalResource: 43 sheets : various media ; 89.6 x 97 cm. (36 5/8 x 38 2/8 in.) or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82265045 View

Coffin, Marian Cruger, 1876-1957. Papers, 1914-1957.

Title: Papers, 1914-1957.

Consists of correspondence, corporate records, planting lists, specifications, drawings, and photographs that reflect Marian Coffin's career in landscape architecture and her work for clients up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Her clients included: New York Botanical Garden, the University of Delaware, Connecticut College, Marshall Field, Frederick Frelinghuysen, Edward F. Hutton, William Marshall Bullitt, Childs Frick, Frederick Vanderbilt, John Morgan Wing, Lammot du Pont, Henry Francis du Pont, and H. Rodney Sharp. Correspondents represented in this collection include: Clara Coffey, Princeton Nurseries, A. Frylink & Sons, Cedar Hill Nursery, Arden Nurseries, Wohlert's Nurseries, F.H. Horsford, Frank S. Platt Co., Wadley & Smythe, Bobbink & Atkins, Brownell Rose Research Gardens, and Cross & Son, Architects. Some of the drawings are done in colored pencil. The collection also contains materials on Marian Coffin's own gardens at "Wendover" in Witch Hill, R.I. and in New Haven, Ct.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes; 37 folios; and 309 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122573793 View