Frederick Law Olmsted collection, 1877-1939.
Collection Number: 462
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Frederick Law Olmsted collection, 1877-1939.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
462
Abstract:
Copies of sketches, planting plans, maps, and general plans of gardens, parks, private
estates, and portions of cities with material from various firms. Also "Ancestral
Register of Frederick Law Olmsted, c. 1592-1878," and reports and brochures dealing
with Olmsted.
Creator:
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957.
Olmsted, John Charles.
Quanitities:
.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Copies of sketches, planting plans, maps, and general plans of gardens, parks, private
estates, and portions of cities in Chicago, Boston, Long Island, Massachusetts, New
York, Pennsylvania, and other places, with material from various firms, including
Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot; F. L. Olmsted and Co.; F. L. and J. C. Olmsted; and Olmsted
Brothers - Landscape Architects, run by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and John Charles
Olmsted;"Ancestral Register of Frederick Law Olmsted, c. 1592-1878," and reports and
brochures dealing with Olmsted. All materials relating to Roland Park in Baltimore,
Maryland has been transferred to the Special Collections at Johns Hopkins University.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Frederick Law Olmsted architectural drawings and plans, #462. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Subjects:
Landscape architecture.
Form and Genre Terms:
Maps.
Genealogies.
Architectural drawings.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Olmsted Collection of Drawings (Listed by City)
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Albany
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Washington Park
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1891 | |
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Scope and Contents
Most likely not by F. L. Olmsted
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Baltimore
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
The Sudbrook Co.
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1899 | |
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Berkeley, California
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Duncan McDuffie
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1914 | |
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Boston
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Blue Hills Reservation
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Charlesbank
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1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Charles River Reservation
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1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Jamaica Park
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1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Little Nahant
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Marine Park
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1889 &, 1891 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Marine Park
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1899 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Middlesex Fells Parkway
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1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Middlesex Fells Reservation
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Mystic Valley Parkway
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1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Neponset River
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1899 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Newton Boulevard Syndicate
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1894 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Parkway: Revere Beach
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1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Parkway: Jamaica Park to Frankl Park
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1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Parkway: Muddy River Gatehouse & Jamaica Park
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1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Parkway: Middlesex Fells
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1884 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
____ Roxbury Park
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1884 | |
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Brookline, Mass.
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Estate of Edward S. Philbrick
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1889 | |
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Buffalo
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
South Park
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1884 (1894?) | |
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Cambridge, Mass.
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Harvard Arboretum
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1880 | |
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Campbell Park, Millburn, N.J.
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| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Downing Vaux
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Chicago, Ill.
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Scope and Contents
(Other Parks of Chicago without name of landscape architect in drawer marked Landscape
Architects - General)
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| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Calumet Park
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1904 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Mark White Square
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1904 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Palmer Park
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1904 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Russell Square
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1904 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Union Park
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1912 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
West Park
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1914 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Washington Park
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1905 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Grant Park
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1903 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Lincoln Park
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1915 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Jackson Park
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1905 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Humbolt Park
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1912 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Garfield Park
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1912 | |
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Cold Harbor Springs, Long Island, N.Y.
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Dr. Walter James Cemetary Lot
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1923 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Craig Colony, Sonyea, N.Y.
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1889 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
East Aurora
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1906 | |
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Elmhurst, Long Island, N.Y.
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Jackson Heights Garden Apartments, Inc.
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1923 | |
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Essex County, N.J.
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1900-1902 | ||
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Branch Brook Park
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1901 | |
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Forest Hills, Long Island, N.Y.
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Photostat of revised planting plan for Dr. Philip Cole
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1922 | |
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Fox Meadow, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Property of C. Butler
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1900 | |
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Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
J. E. Aldred - house and gardens (see collection #15-1-512, Box 14 for snap shots
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1916, 1917 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
G. F. Baker, Jr.
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1923 | |
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Hartford
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| Mapcase Folder 7 |
Pope Park
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1898 | |
| Mapcase Folder 7 |
Goodwin Park
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1900 | |
| Mapcase Folder 7 |
Keney Park
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1898 | |
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Hills & Dales, Montgomery Co., Ohio
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| Mapcase Folder 2 |
C. E. Steffey
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1921 | |
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Hingham, Mass.
