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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957. Reports to the California State Park Commission, 1943-1947.

Title: Reports to the California State Park Commission, 1943-1947.

Background reports prepared by Olmsted during research for his 1950 general report to the State Park Commission. Reports deal with several different proposed park sites throughout the state.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.4 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227478218 View

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957. Letter, 1897 March 25, Biltmore, N.C. [to] H. Langford Warren, Cambridge, Ma.

Title: Letter, 1897 March 25, Biltmore, N.C. [to] H. Langford Warren, Cambridge, Ma.

A proposal for a four year course of study in Landscape archi[tect[ure to be taught at Harvard University ; in response to Professor Warren's formulation in a letter to Olmsted.

ArchivalResource: 7 leaves ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18970841 View

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Frederick Law Olmsted collection, 1877-1939.

Title: Frederick Law Olmsted collection, 1877-1939.

Architectural drawings and plans include copies of sketches, planting plans, maps, and general plans of gardens, parks, private estates, and portions of cities in Chicago, Boston, Long Island, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and other places, with material from various firms, including Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot; F. L. Olmsted and Co.; F. L. and J. C. Olmsted; and Olmsted Brothers - Landscape Architects, run by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and John Charles Olmsted, 1877-1927. Pamphlets, reports, and brochures by and about Frederick Law Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Olmsted Brothers, 1866-1939. Also, "Ancestral Register of Frederick Law Olmsted, c.1592-1878."

ArchivalResource: 1 map case drawer; .3 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64074506 View

Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955. Papers of Herbert Putnam, 1783-1958 (bulk 1899-1939).

Title: Papers of Herbert Putnam, 1783-1958 (bulk 1899-1939).

Family and general correspondence, family diaries and journals, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, legal papers, genealogical material, autograph collection, and printed matter, chiefly 1899-1939. The papers relate largely to Putnam's family and personal life and include diaries and letters of many members of the Putnam and allied O'Hara, Pinkey, and Mason families. Also included are papers relating to Putnam's interests and activities in the field of librarianship, especially to his work as director of the Boston Public Library, and his position as Librarian of Congress (1899-1939), the latter including information on the Library's purchase of the Vollbehr Collection and the establishment of the Trust Fund Board. Family members represented prominently in the papers include his father, publisher George Palmer Putnam, his sister, historian Ruth Putnam, his daughter, sculptress Brenda Putnam, and his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth (Munroe) Putnam. Correspondents include James T. Adams, Charles W. Eliot, Luther Evans, Worthington C. Ford, Waldo G. Leland, Archibald MacLeish, Agnes Meyer, Charles Moore, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Ainsworth R. Spofford, and Egerton Swartwout.

ArchivalResource: 8,000 items.34 containers plus 1 oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71062295 View

Harold Phelps Stokes papers, 1908-1969

Title: Harold Phelps Stokes papers 1908-1969

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, memoranda, notes, writings, clippings, and subject files documenting the personal life and professional career of Harold Phelps Stokes. His interests in United States foreign policy and domestic politics, the Alger Hiss case, the Paris Peace Conference, New York City politics and government, prison reform, and journalism are documented. Stokes corresponded with many prominent American political and social figures.

ArchivalResource: 12.75 linear feet (24 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0645 View

Weir, John Ferguson, 1841-1926. John Ferguson Weir papers, 1838-1957 (inclusive), 1861-1928 (bulk).

Title: John Ferguson Weir papers, 1838-1957 (inclusive), 1861-1928 (bulk).

Correspondence, addresses and writings, papers relating to the Yale School of the Fine Arts, and other papers of John F. Weir, artist, painter and first director of the Yale School of the Fine Arts, serving from 1869-1913. Correspondents include many persons prominent in the art world between 1870 and 1920. There is also much material on the origins and development of art education in this country and at Yale.

ArchivalResource: 12 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153579 View

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Historic herbarium of the Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., Olmsted Brothers, and Olmsted Associates records, 1864-1938.

Title: Historic herbarium of the Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., Olmsted Brothers, and Olmsted Associates records, 1864-1938.

