Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Landscape architect.

From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908

American landscape designer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066

Landscape architect.

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From the description of Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 papers, 1854-1871. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155570780

Biographical Note

  • 1822, Apr. 26: Born, Hartford, Conn.
  • 1838 - 1839 : Studied topographical engineering with Frederick A. Barton
  • 1844 - 1854 : Connecticut Connecticut New York New York Farmed in Connecticut and New York
  • 1850: Europe Europe Mount Europe Alaskan European B And B De L'Europe EUROPE VILLA CORTES Hotel Gare de Lille - Europe Bureau de Poste de Parthenay Europe RESIDENCIAL CLUB EUROPEO Hotel Europe Hôtel residhome prestige val europe Hotel D Europe Avignon City Cen Hotel Centro Europeu Tourist Hotel Europe Carlton-Europe Hotel Bureau de Poste de Strasbourg Parlement Europeen Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area Best Western Premier Hotel Carrefour de l'Europe Bureau de Poste de Paris Europe Ehsal Europese Hogeschool Brussel / Campus Prinssenstraat GRAND HOTEL DE l EUROPE Europeo Flowers Bureau de Poste de Montelimar Europe Hotel Europe Great Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Traveled to Europe and Great Britain with his brother, John Hull Olmsted, and Charles Loring Brace
  • 1852: Published Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (New York: G. P. Putnam. 2 vols.)
  • 1852 - 1854 : Toured southern states on a commission from the New York Times for a series of articles on the effect of slavery on economic conditions in the South
  • 1855 - 1856 : Editor and partner, Dix & Edwards, publishers of Putnam's Magazine
  • 1856: Published A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States (New York: Dix & Edwards. 723 pp.)
  • 1857: Central Park, New York, N.Y. Central Park Keuka Park Post Office Le Petite Ciel Mobile Home Park Plainview - Old Bethpage Community Park Forsyth Park Hennepin Park City Line Park Gallis Hill Station Mobile Home Park Milburn Creek Park Lakeside Park Harrison Pond Park Cerone Avenue Park Lishakill Park Ellwood Park Church Street Mobile Home Park Bedford Park Congregational Church Rochester Henrietta Planned Industrial Park C Gerard Park Cayuga Lake State Park United Methodist Korean Church of Central Queens Village of Glen Park McCarren Park Play Center High Bridge Park Appointed superintendent, Central Park, New York, N.Y. Published A Journey Through Texas (New York: Dix & Edwards. 516 pp.)
  • 1858: Central Park, New York, N.Y. Central Park Keuka Park Post Office Le Petite Ciel Mobile Home Park Plainview - Old Bethpage Community Park Forsyth Park Hennepin Park City Line Park Gallis Hill Station Mobile Home Park Milburn Creek Park Lakeside Park Harrison Pond Park Cerone Avenue Park Lishakill Park Ellwood Park Church Street Mobile Home Park Bedford Park Congregational Church Rochester Henrietta Planned Industrial Park C Gerard Park Cayuga Lake State Park United Methodist Korean Church of Central Queens Village of Glen Park McCarren Park Play Center High Bridge Park Appointed architect in chief, Central Park, New York, N.Y. Established firm, Olmsted and Vaux; name soon changed to Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 1859: Married Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted, widow of his brother John
  • 1860: Published A Journey in the Back Country (New York: Mason Bros. 492 pp.)
  • 1861: Published The Cotton Kingdom (New York: Mason Bros. 2 vols.) based upon A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, A Journey Through Texas, and A Journey in the Back Country Appointed general secretary, U. S. Sanitary Commission
  • 1863: Mariposa Mariposa Esteros de La Mariposa La Mariposa La Mariposa La Mariposa Quebrada Mariposa Mariposa La Mariposa Mariposa Elementary School La Mariposa Mariposa County Fire Department Company 22 Mariposa Public Utility District Fire Station 1 Mariposa Assembly of God Church Quebrada Las Mariposas Mariposa Paso de Mariposas Estación La Mariposa Mariposa County Fire Department Company 26 Coulterville La Mariposa Mariposa Canyon Mariposa County Fairgrounds La Mariposa Health Station Mariposa Playground La Mariposa California California Became superintendent, John C. Frémont's Mariposa mining estates, California
  • 1864: Appointed commissioner, Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, California
  • 1874: Commissioned to design the grounds of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
  • 1882: Published The Spoils of the Park ([Detroit, Mich.: publisher unknown]. 57 pp.)
  • 1884: Name of firm changed to F. L. and J. C. Olmsted
  • 1888: Began work on Biltmore, George W. Vanderbilt's estate, Asheville, N.C.
  • 1889: Name of firm changed to F. L. Olmsted and Co.
  • 1893: Chicago, Ill. Chicago Completed landscaping grounds for World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. Name of firm changed to Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot
  • 1897: Name of firm changed to F. L. and J. C. Olmsted
  • 1898: Name of firm changed to Olmsted Brothers ( -1961)
  • 1903, Aug. 28: Died, Waverly, Mass.

