Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks collection, 1903-1998, (bulk 1903-1927).

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Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks collection, 1903-1998, (bulk 1903-1927).

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Includes copies of some of the Olmsted plans for selected parks, including Lincoln Park (on Capitol Hill in Seattle), Washington Park, Cowen, and Schmitz parks. A guide in the repository contains a plan inventory index, showing locations of drawings at the Dept. of Parks and Recreation, the Seattle Municipal Archives, and the University of Washington. The drawings were copied from the originals at the Olmsted Archives. Color slides were also taken of additional plans; these have not yet been deposited at the Seattle Municipal Archives and researchers should contact FSOP directly. Also contains three reels of microfilm from the Records of the Olmsted Associates (Mss. 20,112.2) from the Library of Congress; reels 95, 96 and 97 contain job files for work in Seattle which includes correspondence, memoranda, trip reports, and other material. The guide indexes the reels to specific parks and job numbers. The guide to the FSOP collection also contains photocopies of the Olmsted Plan index cards created for each plan or drawing, listing date, draftsman, plan number, and other information. Photocopies of the Fairsted Plan Inventory, listing plans related to each job number, for a portion of the collection at Fairsted are also included in the guide.

3 reels of microfilm and 45 drawings.

Seattle Municipal Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6813048

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