Guide to the Frederick Law Olmsted Architectural Drawings And Plans,
1877-1927

Collection Number: 462

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Cornell University
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Compiled by:
L. Wodehouse, P. McCray
Date completed:
1963-1986
EAD encoding:
Julia Guarneri, July 2002
EAD encoding:
Serge Agbre, September 2008

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Frederick Law Olmsted architectural drawings and plans, 1877-1927.
Collection Number:
462
Creator:
Frederick Law Olmsted 1822-1903.
Quantity:
1 map case drawer; 1 folder.
Forms of Material:
Drawings, maps, negatives, manuscripts, reports, brochures.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Olmsted, Frederick Law,1822-1903.
Olmsted, Frederick Law,
Olmsted, John Charles.
F. L. and J. C. Olmsted.
F. L. Olmsted and Co.
Olmsted and Co.
Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot.

Subjects:
Landscape architecture.

Form and Genre Terms:
Architectural drawings.
Genealogies.
Maps.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Frederick Law Olmsted architectural drawings and plans, #462. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Drawings are filed in folders by state as follows:
Geographical Location Folder Number
California 1
Connecticut 7
Florida 1
Illinois 8
Kentucky 2
Maine 1
Maryland 1
Massachusetts 5
Mount Royal 1
New Jersey 3
New York 4
Ohio 2
Pennsylvania 6
Rhode Island 3
Washington, D.C. 1
Wisconsin 1
SERIES LIST

Series I. Olmsted Collection of Drawings
Series II. F. L. Olmsted & Co.
Series III. F. L. & J. C. Olmsted
Series IV. Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot
Series V. Olmsted Brothers - Landscape Architects
Series VI. Oversize Drawings
Series VII. Pamphlets
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Olmsted Collection of Drawings (Listed by City)
Albany
1891
Washington Park
 Folder 4
Most likely not by F. L. Olmsted
Baltimore
1901
Roland Park
 Folder 1
1899
The Sudbrook Co.
 Folder 1
Berkeley, California
1914
Duncan McDuffie
 Folder 1
Boston
Blue Hills Reservation
 Folder 5
1892
Charlesbank
 Folder 5
1895
Charles River Reservation
 Folder 5
1892
Jamaica Park
 Folder 5
Little Nahant
 Folder 5
1889 & 1891
Marine Park
 Folder 5
1899
Marine Park
 Folder 5
1895
Middlesex Fells Parkway
 Folder 5
Middlesex Fells Reservation
 Folder 5
1895
Mystic Valley Parkway
 Folder 5
1899
Neponset River
 Folder 5
1894
Newton Boulevard Syndicate
 Folder 5
1892
Parkway: Revere Beach
 Folder 5
1892
Parkway: Jamaica Park to Frankl Park
 Folder 5
1892
Parkway: Muddy River Gatehouse & Jamaica Park
 Folder 5
1884
Parkway: Middlesex Fells
 Folder 5
1884
____ Roxbury Park
 Folder 5
Brookline, Mass.
1889
Estate of Edward S. Philbrick
 Folder 5
Buffalo
1884 (1894?)
South Park
 Folder 4
Cambridge, Mass.
1880
Harvard Arboretum
 Folder 5
Campbell Park, Millburn, N.J.
Downing Vaux
 Folder 3
Chicago, Ill.
(Other Parks of Chicago without name of landscape architect in drawer marked Landscape Architects - General)
1904
Calumet Park
 Folder 8
1904
Mark White Square
 Folder 8
1904
Palmer Park
 Folder 8
1904
Russell Square
 Folder 8
1912
Union Park
 Folder 8
1914
West Park
 Folder 8
1905
Washington Park
 Folder 8
1903
Grant Park
 Folder 8
1915
Lincoln Park
 Folder 8
1905
Jackson Park
 Folder 8
1912
Humbolt Park
 Folder 8
1912
Garfield Park
 Folder 8
Cold Harbor Springs, Long Island, N.Y.
1923
Dr. Walter James Cemetary Lot
 Folder 4
1889
Craig Colony, Sonyea, N.Y.
 Folder 4
1906
East Aurora
 Folder 4
Elmhurst, Long Island, N.Y.
1923
Jackson Heights Garden Apartments, Inc.
 Folder 4
1900-1902
Essex County, N.J.
