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Frederick Law Olmsted correspondence, 1910-1951.
BANC FILM 2060; BANC FILM 2060; BANC MSS 77/79 z
Collection Overview

Title:

Frederick Law Olmsted correspondence, 1910-1951

Creator/Contributor:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957, creator

Abstract:

Mainly carbon copies of his correspondence, l9l0-1916, relating to legislation concerning the National Park Service, with a few reference to the Hetch Hetchy controversy. Include letters from J. Horace McFarland and Richard B. Watrous (American Civic Association), Mark Sullivan (Collier's), Frank Pierce (U. S. Dept. of the Interior), Allen Chamberlain (Society for the Preservation of National Parks), John Nolen, Reed Smoot, Gifford Pinchot, H. S. Graves (U. S. Forest Service), and James S. Pray (American Society of Landscape Architects).

Date:

1910 (issued)

Subject:

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McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace) -- 1859-1948
Sullivan, Mark -- 1874-1952
Watrous, Richard Benedict -- 1869-
Chamberlain, Allen -- 1867-
Nolen, John -- 1869-1937
Smoot, Reed -- 1862-1941
Pinchot, Gifford -- 1865-1946
Graves, Henry S. (Henry Solon) -- 1871-1951
Pierce, Frank -- 1857-
Pray, James Sturgis -- 1871-
United States. -- National Park Service.
American Civic Association.
United States. -- Department of the Interior.
Society for the Preservation of National Parks.
American Society of Landscape Architects.
United States. -- Forest Service.
P.F. Collier, Inc.
National parks and reserves -- United States
Conservation of natural resources -- United States
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)

Note:

Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2060.

Physical Description:

1 portfolio.
1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2163) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC FILM 2060
BANC FILM 2060
BANC MSS 77/79 z

Origin:

California