Papers, 1796-1940.

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Papers, 1796-1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11595773

Collection 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.

286 v. : ill.

fre,

eng,

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 6675955

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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

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Born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, in New York City, Edith Wharton was from birth a part of the wealthy New York society she depicted so vividly in her fiction. Through her father, George Frederic Jones, and her mother, Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander Jones, she could claim descent from three families whose names were synonymous with wealth and position: the Stevenses, Rhinelanders, and Schermerhorns. Educated at home with tutors and exposed at an early age to the classics in her fath...

Codman, Ogden

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Architect, decorator, antiquarian. From the description of Papers, 1796-1940. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 11595773 Codman bought this chateau outside of Paris and altered, expanded, and decorated it for himself during the years 1926-1927. From the description of Château de Gregy sur Yerres (S&M), propté. de monsieur Ogden Codman [graphic] : [structural alterations and HVAC metalwork] / Etablissements Schmid, Bruneton, Morin; construction metalli...