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. All materials relating to Roland Park in Baltimore, Maryland has been transferred to the Special Collections at Johns Hopkins University.
Dates
- 1877-1939.
Creator
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. (Person)
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957. (Person)
- Olmsted, John Charles. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.3 cubic feet.
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.
SERIES LIST
Physical Description
Drawings, maps, negatives, manuscripts, reports, brochures.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- L. Wodehouse, P. McCray
- Date completed:
- 1963-1986
- EAD encoding:
- Julia Guarneri, July 2002
- EAD encoding:
- Serge Agbre, September 2008
- Last modified:
- Marcie Farwell, March 2016
General
- Geographical Location
- Folder Number
- California
- 1
- Connecticut
- 7
- Florida
- 1
- Illinois
- 8
- Kentucky
- 2
- Maine
- 1
- Maryland
- 1
- Massachusetts
- 5, 10
- Mount Royal
- 1
- New Jersey
- 3
- New York
- 4, 11
- Ohio
- 2
- Pennsylvania
- 6
- Rhode Island
- 3
- Washington, D.C.
- 1
- Wisconsin
- 1
General
Items related to Roland Park in Baltimore, Maryland that were part of this collection have been transferred to the Special Collections at Johns Hopkins University.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by L. Wodehouse, P. McCray
- Date
- July 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu