Frederick
Law Olmsted (1822-1903)
Fabos,
Julius G., et al. Frederick Law Olmsted. Amherst: University
of Massachusetts Press, 1968.
McLaughlin,
Charles S., and Beveridge, Charles, eds. The Papers of Frederick
Law Olmsted: Vol. I, The Formative Years, 1822-1852. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977.
Mitchell,
Broadus. Frederick Law Olmsted: Critic of the Old South.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1924.
Olmsted,
F. L., Jr., and Kimball, Theodore, eds. Frederick Law Olmsted:
Landscape Architect, 1822-1903: Forty Years of Landscape Architecture:
The Professional Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. Vol. I is
Early Years and Experiences and Vol. II is Architecture:
Central Park. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922 and 1928;
reprinted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1973.
Roper,
Laura Wood. FLO: A Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973. There is some
Connecticut material in the early chapters—insights into Olmsted's
childhood and youth—but not a lot.
Stevenson,
Elizabeth. Park Maker: A Life of Frederick Law Olmsted.
New York: Macmillan, 1977. An exhaustive study by an academic.
Two chapters deal with Connecticut origins.
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