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Property John Brewer
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1890 | |
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Louisville
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| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Blueprints of Chickasaw Park
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1923 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Logan Place
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1892 | |
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Lynn, Mass.
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Meadow Park
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1920 | |
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Milwaukee
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
West Park
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1885 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Lake Park
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1885 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.
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1900 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Mount Royal (not Mount Royal Park , Montreal)
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1877 | |
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Newark, N.J.
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| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Photostat of the Southern Parkway
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1923 | |
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Newport, R.I.
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| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Southern Harbor
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1897 | |
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Newton, Mass.
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| Mapcase Folder 10 |
L. D. Towle
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1920 | |
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New York, N.Y.
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| Mapcase Folder 11 |
Bay Ridge Park
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1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Borough of the Bronx
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Bryn Mawr - William Mitchell Estate, Yonkers, N.Y.
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1890 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Central Park - section of Receiving Reservoir ara, between 5th and 8th Avenues and
59th and 110th streets.
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Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Prospect Park
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1901 | |
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Rochester
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Seneca Park
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1893 | |
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Philadelphia
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| Mapcase Folder 6 |
Topographical maps of Fairmount Park
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1910 | |
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Portland, Maine
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Back Cove (no reference to Olmsted)
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Undated | |
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Providence
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| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Oaklands Homestead Plat - Estate of Sarah B. Heaton
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1894 | |
| Mapcase Folder 6 |
Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pa.
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1897 | |
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Washington, D.C.
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Catholic University of America
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1922 | |
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Westerly, R.I.
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| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Photostat of W. Ward
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1921 | |
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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| Mapcase Folder 6 |
F. M. Kirby Park
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1922 | |
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Wompenanit, Montauk, Long Island
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| Mapcase Folder 8 |
General Plan - Property of F. S. & M. Benson
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1897 | |
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Wyomissing, Pa.
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| Mapcase Folder 6 |
Photostat of E. R. Meinig
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1922 | |
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Maps
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| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Cincinnati
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France
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Maryland
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
New York
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| Mapcase Folder 6 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (no reference to Olmsted's work)
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1916, undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 9 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New Jersey; New York; Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore,
Maryland
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1916, undated | |
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Prefecture du Department de la Seine - Plan d'amenagement et d'extension de Paris
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1919 | ||
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Series II. F. L. Olmsted & Co.
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Proposition as to a Public Ground to Include the Harvard Arboretum (also another copy
added July 17, 1974)
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Nov. 1880 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
General Plan for Sudbrook. The Property of The Sudbrook Co. of Baltimore, Maryland
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Aug. 24, 1889 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
General Plan for the Subdivision into Roads and Building Sites of the William Mitchell
Estate - Bryn Mawr, Yonkers, New York
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Oct. 1890 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
General Plan for the Subdivision of Planter's Hill and World's End, Hingham, Mass.
The Property of John R. Brewer Esq.
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1890 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Preliminary Plan of Jamaica Park
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Dec. 1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Plan of the Parkway Between Muddy River Gate House and Jamaica Park
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Dec. 1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Plan of the Parkway From Jamaica Park to Franklin Park
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Dec. 1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Plan of the Charlesbank
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Dec. 1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Plan of Logan Place, Louisville
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1892 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
General Plan for Seneca Park, Rochester
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1893 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Plan of the Arnold Arboretum, showing progress of the work, and tree planting drawing
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Oct. 31, 1887 | |
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Series III. F. L. & J. C. Olmsted
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Plan for the Subdivision of the Estate of Edward S. Philbrick, Brookline, Mass.
