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Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952

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Speeches and Writings File, 1839-1903 (continued)
"Foreign Plants and American Scenery," letter to the editor of Garden and Forest, 24 Oct. (clipping)
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1889 , Observations on the Treatment of Public Plantations, More Especially Relating to the Use of the Axe (Boston: T. R. Marvin, Printers. 24 pp.) with J. B. Harrison
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circa 1889-1892 , "...Architectural Fitness..." (typescript)
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1890
Excerpt from "Among the Euganean Hills" by John Addington Symonds, Fortnightly Review
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"Landscape," letter to the editor, American Florist, 15 Jan.
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1891 , "Architects and Architects," American Architect, 25 July (typed copy)
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1892 , "The Proposed New Street From Holborn to the Strand" by Lewis W. Leeds, Builder, 13 Aug.
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1893 , "Frederick Law Olmsted" by M. G. Van Rensselaer, Century Magazine (clipping)
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circa 1898 , excerpts from writings on London's parks and gardens
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1903 , "The Art of Frederick Law Olmsted" by Arthur Spencer, Craftsman, Nov. 1903 (clipping)
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Undated
Address to civil engineers, draft
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"Anent Landscape Gardening," typescript
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"Appreciation of outdoor scenery...," fragment
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Bear Valley, Calif., census notes
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"The Boyhood of Frederick Law Olmsted: Some Autobiographical Passages" by Theodora Kimball
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Catalog of plants (notes)
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"Civilization not material wealth: Effect of immigration on taste"
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"A few dollars to help the cause of future freedom in Texas"
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"A Homestead: Its Constituent Parts and Essentials," fragments
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"Illustrations of the folly of cheap planting" by H. W. S. Cleveland
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"Landscape Gardening," excerpts
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Mazes, fragment
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"Museum and Decorative Gardening," draft and typescript, fragmentary
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"The Need of Parks for Cities," draft
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"Old and New Gardening," fragment
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"On the development of taste through the garden," fragment
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On religion, fragments
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"Our homesteads and their improvement as measure of civilization," draft and typed copy
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Parks, definition of, draft
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Plants, lists of, fragments
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Pony service, memorandum on
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BOX 54 REEL 46 "Present State of Gardening," fragments
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"Public Festivities," fragment
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"Ship," typescript
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Trees and shrubs, notes
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"Two examples of landscape work and some disconnected scraps on the sanitary aspects of parks," draft and typed copy
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"Urban and Pagan Changes," draft and typed copy
Pencil draft (#1000-1196)
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Pencil draft (#1200-1414)
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Typed transcript (#1000-1414)
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Urinals, fragment
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Fragments of notes, essays, etc.
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BOX 55 REEL 47 2 of 4
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BOX 56-61 REEL 47-51 Miscellany, 1837-1952
Biographical material, calling cards, clippings, correspondence, drawings, financial papers, legal papers, notebooks, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other items.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or by subject and thereunder chronologically.
BOX 56 REEL 47 Biographical notes
Chronological list of Olmsted's correspondence
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List of Olmsted's published writings
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BOX 56 REEL 48 Name index (professional papers)
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Notes on Olmsted and family, circa 1893-1952 (filmed out of order on Reel 47)
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On associates of Olmsted and other matters, circa 1893-1952 (filmed out of order on Reel 47)
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Record of professional reports
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Theodora Kimball's bibliography of Olmsted's writings, and notes
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Calling cards
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Clippings, circa 1853-1895 , undated
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