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1.1.04.O56 Olmsted correspondence

Date statement: Letter dates: 1904-1943
Summary:

 One file box. 
Description:
 Correspondence, letters and published articles about the Olmsted brothers. Photocopies reproduced from the manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Folders dated 1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937-38, 1939-43.

1904 correspondents include:
C.E. Fowler
John C. Olmsted 
Charles W. Saunders
John W. Thompson

1934 correspondents include:
R.B. Coe
L.M. Davenport
J.F. Dawson
D.E. Frederick
Donald Graham
Herbert G. Ihrig
Arthur Krauss
Sophie M. Krauss
Charles W. Saunders
Mary Sheehan
U.S. Dept of Interior (Olmsted site archival holdings)
Hugo Winkenwerder
Leon Zach

1935 correspondents include:
Frank S. Baker
Herbert T. Condon
J.F. Dawson
W.T. Douglas?
Fred C. Dunham
I.W. Embury
Joel E. Ferris
Carl F. Gould
Donald G Graham
Mrs. Loren Grinstead
Arthur J. Krauss
Sophie M. Krauss
Edmond S. Meany
Olmsted Brothers
Edward P Ryan
L.P.Sieg
Hugo Winkenwerder
H. Whiting?

1936 correspondents include:
James Frederck Dawson
Walter T. Douglas
Donald G. Graham
Caroline Johnson
Mrs. Geo. B. Lane
(Mrs. C. K.) Frances Larrabee
Frederick Leissler
MacDougall, Alexander
Margaret McKenny
Olmsted Brothers

Alfred Rehder
W.T.Prosser
Jacob Umlauff
Aubrey L. White
Hugo Winkenwerder
Leon Zach

1937-38 correspondents include:
G. W. Bernier?
J.J. Bonnell
Raymond C. Davis
J. Frederick Dawson
Mrs. J. O. Gallagher
Herbert G. Ihrig
Sophie M. Krauss
Frederick Leissler
Mrs. C. W. Stimson (Clara)
Hugo Winkenwerder
Leon Zach

1939-1943 correspondents include:
Raymond C. Davis
James Frederick Dawson
Donald Graham
Arthur J. Krauss
Sophie M. Krauss
ECW
Olmsted Brothers
DP
Perry B. Truax
E. Weldon Young
Accession date: 2011-12-27 Last updated: 2023-04-12 14:24:15
Subjects: Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. , Board of Park Commissioners, Seattle, Seattle Parks, Seattle, City of, Landscape architecture, Seattle Garden Club, Washington Park Arboretum

NamesRoleFunction
McKenny, Margaret Other (oth)Subject
Dawson, FrederickOther (oth)Subject
Saunders, CharlesOther (oth)Subject
Thompson, John V. Other (oth)Subject
Olmsted, John Charles , 1852-1920Landscape architect (lsa)Subject
Davis, Raymond Other (oth)Subject
Ihrig, Herbert S. Other (oth)Subject
Krauss, SophieOther (oth)Subject
Umlauff, JacobOther (oth)Subject
Douglas, Walter T. Other (oth)Subject
Winkenwerder, HugoOther (oth)Subject
Leissler, Frederick, 1904-1989Other (oth)Subject
Graham, Donald G.Other (oth)Subject
MacDougall, Alexander Other (oth)Subject
Dawson, James F. Other (oth)Subject
Stimson, Clara W. Other (oth)Subject

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