1901
Branch Brook Park
 Folder 3
Fox Meadow, Hartsdale, N.Y.
1900
Property of C. Butler
 Folder 4
Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
1916
J. E. Aldred - house and gardens
 Folder 4
1923
G. F. Baker, Jr.
 Folder 4
Hartford
1898
Pope Park
 Folder 7
1900
Goodwin Park
 Folder 7
1898
Keney Park
 Folder 7
Hills & Dales, Montgomery Co., Ohio
1921
C. E. Steffey
 Folder 2
Hingham, Mass.
1890
Property John Brewer
 Folder 5
Louisville
1923
Chickasaw Park
 Folder 2
1892
Logan Place
 Folder 2
Lynn, Mass.
1920
Meadow Park
 Folder 5
Milwaukee
1885
West Park
 Folder 1
1885
Lake Park
 Folder 1
1900
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.
 Folder 5
1877
Mount Royal
 Folder 5
Newark, N.J.
1923
Southern Parkway
 Folder 3
Newport, R.I.
1897
Southern Harbor
 Folder 3
Newton, Mass.
1920
L. D. Towle
 Folder 5
New York, N.Y.
1895
Bay Ridge Park
 Folder 4
Borough of the Bronx
 Folder 4
1890
Bryn Mawr - William Mitchell Estate, Yonkers, N.Y.
 Folder 4
Central Park
 Folder 4
1901
Prospect Park
 Folder 4
Rochester
1893
Seneca Park
 Folder 4
Philadelphia
1910
Fairmount Park
 Folder 6
Portland, Maine
 Folder 1
Providence
1894
Oaklands Homestead Plat - Estate of Sarah B. Heaton
 Folder 3
1897
Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pa.
 Folder 6
Washington, D.C.
1927
Catholic University of America
 Folder 1
Westerly, R.I.
1921
W. Ward
 Folder 3
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
1922
F. M. Kirby Park
 Folder 6
Wongpenanit, Montauk, Ill.
1897
General Plan - Property of F. S. & M. Benson
 Folder 8
Wyomissing, Pa.
1922
E. R. Meinig
 Folder 6
Maps
Cincinnati
 Folder 2
France
Maryland
 Folder 1
New York
 Folder 1
Pennsylvania
 Folder 6
1919
Prefecture du Department de la Seine - Plan d'amenagement et d'extension de Paris
Series II. F. L. Olmsted & Co.
Nov. 1880
Proposition as to a Public Ground to Include the Harvard Arboretum (also another copy added July 17, 1974)
 Folder 5
Aug. 24, 1889
General Plan for Sudbrook. The Property of The Sudbrook Co. of Baltimore, Maryland
 Folder 1
Oct. 1890
General Plan for the Subdivision into Roads and Building Sites of the William Mitchell Estate - Bryn Mawr, Yonkers, New York
 Folder 4
1890
General Plan for the Subdivision of Planter's Hill and World's End, Hingham, Mass. The Property of John R. Brewer Esq.
 Folder 5
Dec. 1892
Preliminary Plan of Jamaica Park
 Folder 5
Dec. 1892
Plan of the Parkway Between Muddy River Gate House and Jamaica Park
 Folder 5
Dec. 1892
Plan of the Parkway From Jamaica Park to Franklin Park
 Folder 5
Dec. 1892
Plan of the Charlesbank
 Folder 5
1892
Plan of Logan Place, Louisville
 Folder 2
1893
General Plan for Seneca Park, Rochester
 Folder 4
Oct. 31, 1887
Plan of the Arnold Arboretum, showing progress of the work, and tree planting drawing
 Folder 5
Series III. F. L. & J. C. Olmsted
May 22, 1889
Plan for the Subdivision of the Estate of Edward S. Philbrick, Brookline, Mass.
 Folder 5
July 19, 1889
Revised Preliminary Plan of Wood Island Park, Boston
 Folder 5
Dec. 1889
Revised Study of a Plan for Marine Park, Boston
 Folder 5
Feb. 1891
Marine Park - Plan of Proposed Aquarial Gardens
 Folder 5
July 1897
General Plan for the Town of Vandergrift, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
 Folder 6
Dec. 1897
General Plan for Subdivision of Wompenanit, Montauk, Long Island - Property of Frank Sherman Benson & May Benson
 Folder 4
Series IV. Olmsted, Olmsted, & Eliot
Feb. 1894
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
Folder 5
Mar. 1894
Sketch Plan Showing the Existing & Proposed Public Reservations upon the Banks of the Charles River Between Waltham Line and Craigie Bridge
Folder 5
June 1894
Oaklands-Homestead Plat - General Plan for Subdivision of Estate of Sarah B. Eaton. Providence, Rhode Island.
