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Olmsted Brothers Collection, n.d., 1913-1916
1969-2
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Collection Title: Olmsted Brothers Collection,
Date (inclusive): n.d., 1913-1916
Collection Number: 1969-2
Creator:
Olmsted Brothers
Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920
Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., 1870-1957
Extent: 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 tube
Repository:
Environmental Design Archives.
University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California.
Abstract: The collection consists of records created by the Olmsted Brothers firm, as well as materials relating to Frederick Law Olmsted,
Sr.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
[Identification of item], Olmsted Brothers Collection, (1969-2), Environmental Design Archives. University of California,
Berkeley. Berkeley, California.
The bulk of this collection was donated in 1969.
St. Francis Wood, San Francisco.
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), known as the "father of American landscape architecture," designed and planned parks and
park systems throughout the United States. His earliest designs, completed with partner Calvert Vaux, include New York's Central
Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, and Chicago's South Parks.
Olmsted's stepson and son, John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. became landscape architects as well, working
in Olmsted's firm. The two formed the Olmsted Brothers firm in 1898, after the retirement of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and
the death of partner Charles Eliot. The Olmsted Brothers completed numerous large projects, including comprehensive park systems,
universities, exposition grounds, libraries, hospitals, and state capitols. In addition, the two were among the founding
members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
The Olmsted Brothers collection consists of records created by the Olmsted Brothers firm, as well as materials relating to
Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. Records of the firm consist of site plans and planting plans of Saint Francis Wood (San Francisco).
Items concerning Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. consist of a portrait and a reproduction of the plan for Oakland's Mountain View
Cemetery, by Olmsted & Vaux.