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Manuscript/Mixed Material Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1839-1903; 1881 , A Consideration of the Justifying Value of a Public Park; Prepared at the Request of the American Social Science Association and Read at Its Meeting in Saratoga, 1880 (Boston: Tolman & White, Printers. 20 pp.) (2 copies)

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Title

  • Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1839-1903; 1881 , A Consideration of the Justifying Value of a Public Park; Prepared at the Request of the American Social Science Association and Read at Its Meeting in Saratoga, 1880 (Boston: Tolman & White, Printers. 20 pp.) (2 copies)

Names

  • Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Headings

  • -  United States Sanitary Commission
  • -  Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903--Correspondence
  • -  Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903--Friends and associates
  • -  Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903--Family
  • -  Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903--Homes and haunts
  • -  Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920--Correspondence
  • -  Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957--Correspondence
  • -  Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895--Correspondence
  • -  Olmsted and Vaux (Firm: 1858)
  • -  Frederick Law Olmsted (Firm: 1858-1884)
  • -  F.L. and J.C. Olmsted (Firm : 1884-1889)
  • -  F.L. Olmsted and Company (Firm: 1889-1893)
  • -  Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot (Firm: 1893-1897)
  • -  F.L. and J.C. Olmsted (Firm : 1897-1898)
  • -  Olmsted Brothers (Firm: 1898-1961)
  • -  United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
  • -  Expositions
  • -  City planning
  • -  Conservation
  • -  Environmental protection
  • -  Landscape architecture
  • -  Parks--Design and construction
  • -  Regional planning
  • -  Slavery--Southern States
  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--History
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Call Number/Physical Location

  • series: Speeches and Writings File, 1839-1903
  • mss35121, box 52; reel 45

Source Collection

  • Frederick Law Olmsted papers

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Chicago citation style:

Olmsted, Frederick Law. Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Speeches and Writings File, -1903; 1881 , A Consideration of the Justifying Value of a Public Park; Prepared at the Request of the American Social Science Association and Read at Its Meeting in Saratoga, 1880 Boston: Tolman & White, Printers. 20 pp. 2 copies. 1881. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss351210498/.

APA citation style:

Olmsted, F. L. (1881) Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Speeches and Writings File, -1903; 1881 , A Consideration of the Justifying Value of a Public Park; Prepared at the Request of the American Social Science Association and Read at Its Meeting in Saratoga, 1880 Boston: Tolman & White, Printers. 20 pp. 2 copies. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss351210498/.

MLA citation style:

Olmsted, Frederick Law. Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Speeches and Writings File, -1903; 1881 , A Consideration of the Justifying Value of a Public Park; Prepared at the Request of the American Social Science Association and Read at Its Meeting in Saratoga, 1880 Boston: Tolman & White, Printers. 20 pp. 2 copies. 1881. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss351210498/>.