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LIST OF REPOSITORIES CONSULTED AND OUTCOMES
THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN MUSEUM
The archive here (Worcester, MA) was consulted in the hope of finding material relating to Norcross
Brothers, whose headquarters were in the same city. The archive does not contain any Norcross Brothers
material.
THE ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
H. Siddons Mowbray executed the ceiling of the Living Room. The paintings were removed in 1906. The
H. Siddons Mowbray Papers contain correspondence on microfilm with several letters on the design and
execution of this work.
AVERY ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
The Stanford White Collection is comprised of letterpress books of out-going correspondence and boxes of
in-coming correspondence contain bills and correspondence relating to purchases for Hyde Park. There is
also correspondence with Edward Simmons concerning the decoration of the Dining Room and Reception
Room. The Ogden Codman Collection contains the preliminary drawings, sketches and plans for Mrs.
Vanderbilt's Bedroom and Boudoir, as well as for individual pieces of furniture designed for those rooms.
The Warren & Wetmore Collection is the major repository of the firm; nothing relates to Hyde Park. All
unidentified drawings were examined. The library also houses an extensive collection of period engineering
and architectural journals.
BILTMORE
The collection remained uncatalogued at the time of this project.
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
The library's storage facility houses an outstanding collection of period engineering and architectural
journals.
COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM LIBRARY
The E.F. Caldwell collection is an enormous archive that documents in photographs the lighting fixtures at
Hyde Park. The photographs are bound in oversized albums and organized by type of fixture. The
Department of Wallcoverings was culled for more information about the wallpapers used in the second
floor guest rooms of Hyde Park. There was no additional information obtained; none of the Hyde Park
papers matched those in the collection.
A.L. DIAMENT
Vanderbilt purchased reproduction papers for the second floor guest rooms in 1932 and they were either
purchased through or shipped by A.L. Diament. Correspondence with Debbie Diament, who holds the
papers of the firm, yielded no new information.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY
The collections contain some correspondence relating to the transfer of the property to the NPS.
THE GETTY MUSEUM
The Duveen Archive, transferred from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, contains correspondence
between Duveen and Frederick Vanderbilt in the years 1916-1918 and 1919-1921. The archive was
inaccessible both at the Metropolitan Museum and the Getty Museum because of its fragile condition. It
is in the process of being humidified.
HAGLEY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY
The Hagley Museum and Library has a wonderful collection of trade catalogs. These are cataloged by
type (i.e. plumbing, heating).
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