Plant specimens, on specimen sheets, some enclosed in interleaving folders within larger outer folders and some mounted and labeled in conventional herbarium format, collected by John Charles Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Olmsted office staff, and some possibly by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., probably for study and/or reference material relating to projects carried out by the landscape architecture office founded by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., and carried on by his sons and others.

ArchivalResource: 49.3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70960340 View

Seymour, George Dudley, 1859-1945. George Dudley Seymour papers, 1684-1944 (inclusive).

Title: George Dudley Seymour papers, 1684-1944 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, research files, printed material, and miscellanea of George Dudley Seymour, a lawyer, antiquarian, historian, author and city planner in New Haven, Connecticut. Seymour's personal papers and collected manuscripts document the history of the Seymour family, the patriot Nathan Hale, the city planning movement in New Haven, Connecticut, and local history, 1684-1944. General correspondence files contain the bulk of personal correspondence, with many figures from the fields of art, education, politics, and sculpture represented, including William Howard Taft, a close friend of Seymour's. Family genealogy files include extensive correspondence, papers, and photographs Seymour accumulated in the course of his research on The Seymour Family (1939). Seymour also collected information and manuscripts relating to Nathan Hale, the Connecticut hero. As a pioneer in New Haven's early city planning movement, Seymour amassed correspondence with such notable figures as Cass Gilbert and Frederick Law Olmstead, minutes of commission meetings, and clipping files which detail much of the city planning activity engaged in during the early 1900s. Topical files and scrapbooks document a wide range of literary and professional activities, including Seymour's writings on New Haven and Connecticut history, and his legal practice in patent law.

ArchivalResource: 57 linear ft. (128 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153515 View

Holleran, Michael,. Lecture by Professor Mike Holleran to the Erie Historical Society, [sound recording] / recorded by Anne Dyni, 1997.

Title: Lecture by Professor Mike Holleran to the Erie Historical Society, [sound recording] / recorded by Anne Dyni, 1997. 1997.

ArchivalResource: Summary.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427406877 View

William Cary Sanger correspondence, 1850-1921

Title: William Cary Sanger correspondence 1850-1921

Colonel William Cary Sanger (1853-1921), served as Assistant Secretary of War from 1901-1903, and in a variety of military, political, and civic appointments. The collection consists of letters relating to Sanger's work on the State Commission on Lunacy, his personal research on the Spanish-American War, and his support of the charitable "Lighthouses for the Blind" agency. Notable correspondents include John Adams Dix, Charles Evans Hughes, Seth Low, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Elihu Root, Henry L. Stimson, and various military figures. Also included is a letter from Civil War general Charles Cleveland Dodge to his wife Mary Schieffelin dated 19 August 1863, and a set of clippings announcing Dodge's death

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/19037 View

Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers, 1882-1980.

Title: Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers, 1882-1980.

This collection contains architectural drawings, photographs, business records and reference materials related to the projects and designs of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and his successor firm, Mayers, Murray & Philips, primarily in the New York City region. A large portion of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from Goodhue from the early 1900s until his death in 1926. Also of note in the "Additional Donations" series is a group of 19 photographic negatives of Goodhue's work in Tyrone, New Mexico, taken by architectural historian David Gebhard in December 1959.

ArchivalResource: 9.5 linear feet of papers.1164 drawings.54 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269249826 View

Architecture, Boulder clippings.

Title: Architecture, Boulder clippings.

Newspaper clippings about architecture in Boulder, including style, architects, and guidelines.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427360559 View

Worley, William. The Olmsted brothers, Edward Bouton, J.C. Nichols and the idea of suburban residential living, 1978.

Title: The Olmsted brothers, Edward Bouton, J.C. Nichols and the idea of suburban residential living, 1978.

Paper concerning the development of suburban residential planning, including information concerning Roland Park in Baltimore, Maryland; and architects and planners Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., John Charles Olmsted, Edward H. Bouton and J.C. Nichols.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64074087 View

Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920. Papers of John Charles Olmsted. 1860 ca.-1920.

Title: Papers of John Charles Olmsted. 1860 ca.-1920.

This collection includes some 5,000 letters exchanged with his wife, Sophia White Olmsted (1862-1956), during the years 1898-1920. During this period Olmsted traveled for lengthly periods on firm business and this correspondence provides insight into the realities of both practice and domestic concerns. There are also correspondence files with professional colleagues, scattered manuscript materials of professional interest, as well as family papers, ephemera and photogaphs.