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May 22, 1889 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Revised Preliminary Plan of Wood Island Park, Boston
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July 19, 1889 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Revised Study of a Plan for Marine Park, Boston
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Dec. 1889 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Marine Park - Plan of Proposed Aquarial Gardens
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Feb. 1891 | |
| Mapcase Folder 6 |
General Plan for the Town of Vandergrift, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
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July 1897 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
General Plan for Subdivision of Wompenanit, Montauk, Long Island - Property of Frank
Sherman Benson & May Benson
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Dec. 1897 | |
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Series IV. Olmsted, Olmsted, & Eliot
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
General Plan for Subdividing into Roads and Building Lots the Property of Newton Boulevard
Syndicate (Boston), Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, & 12 and of Robert R. Bishop, Blocks
6 & 7
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Feb. 1894 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Sketch Plan Showing the Existing & Proposed Public Reservations upon the Banks of
the Charles River Between Waltham Line and Craigie Bridge
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Mar. 1894 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Oaklands-Homestead Plat - General Plan for Subdivision of Estate of Sarah B. Eaton.
Providence, Rhode Island.
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June 1894 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
General Plan of South Park, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Dec. 1894 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
General Plan of West Park (Buffalo?)
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January 1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
General Plan of Lake Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Jan. 1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Mystic Valley Parkway (Boston) - General Plan
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Nov. 1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Middlesex Fells Parkway (Boston) - General Plan
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Nov. 1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 11 |
Plan of Bay Ridge Parkway (New York)
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1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Charles River Reservation - Boston, Cambridge, Newton, and Watertown
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1895 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Preliminary Plan for Proposed Improvement at the Southern End of Newport Harbor
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Jan. 26, 1897 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Preliminary Plan for the Improvement of Back Cove, Portland, Maine
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undated | |
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Series V. Olmsted Brothers - Landscape Architects
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| Mapcase Folder 7 |
General Plan for Keney Park, Hartford, Conn.
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Jan. 1898 | |
| Mapcase Folder 7 |
Pope Park, Hartford, Conn. - General Plan
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Dec. 1, 1898 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Sketch Plan of Public Reservations Upon the Banks of the Neponset River, Boston
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1899 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
General Plan of Revere Beach Parkway, Boston
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Nov. 30, 1899 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Craig Colony, Sonyea, New York - General Plan
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Dec. 1899 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
General Plan for the Subdivision of Fox Meadow - The Property of the Late Charles
Butler Esq. Hartsdale, New York
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Feb. 1900 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Design map for Alta Vista - the Property of John B. McFerran Esq. Louisville, Kentucky
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Mar. 1900 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
General Plan of Orange Park
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1900 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. - General Plan
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1900 | |
| Mapcase Folder 7 |
Goodwin Park (Hartford, Conn.) - General Plan
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1900 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
General Plan for Branch Brook Park - Newark, New Jersey
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1901 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
General Plan for Eagle Rock Reservation - Essex County, New Jersey
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1901 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Plan for subdivision of property at Little Nahant (Boston) belonging to Sally M. Simmons
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Feb. 1901 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
South Mountain Reservation Guide Map, Essex County, New Jersey
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Mar. 1902 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Revised Preliminary Plan for Grant Park, Chicago
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Sept. 22, 1903 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Palmer Park - Chicago
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1904 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Russell Square - Chicago
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1904 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Mark White Square, Chicago
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1904 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Calumet Park, Chicago - Preliminary Plan for Park No. 11
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Mar. 22, 1904 | |
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Preliminary Plan for Park No. 10 - Marquette Park, Chicago
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Jan. 20, 1905 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Duncan McDuffie Esq. - Berkeley, California - Planting Plan
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Mar. 1914 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
General Map of the property of J. E. Aldred Esq., Glen Cove, Long Island
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Feb. 17, 1916 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Grading Plans for house and gardens. Mr. J. D. Aldred, Glen Cove, Long Island
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Nov. 9, 1916 | |
| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Meadow Park (Lynn, Mass.) - Preliminary Plan for Development
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June 23, 1920 | |
| Mapcase Folder 10 |
Mr. Loren D. Towle, Newton, Mass. - Planting Plan
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Aug. 1, 1920 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Mr. C. E. Steffey, Hills and Dales, Montgomery Co. Ohio Planting Plan
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Jan. 29, 1921 | |
| Mapcase Folder 10 |
Mr. Loren D. Towle, Newton, Mass. - Planting for Wall Garden
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Mar. 24, 1921 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Mr. Wilfred Ward, Westerly, Rhode Island Planting Plan
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Apr. 9, 1921 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
General Plan for the Catholic University of America - Washington, D.C.
