Maps and architectural drawings of Arnold Arboretum and related buildings, 1879-

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Maps and architectural drawings of Arnold Arboretum and related buildings, 1879-

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Collection of mostly blueprints and architectural drawings, such as sections and details, elevations, sketches, and floor plans of Arnold Arboretum buildings (administrative, greenhouses, and garages) and houses. Also includes landscape blueprints and topographical maps of the Arnold shrub collection and grounds and specific areas of collections, such as Pudding Stone Hill (Weld-Walter tract), Stoney Brook Marsh (South St. tract), and Case Estates. Photographs of landscape plans for the Arnold by F. L. Olmsted also exist in the collection.

487 pieces.

Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, Horticultural Library, Jamacia Plain

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Arnold Arboretum

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The planning for the Arnold Arboretum Centennial celebration began in 1967 when Dr. Richard A. Howard, Arboretum Director from 1954-1978, appointed committees of supporters and visiting-committee members to raise funds for the upcoming event. The week-long celebration (May 21-28, 1972) opened with a banquet in a downtown Boston hotel that featured an address by William T. Stearn, famous taxonomist and botanist from the British Museum of Natural History. Events included a daylong symposium on "Po...

Harvard University

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Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott

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Harvard University. Botanic Garden.

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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. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...

Bussey Institution

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Bussey Institution was established by Harvard in 1869 as a school of agriculture and horticulture on land donated by Benjamin Bussey. Institute building and greenhouses were designed by Peabody & Stearns; construction began in 1871. Abolished as a school in 1931, Bussey became a center for research in genetics. After the land of the Institution was turned over to the Commonwealth of Mass., the Bussey Professorship of Biology was established. From the description of Drawings, 1925...

Longfellow, Alexander Wadsworth, 1854-1934.

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