David Robbins Coffin papers, 1918–2003
The collection consists of Coffin's personal papers and materials relating to his teaching career at Princeton University and his scholarly research interests in Renaissance architecture and garden history. Materials include notebooks, index cards, correspondence, typescripts, course syllabi, class and lecture notes, and offprints. Of particular note are Coffin's notebooks, which contain extensive research notes on English, French, and Italian gardens. There is also a significant amount of visual material, including photographs, slides, microfilm, and negatives.
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Rights for materials created by David Robbins Coffin were transferred to Dumbarton Oaks in the deed of gift for the collection. Dumbarton Oaks is making those materials available for publication under a Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Any materials not created by Coffin are subject to standard copyright law. Request images.
Preferred citation: David Robbins Coffin papers, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, DC.