ArchivalResource: ca. 36 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/188581018 View

Laura Wood Roper Papers, 1825-1982, (bulk 1871-1895 and 1948-1952)

Title: Laura Wood RoperPapers 1825-1982 (bulk 1871-1895 and 1948-1952)

Biographer of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903). Correspondence, research notes, reports, clippings, and printed matter related to Olmsted and the landscape architectural firm, Olmsted Associates (1961- ) and its predecessors, collected by Roper for her biography of Olmsted. Also includes card indexes containing abstracts mostly from Olmsted’s correspondence in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.

ArchivalResource: 2,280 items; 19 containers; 9 linear feet; 10 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001020 View

Charles Eliot Norton papers

Title: Charles Eliot Norton papers

This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives. From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review). In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index. Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (45 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00083/catalog View

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957. Frederick Law Olmsted correspondence, 1910-1951.

Title: Frederick Law Olmsted correspondence, 1910-1951.

Mainly carbon copies of his correspondence, l9l0-1916, relating to legislation concerning the National Park Service, with a few reference to the Hetch Hetchy controversy. Include letters from J. Horace McFarland and Richard B. Watrous (American Civic Association), Mark Sullivan (Collier's), Frank Pierce (U. S. Dept. of the Interior), Allen Chamberlain (Society for the Preservation of National Parks), John Nolen, Reed Smoot, Gifford Pinchot, H. S. Graves (U. S. Forest Service), and James S. Pray (American Society of Landscape Architects).

ArchivalResource: Originals : 1 portfolio.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2163) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122453537 View

Roland Park Company records, ca.1891-1962

Title: Roland Park Company records, ca.1891-1962

Correspondence, ledgers, sales department files, annual reports, architectural approval records, articles of incorporation, architectural specifications, minutes, scrapbooks, photographs, contracts and deeds, blueprints, renderings, and maps for the projects of the Roland Park Company around Baltimore, including Guilford, Homeland, Loch Raven, Northwood Apartments, Kernwood, Woodburne, and Pentridge. Major correspondents are Edward H. Bouton and John Mowbray; Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Edward L. Palmer, Jr., and George Kessler are also represented.

ArchivalResource:

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM02828.xml View

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957. Letter, 1950 Aug 9, Brookline, Mass. [to] Caroline Shillaber, Cambridge, Mass. / Frederick Law Olmsted.

Title: Letter, 1950 Aug 9, Brookline, Mass. [to] Caroline Shillaber, Cambridge, Mass. / Frederick Law Olmsted.

Typescript signed.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8350497 View

Roland Park Company (Baltimore, Md.). Roland Park Company records, ca.1891-1962.

Title: Roland Park Company records, ca.1891-1962.

Correspondence, ledgers, sales department files, annual reports, architectural approval records, articles of incorporation, architectural specifications, minutes, scrapbooks, photographs, contracts and deeds, blueprints, renderings, and maps for the projects of the Roland Park Company around Baltimore, including Guilford, Homeland, Loch Raven, Northwood Apartments, Kernwood, Woodburne, and Pentridge. Major correspondents are Edward H. Bouton and John Mowbray; Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Edward L. Palmer, Jr., and George Kessler are also represented.

ArchivalResource: 407 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63938812 View

Olmsted Brothers. Olmsted Brothers collection, n.d., 1913-1916.

Title: Olmsted Brothers collection, n.d., 1913-1916.

Consists of records created by the Olmsted Brothers firm, as well as materials relating to Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. Records of the firm consist of site plans and planting plans of Saint Francis Wood (San Francisco). Items concerning Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. consist of a portrait and a reproduction of the plan for Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery, by Olmsted & Vaux.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 tube.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83269427 View

Carrigan, Beverly Halpin. Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. : maker of parks - planner of cities / by Beverly Halpin Carrigan, 1992.

Title: Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. : maker of parks - planner of cities / by Beverly Halpin Carrigan, 1992.

Paper written for the Boulder Historic Context Project.

ArchivalResource: 50 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427360313 View