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BOX 1-5 Frederick Law Olmsted, 1834-1982
Correspondence, reports, newspaper and journal clippings, printed matter, and research notes.
Arranged alphabetically by subject, type of material, or name of person.
BOX 1 Agricultural colleges, 1864-1866, 1949, undated
André, Edouard, 1951
Arboreta, 1928, 1954
Articles and essays, 1844, 1893, 1928, 1948-1954
"A" miscellaneous, 1951
Biographical, 1866, 1884, 1893, 1903, 1918-1921, 1946, undated
Books, 1882, 1941, undated
Bowles, Samuel, 1875
Brace, Charles Loring, 1874, 1890
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1922
"B" miscellaneous, 1947-1952
Capitols
Albany, N.Y., 1876-1880, 1886-1889
Montgomery, Ala., undated
Cemeteries, 1864-1865, 1886, undated
City planning
General, 1891
New York, N.Y., 1858, 1864, 1881, 1889, 1916, 1933, 1948, 1965
Riverside, Ill., 1860, 1868-1869
Staten Island, N.Y., 1870, 1921
Tacoma, Wash., 1975
Washington, D.C., 1861-1864, 1874, 1882-1885, 1949
Cleveland, Horace William Shaler, 1967-1970
Correspondence, 1962, undated
BOX 2 Curtis, George William, 1875, 1948-1952, 1969, undated
"C" miscellaneous, 1877, 1948-1953, 1970
Dana, Charles Anderson, 1924
Dickens, Charles, 1951
Downing, Alexander Jackson, circa 1895, 1949-1955, undated
Earth closets, 1869
Errington, Harriet, 1951-1952
Expositions
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. (1893), 1890-1894, 1957, 1975, undated
World's Fair, New York, N.Y. (circa 1892), 1869-1889
Gardening, 1886, undated
Godkin, Edward Lawrence, 1942, 1950-1951
Green, Andrew Haswell, undated
"G" miscellaneous, 1948-1949, 1967, undated
Honors, 1892-1893, 1898, 1928-1929
Hurlbert, William Henry, 1950
"H" miscellaneous, 1948-1952, undated
Illustrations, undated
Interviews with Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., 1948-1952, undated
Knapp, Frederick N., circa 1864, 1957, undated
"K" miscellaneous, 1948-1949
Landscape architecture
Bibliography, 1921, 1927, 1946, undated
California, circa 1870, 1947, undated
Education, 1882
History, 1886, 1906, 1921, 1943-1950, 1957, undated
Terminology, 1860, 1875, 1924, 1949, 1963
"L" miscellaneous, 1951-1952
Martin, William R., 1877
Nation, 1867, 1949-1950, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1855-1856
Nurseries, 1874-1887, 1912
"N" miscellaneous, 1887, 1914, 1950
Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., 1894, 1919, 1929, 1936-1938, 1944-1949, 1957, undated
BOX 3 Olmsted, Gideon, circa 1855, 1955
Olmsted, John Charles, 1920, undated
Olmsted, Mary Cleveland Perkins, 1847, 1921, undated
Parks
Architectural structures, circa 1890
Baltimore, Md., 1876, 1968
Boston, Mass., 1879-1886, 1891-1895, 1924-1926, 1964-1965
Brooklyn, N.Y., 1874, 1903, 1967-1969, 1973-1974
Buffalo, N.Y., 1868-1869, 1877, 1887-1889, undated
Chicago, Ill., 1889
Detroit, Mich., 1881, 1887
General, 1897, undated
Haddam, Conn., 1941, 1955-1956
Hartford, Conn., circa 1870, 1890
Hot Springs, Ark., 1893
London, England, 1834, 1883, 1891, 1916, 1962
Louisville, Ky., 1891
New Orleans, La., 1900
New York, N.Y.
Articles and newspapers clippings, 1857-1860, 1875, 1880-1885, 1892, 1910, 1917, 1926-1930, 1951-1953, 1973, 1977, undated
Correspondence, 1860, 1869, 1883, 1922, 1927-1928, 1949, undated
Reports, indices, 1857-1870, 1966, undated
Riverside Park, 1874-1875, 1925
Newark, N.J., 1927
Newburgh, N.Y., 1889
BOX 4 Niagara, N.Y., 1879-1883, 1887-1893
San Francisco, Calif., 1866-1869, 1886-1887, 1927, 1949, 1953, 1965, undated
Montreal, Que., 1876-1881, 1967, undated
Saint Catherine's, Ont., 1887
Washington, D.C., 1941, 1953
Yosemite, Calif., 1864-1866, 1890, 1913, 1921, 1948, 1952, 1962
Parmentier, André, 1950-1951
Partnerships, 1872, 1952, 1961
Portraits and silhouettes, undated
Private estates
Asheville, N.C., 1890-1893, 1949, 1982, undated
England, 1973, undated
Mariposa, Calif., 1876, 1949-1951, 1959, undated
Professional procedures, 1883
Progress and advancement, 1851, 1864
Publishing firm, 1949
Raymond, Henry J., 1948
Renwick, James, 1959
Residences, 1873, 1896, 1936, 1956, undated
Richardson, Henry Hobson, 1951, 1958, 1962, 1970-1972
Riotte, Charles N., 1949
Robinson, William, 1948-1951
Russel[l?] [William Howard?] (correspondent), 1863
Schurz, Carl, 1952, 1972
Schuyler, Louisa Lee, 1950
Shurcliff, Arthur A., reminiscences of Olmsted, 1952
Speeches and statements, 1975-1982
(8 folders)
BOX 5 Spoils of the Park, 1882
Stanford, Leland, Jr., 1882
State Charities Aid Association, 1938, undated
"S" miscellaneous, 1950, undated
Turnpikes, 1864
"T" miscellaneous, 1927, 1949, 1963
Universities and colleges
Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1887-1893, 1957
University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1874, undated
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1921, 1948
Vaux, Calvert, 1876-1877, 1894, 1920, 1952
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