From the guide to the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers, 1777-1952, (bulk 1838-1903), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Calvert Vaux papers, 1860-1921, 1860s New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn James Elliot Cabot letters from various correspondents, 1843-1902. Houghton Library
referencedIn George Sears Greene papers, 1872-1873 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Fowler, Laurence Hall, 1876-1971. Laurence Hall Fowler autograph collection 1613-1925. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
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creatorOf Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. Letters, 1835-1845, Hartford, Conn. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
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referencedIn Stanford University Archives print collection, 1862-2001. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence Houghton Library
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creatorOf Dix, Edwards & Company. Letters and agreements, 1854-1859. Houghton Library
referencedIn Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. Letter, July 11, 1862. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Frederick Law Olmsted architectural drawings and plans, 1877-1927. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Frederick Law Olmsted : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Frederick Law Olmstead Letters Wake Forest University - ZSR Library, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
referencedIn Museum of the City of New York. Central Park architectural drawings collection, [ca. 1857]-1883. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Gutheim, Frederick Albert, 1908-1993. Frederick Albert Gutheim papers, 1875-1994. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
creatorOf Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895. Calvert Vaux papers, 1860-1921, bulk (1860s). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Stanford University Arboretum records, 1886-1994 (inclusive), 1886-1923 (bulk). Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Olmsted Associates Records, 1863-1971, (bulk 1884-1950) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Arnold Arboretum. Maps and architectural drawings of Arnold Arboretum and related buildings, 1879- Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, Horticultural Library, Jamacia Plain
creatorOf College of California. Letter book of the College of California, 1849-67. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Allen, Luther A. The politics of parks : the Central Park model and the fate of Olmsted's design for Mount Royal / Luther A. Allen. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Koskovich, Ray Gerard. Frederick Law Olmsted and the original landscape plans for Stanford University : manuscript, 1981-82. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Records of the National Capital Planning Commission. 1900 - 2000. Administrative Files National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Massachusetts. Dept. of Environmental Management. Office of Historic Resources. Final reports, 1984-[ongoing]. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, Inc. Records MG2., 1927-1934 Hampshire College Archives
referencedIn Thurber-Woolson Botanical Collection MS 65., 1803-1918 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
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referencedIn Koskovich, Ray Gerard. Olmsted at Palo Alto: the original landscape plans for Stanford University : typescript, 1984. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn United States American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission records, 1862-1864. Houghton Library
creatorOf Frederick Law Olmsted Papers, 1777-1952, (bulk 1838-1903) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf White, Stanford, 1853-1906. Stanford White correspondence and architectural drawings, 1887-1922, (bulk 1887-1907). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Lambert, Phyllis. Frederick Law Olmsted en prespective : photographies de Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander et Geoffrey James = Viewing Olmsted : photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James : exhibition publications, 1996. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908. Daniel Coit Gilman correspondence, 1871-1875. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Laura Wood Roper Papers, 1825-1982, (bulk 1871-1895 and 1948-1952) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Richard Grant White Papers, 1838-1921 (Bulk 1850-1890) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Frances Benjamin Johnston Papers, 1855-1956, (bulk 1890-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn McLaughlin, Charles Capen. Papers, relating mainly to Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1960-1999, bulk 1978-1989. American University, American University Library; Bender Library
