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The Olmsted Archives is one of the most widely researched museum collections in the National Park System, containing over 1,000,000 historic documents.
Park and city planners from across the United States use these records each year to rehabilitate and rebuild many of the nation's most significant and beloved landscapes to the lasting benefit of millions of people. Historians, students, and preservation planners use the collection to document historic areas and to produce exhibits, films and scholarly publications.
The National Park Service is currently cataloging and conserving the collections which contain landscape photographs, initial surveys, field sketches, general plans, planting lists, presentation drawings, business records and scale models. Researchers have the opportunity to survey and study historic records related to parks, gardens, communities, estates, and campuses designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and the Olmsted firm, including:
Acadia National Park, Maine
Atlanta Parks, Georgia
Baltimore Park System, Maryland
Boston Park System, Massachusetts
Buffalo Park System, New York
Central Park, New York, New York
Chicago Park System, Illinois
Denver Park Commission, Colorado
Louisville Park System, Kentucky
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York
Seattle Park System, Washington
Stanford University, California
US Capitol Grounds, Washington, DC
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
White House Grounds, Washington, DC
Yosemite National Park, California.
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