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Apr. 1, 1922 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Florida - Planting Plan
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July 10, 1922 | |
| Mapcase Folder 6 |
Mr. E. Richard Meinig, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania - Planting Plan for Area East of Shelter
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Aug. 28, 1922 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Mr. J. E. Aldred, Glen Cove, Long Island - Planting Plan for Center Panel in Vegetable
Garden
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Oct. 26, 1922 | |
| Mapcase Folder 6 |
F. M. Kirby Park - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Planting Plan for Region About Fieldhouse
at Childrens Playground
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Dec. 1922 | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Southern Parkway (including what was once the "Speedway") Planting Plan, Newark, New
Jersey
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Jan. 10, 1923 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Jackson Heights Gardens Apartments, Inc. Elmhurst, Long Island, New York Planting
Plan for Garden Court (negative photostat)
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Jan. 22, 1923 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Mr. George F. Baker, Jr. Glen Cove, Long Island, New York - Grading Plan
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June 19, 1923 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Preliminary Plan for Chickasaw Park, Louisville, Kentucky
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Dec. 1923 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Planting Plan for garden, Henry W. DeForest, Cold Springs Harbor, L.I., N.Y.
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June 1909 | |
| Mapcase Folder 7 |
Planting Plan, Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut
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April 1914 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Planting Plan for Extension, Henry W. DeForest, Cold Springs Harbor, L.I., N.Y.
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Dec. 1914 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Planting Plans for Flower Garden, J. E. Aldred, Glen Cove, L.I., N.Y.
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Feb. 1917 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Planting Plan, Kiernan Burial Plot, Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Oct. 1918 | |
| Mapcase Folder 10 |
Planting Plan for Shrub Garden, Mr. Loren D. Towle, Newton, Mass.
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Aug. 1920 | |
| Mapcase Folder 6 |
Patio Planting Plan, Edward W. Bok, Philadelphia
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July 1922 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Planting Plan for the Flower Garden, James A. Burden, Sussex, N.Y.
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Jan. 1923 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Planting for Cut Flower Garden, S. Z. Mitchell, Brookville, N.Y.
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Apr. 1923 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Olmsted, Vaux, & Co.Plan of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, reprinted
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1901 | |
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Series VI. Oversize Drawings
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| Item D-1 |
Warinanco Park, Elizabeth, NJ
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| Item D-2 |
Garden Plan, H. W. DeForest, Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., N.Y.
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| Item D-3 |
Aldred Garden Plan, Glen Cove, L.I., N.Y.
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| Item D-4 |
Garden Plan, H. W. DeForest, Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., N.Y.
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Series VII. Pamphlets
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Frederick Law Olmsted photograph
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1905 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
The Mountain Lake Sanctuary, Florida
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1955-1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
The White House Gardens and Grounds
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[2000] |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Preliminary Report in Regard to a Plan of Public Pleasure Grounds of the City of San
Francisco
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1866 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Observations of the Progress of Improvements in Street Plans with Special Reference
to the Park-Way Proposed to be Laid Out in Brooklyn
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1868 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Plan of Recreation Grounds for the city of Pawtucket
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Observations of the Treatment of Public Plantations More Especially Relating to the
Use of the Axe
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1889 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Landscape Problems in the Improvement of Spot Pond Reservoir, Metropolitan Water Works
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Improvement of the City of Detroit
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1905 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
The Improvement of Boulder Colorado
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
The First Canadian Housing and Town Planning Congress
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1912 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
City Planning. American Civic Association. Series II (4)
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Town and City Planning
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1916 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Report on the Physical Development of St. Paul's School Concord, New Hampshire
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1923 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
California State Park Survey
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Proposed Park Preservation
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
The Proposed Everglades National Park
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Architecture and Design. Vol. 3(8)
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