referencedIn Tidd, Harriet,. Papers collected by Harriet Tidd [manuscript] 1926 & n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Steiner, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1827-1892. Lewis Henry Steiner letters, 1861-1864. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Stanford University arboretum records, 1886-1994, 1886-1923 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Buffalo Committee of Twenty (N.Y.). Buffalo Committee of Twenty correspondence, 1862 Apr. 17-July 14. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. Leland Stanford papers, 1840-1896. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Smith College. Dept. of Botany. Department of Botany records, 1892-1966. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Zimmermann, Dominikus, 1685-1766. Architectural and/or design elements : postage stamps, 1990- Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn College of California (1855-1869). Letter book, 1849-1867 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895. Prospect Park, New York, N.Y. : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Bloor, A. J. (Alfred Janson), 1828-1917. Papers, [ca. 1848-1916]. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Biography -- Olmsted, Frederick Law. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Nicolay" to "Palmer". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Head, Franklin Harvey, 1835-1914. A notable lawsuit / by Franklin H. Head. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Nichols-Shurtleff family. Papers, 1780-1953, (bulk: 1850-1940) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. Charles Eliot Norton papers, ca. 1845-1908. Houghton Library
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referencedIn Essex Institute. Archives.
referencedIn Espace public et privé : la politique, l'économie, le design et la présence humaine (Public forum) (1996 : Centre canadien d'architecture). Espace public et privé : la politique, l'économie, le design et la présence humaine = Public and private space : politics, economics, design, and the body : recordings, 1996. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Letters to Charles Eliot Norton and other papers, 1702-1952 Houghton Library
referencedIn May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Archives of the Frederick Law Olmsted Documentary Editing Project 1838-2005. American University, American University Library; Bender Library
referencedIn Architecture of Stanford University collection, 1886-1937 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919. Houghton Library
referencedIn Wales, Salem Howe, 1825-1902. Papers, 1837-1908. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Clark, Henry Grafton, 1814-1892. Papers, 1816-1899. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. Frederick Law Olmsted Papers.
creatorOf McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909. Papers 1838-1930 1866-1909. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
referencedIn Mullins, Edgar Young, 1860-1928. Correspondence between Olmsted Brothers and President E.Y. Mullins. SBTS Library, James P. Boyce Centennial Library
referencedIn Lampson, Robin, 1900-. Robin Lampson collection, 1868-1937. University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library
creatorOf D.H. Burnham & Co. Records, ca. 1891-1912. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Nation, papers, 1865-1893. Houghton Library
referencedIn Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn McLaughlin, Charles Capen. The papers of Frederick Law Olmsted : NEH grant proposal for 1987-1989 : typescript, 1986. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Stevenson, Elizabeth, 1919-1999. Elizabeth Stevenson papers, [ca. 1950-1999]. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Pilat, Ignaz Anton, 1820-1870. Ignaz Anton Pilat papers, 1842-1879 (bulk 1859-1870). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957. Letter, 1950 Aug 9, Brookline, Mass. [to] Caroline Shillaber, Cambridge, Mass. / Frederick Law Olmsted. Harvard University, Frances Loeb Library
referencedIn Charles Follen McKim Papers, 1838-1929, (bulk 1890-1910) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Rose Terry Cooke Collection, 1866-1891 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Head, Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey), 1832-1914. Studies in Early American history : A Notable Lawsuit : typescript, ca. 1898. Mount Allison University Libraries and Archives, Ralph Pickard Bell Library
referencedIn Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920. Papers of John Charles Olmsted. 1860 ca.-1920. Harvard University, Frances Loeb Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Archives. Ru 7050: George Brown Goode Papers.
referencedIn Hardeman, D. B. (D. Barnard), 1914-1981. Papers, 1918-1979. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
creatorOf Olmsted Associates. Olmsted Associates landscape projects list, undated. Maine Historical Society Library
referencedIn Norton, Lucie. Correspondence between Olmsted Brothers, landscape architects, and the Misses Norton pertaining to Gardencourt, 1899-1947. Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Ernest Miller White Library
referencedIn Lampson (Robin) Collection, 1868-1975 University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
creatorOf Chester Beach papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. The Longfellow birthday-book, 1881. Houghton Library
referencedIn Elliott, Orrin Leslie, 1860-1940. Orrin Leslie Elliott papers, 1891-1936. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Records of the California State Parks Council Bancroft Library
referencedIn Riverdale Historic District proposal [picture] (between 1950 and 1979). Lehman College Library, Leonard Lief Library
creatorOf Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Statement in regard to general plan of Union Square. Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
referencedIn United States Sanitary Commission. Records, 1861-1866. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