 Folder 3
Dec. 1894
General Plan of South Park, Buffalo, N.Y.
 Folder 4
January 1895
General Plan of West Park (Buffalo?)
 Folder 4?
Jan. 1895
General Plan of Lake Park (Buffalo?)
 Folder 4?
Nov. 1895
Mystic Valley Parkway (Boston) - General Plan
 Folder 5
Nov. 1895
Middlesex Fells Parkway (Boston) - General Plan
 Folder 5
1895
Plan of Bay Ridge Parkway (New York)
 Folder 4
1895
Charles River Reservation - Boston, Cambridge, Newton, and Watertown
 Folder 5
Jan. 26, 1897
Preliminary Plan for Proposed Improvement at the Southern End of Newport Harbor
 Folder 3
Preliminary Plan for the Improvement of Back Cove, Portland, Maine
 Folder 1
Series V. Olmsted Brothers - Landscape Architects
Jan. 1898
General Plan for Keney Park, Hartford, Conn.
 Folder 7
Dec. 1, 1898
Pope Park, Hartford, Conn. - General Plan
 Folder 7
1899
Sketch Plan of Public Reservations Upon the Banks of the Neponset River, Boston
 Folder 5
Nov. 30, 1899
General Plan of Revere Beach Parkway, Boston
 Folder 5
Dec. 1899
Craig Colony, Sonyea, New York - General Plan
 Folder 4
Feb. 1900
General Plan for the Subdivision of Fox Meadow - The Property of the Late Charles Butler Esq. Hartsdale, New York
 Folder 4
Mar. 1900
Design map for Alta Vista - the Property of John B. McFerran Esq. Louisville, Kentucky
 Folder 2
1900
General Plan of Orange Park
 Folder x
1900
Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. - General Plan
 Folder 5
1900
Goodwin Park (Hartford, Conn.) - General Plan
 Folder 7
1901
General Plan for Portion of Roland Park
 Folder 1
1901
General Plan for Branch Brook Park - Newark, New Jersey
 Folder 3
1901
General Plan for Eagle Rock Reservation - Essex County, New Jersey
 Folder 3
Feb. 1901
Plan for subdivision of property at Little Nahant (Boston) belonging to Sally M. Simmons
 Folder 5
Mar. 1902
South Mountain Reservation Guide Map, Essex County, New Jersey
 Folder 3
Sept. 22, 1903
Revised Preliminary Plan for Grant Park, Chicago
 Folder 8
1904
Palmer Park - Chicago
 Folder 8
1904
Russell Square - Chicago
 Folder 8
1904
Mark White Square, Chicago
 Folder 8
Mar. 22, 1904
Calumet Park, Chicago - Preliminary Plan for Park No. 11
 Folder 8
Jan. 20, 1905
Preliminary Plan for Park No. 10 - Marquette Park, Chicago
 Folder 8
Mar. 1914
Duncan McDuffie Esq. - Berkeley, California - Planting Plan
 Folder 1
Feb. 17, 1916
General Map of the property of J. E. Aldred Esq., Glen Cove, Long Island
 Folder 4
Nov. 9, 1916
Grading Plans for house and gardens. Mr. J. D. Aldred, Glen Cove, Long Island
 Folder 4
June 23, 1920
Meadow Park (Lynn, Mass.) - Preliminary Plan for Development
 Folder 5
Aug. 1, 1920
Mr. Loren D. Towle, Newton, Mass. - Planting Plan
 Folder 5
Jan. 29, 1921
Mr. C. E. Steffey, Hills and Dales, Montgomery Co. Ohio Planting Plan
 Folder 2
Mar. 24, 1921
Mr. Loren D. Towle, Newton, Mass. - Planting for Wall Garden
 Folder 5
Apr. 9, 1921
Mr. Wilfred Ward, Westerly, Rhode Island Planting Plan
 Folder 3
Apr. 1, 1922
General Plan for the Catholic University of America - Washington, D.C.