creatorOf Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Frederick Law Olmsted collection, 1877-1939. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Koskovich, Ray Gerard. Saving the Olmsted plan: a report to the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University regarding the proposed renovation of the Inner Quad, 1983. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Frederick Albert Gutheim papers, 1875-1994 Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Kingsbury, Alice Eliza, 1858-1937. Alice Kingsbury papers, 1890s-1937. Maine Historical Society Library
referencedIn Szarkowski, John. Inauguration de l'exposition : Frederick Law Olmsted en perspective : photographies de Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander et Geoffrey James = Exhibition opening : Viewing Olmsted : Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander and Geoffrey James : recordings, 1996. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Head, Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey), 1832-1914. Studies in Early American history : A Notable Lawsuit : typescript, ca. 1898. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Weather Bureau National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Buggey, Susan. The mountain : the heart and soul of Montréal : recordings, 2000. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Geddes, George. George Geddes papers, 1831-1874. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Southern Famine Relief Commission. Records, 1867. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Correspondence from the secretary to the landscape architect, 1895-1925 (bulk 1895-1901). Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera Archives of American Art
referencedIn United States. American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission. United States American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission records, 1862-1864. Houghton Library
referencedIn Wales, Salem Howe, 1825-1902. Papers, 1837-1908. Winterthur Library
referencedIn Stanford University. Archives. Stanford University map collection, 1853-1997. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn New York (State). Dept. of Audit and Control. Comptroller's Office. Vouchers and correspondence submitted by the State Roosevelt Memorial Commission, 1932. New York State Archives
referencedIn Reed, Henry Hope. Prospect Park from Grand Army Plaza to Garden Terrace via Swan Boat Lake : typescript : a walking tour of the Municipal Art Society, May 27, 1962 / notes by Henry Hope Reed, Jr. Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)
referencedIn Southern Famine Relief Commission Records, 1867-1868 (bulk 1867) New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Hingham (Mass.). Records, 1637-1931. Library of Congress
referencedIn Cabot family. Papers, 1786-1945 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Frederick Law Olmsted National Memorial Competition : competition documents, 1984. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Stanford University print collection, 1862-2001 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902. Edwin Lawrence Godkin papers, 1845-1927. Houghton Library
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referencedIn Department of Botany Records RG 52., 1892-1966 Smith College Archives
creatorOf Save-the-Redwoods League. Save the Redwoods League records: additions, circa 1920s-1980s. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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referencedIn Riess, Suzanne B. Harry Sanders; a Stanford planner charts the history of campus planning, and Church's contribution : [interview] / [conducted by Suzanne B. Riess], 1978. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Frederick Law Olmsted architectural drawings and plans, 1877-1927. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Charles E. Little Papers, 1975-1990 North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Arnold Arboretum. Records of the Original Design of the Living Collections: A Finding Aid. Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, Horticultural Library, Jamacia Plain
creatorOf Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885. Letter to Archibald Russell, Eliot C. Comdin [?] and Frederick Law Olmsted. South Bend, IN. 1867 Apr. 15. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Niles, Bertha Olmsted, 1834-1926. Diary, 1857-1868. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Amherst College. Buildings and grounds collection, 1820-[ongoing]. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn New York Public Library. U.S. Sanitary Commission.
referencedIn Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931. Papers, 1882-1931. Iowa State University, Parks Library
referencedIn Ezra Cornell papers, (bulk), 1746-1888, 1844-1870 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Olmsted Landscape Firm Collection, circa 1980-2010 Chestnut Hill Historical Society
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creatorOf Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Historic herbarium of the Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., Olmsted Brothers, and Olmsted Associates records, 1864-1938. Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
creatorOf Frederick Law Olmsted and Associates Collection. Graphic Representation of History of Olmsted Firm Including Photos of Principals and Brief Text, 1858-1958. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Letters to Charles J. Stille Archives of American Art