 Folder 1
July 10, 1922
Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Florida - Planting Plan
 Folder 1
Aug. 28, 1922
Mr. E. Richard Meinig, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania - Planting Plan for Area East of Shelter
 Folder 6
Oct. 26, 1922
Mr. J. E. Aldred, Glen Cove, Long Island - Planting Plan for Center Panel in Vegetable Garden
 Folder 4
Dec. 1922
F. M. Kirby Park - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Planting Plan for Region About Fieldhouse at Childrens Playground
 Folder 6
Jan. 10, 1923
Southern Parkway (including what was once the "Speedway") Planting Plan, Newark, New Jersey
 Folder 3
Jan. 22, 1923
Jackson Heights Gardens Apartments, Inc. Elmhurst, Long Island, New York Planting Plan for Garden Court (negative photostat)
 Folder 4
June 19, 1923
Mr. George F. Baker, Jr. Glen Cove, Long Island, New York - Grading Plan
 Folder 4
Dec. 1923
Preliminary Plan for Chickasaw Park, Louisville, Kentucky
 Folder 2
June 1909
Planting Plan for garden, Henry W. DeForest, Cold Springs Harbor, L.I., N.Y.
 Folder 4
April 1914
Planting Plan, Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut
 Folder 7
Dec. 1914
Planting Plan for Extension, Henry W. DeForest, Cold Springs Harbor, L.I., N.Y.
 Folder 4
Feb. 1917
Planting Plans for Flower Garden, J. E. Aldred, Glen Cove, L.I., N.Y.
 Folder 4
Oct. 1918
Planting Plan, Kiernan Burial Plot, Green Bay, Wisconsin
 Folder 1
Aug. 1920
Planting Plan for Shrub Garden, Mr. Loren D. Towle, Newton, Mass.
 Folder 5
July 1922
Patio Planting Plan, Edward W. Bok, Philadelphia
 Folder 6
Jan. 1923
Planting Plan for the Flower Garden, James A. Burden, Sussex, N.Y.
 Folder 4
Apr. 1923
Planting for Cut Flower Garden, S. Z. Mitchell, Brookville, N.Y.
 Folder 4
Olmsted, Vaux, & Co.Plan of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, reprinted 1901
Folder 4
Series VI. Oversize Drawings
Warinanco Park, Elizabeth, NJ
 item #D-1
Garden Plan, H. W. DeForest, Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., N.Y.
 item #D-2
Aldred Garden Plan, Glen Cove, L.I., N.Y.
 item #D-3
Garden Plan, H. W. DeForest, Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., N.Y.
 item #D-4
Series VII. Pamphlets
Frederick Law Olmsted photograph 1905
 Box 1 Folder 1
The Mountain Lake Sanctuary, Florida 1955-1956
 Box 1 Folder 2
The White House Gardens and Grounds [2000]
 Box 1 Folder 2
Preliminary Report in Regard to a Plan of Public Pleasure Grounds of the City of San Francisco 1866
 Box 1 Folder 3
Observations of the Progress of Improvements in Street Plans with Special Reference to the Park-Way Proposed to be Laid Out in Brooklyn 1868
Box 1 Folder 4
Plan of Recreation Grounds for the city of Pawtucket
 Box 1 Folder 5
Observations of the Treatment of Public Plantations More Especially Relating to the Use of the Axe 1889
 Box 1 Folder 6
Landscape Problems in the Improvement of Spot Pond Reservoir, Metropolitan Water Works
 Box 1 Folder 7
Improvement of the City of Detroit 1905
 Box 1 Folder 8
The Improvement of Boulder Colorado
 Box 1 Folder 9
The First Canadian Housing and Town Planning Congress 1912
 Box 1 Folder 10
City Planning. American Civic Association. Series II (4)
 Box 1 Folder 11
Town and City Planning 1916
 Box 1 Folder 12
Report on the Physical Development of St. Paul’s School Concord, New Hampshire 1923
 Box 1 Folder 13
California State Park Survey
 Box 1 Folder 14
Proposed Park Preservation
 Box 1 Folder 15
The Proposed Everglades National Park
 Box 1 Folder 16
Architecture and Design. Vol. 3(8)
 Box 1 Folder 17