creatorOf United States Sanitary Commission. United States Sanitary Commission records, 1861-1878, bulk (1861-1872). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Cabot family. Papers, 1786-1945 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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referencedIn Laura Wood Roper Papers, 1825-1982, (bulk 1871-1895 and 1948-1952) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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creatorOf New England Women's Auxiliary Association. Records, 1861-1887. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Orrin Leslie Elliott papers, Bulk, 1891-1936 1860-1940, 1891-1936 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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referencedIn Candler, Asa Griggs, 1851-1929. Asa Griggs Candler papers, 1821-1980. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
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creatorOf Butano Forest Associates. Butano Forest Associates records, 1945-1952. University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library
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associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted 1822-1903. person
associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted and Associates Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Freeman, John Ripley, 1855-1932 person
associatedWith Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. person
associatedWith Geddes, George. person
associatedWith Gendron, Marie. person
associatedWith Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908. person
correspondedWith Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902 person
correspondedWith Green, A. H. (Andrew Haswell) 1820-1903 person
associatedWith Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 person
associatedWith Gutheim, Frederick Albert, 1908-1993. person
correspondedWith Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 person
associatedWith Hardeman, D. B. (D. Barnard), 1914-1981. person
associatedWith Harvard University. Gray Herbarium. corporateBody
associatedWith Hay, John, 1838-1905. person
associatedWith Head, Franklin Harvey, 1835-1914. person
correspondedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 person
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correspondedWith James, William, 1842-1910 person
correspondedWith Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952. person
correspondedWith Johnston, Francis Benjamin, 1864-1852 person
correspondedWith King, Clarence, 1842-1901 person
associatedWith Kingsbury, Alice Eliza, 1858-1937. person
correspondedWith Kingsbury, Frederick John, 1823-1910 person
correspondedWith Knapp, Frederick Newman, 1821-1889 person
associatedWith Koskovich, Ray Gerard. person
associatedWith Lampson, Robin, 1900- person
associatedWith Little, Charles E. person
associatedWith Little, Charles E. person
associatedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. person
associatedWith Lord and Burnham Company (Irvington, N.Y.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 person
correspondedWith Martin, C. C. person
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associatedWith Massachusetts. Dept. of Environmental Management. Office of Historic Resources. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. corporateBody
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correspondedWith McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909 person
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correspondedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
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correspondedWith Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 person
correspondedWith Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886 person
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correspondedWith Riotte, Charles N. person
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correspondedWith Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 person
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associatedWith Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. person
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associatedWith Steiner, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1827-1892. person
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correspondedWith Strong, George Templeton, 1820-1875 person
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associatedWith United States Sanitary Commission person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
California
Washington (D.C.)
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Illinois--Chicago
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Mariposa (Calif.)
United States
Southern States
California--Mariposa
California
Mariposa (Calif.)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
New York (State)--New York
United States
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Subject
Slavery
Slavery
Education
Agriculture
Architecture
City planning
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Gold mines and mining
Gold mines and mining
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture
Natural history
Parks
Privateering
Regional planning
Scientific publications
Smithsonian Publications
Occupation
Landscape architects
Activity

Person

Birth 1822-04-26

Death 1903-08-28

Male

Americans

English

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