Biographical Notes 2^ 



Active assistance to successful conclusion of cam- 

 paign for the preservation of Niagara Falls, in 

 which Mr. Olmsted was interested, with Messrs. 

 Potter, Dorsheimer, Norton, and others, since 

 1869. 



1884: John Charles Olmsted taken into full partnership. 

 Firm name: F. L. & J. C. Olmsted. 



Participation in campaign for preservation of 

 Adirondack region. 



Work recorded for Amherst College, University 

 of Vermont, Groton School, Memorial Park at 

 New London, Boston and Albany Railroad, Town 

 of Brookline (Aspinwall Avenue region) , Brookline 

 Country Club (drainage), Narragansett Casino 

 Company. Among others, advice given for estates 

 at Lenox, Stockbridge, Beverly, Waltham, Mass. 

 Land subdivisions planned at Chestnut Hill 

 (Mass.), Newport, Providence, Yonkers, and five 

 or six other places. 



J a n ' y " Went with Richardson the architect to Maiden 

 and determined the site of the proposed memorial 

 Library." 



Mar. II "I expect to leave Friday evening at latest with 

 my preliminary plan for Belle Isle." 



May 24 Mentions in letter to J. C. Olmsted jobs on Trenton 

 and Boston parks, Capitol at Washington, Law- 

 renceville School, Chestnut Hill, Cypress Street, 

 and Brookline stations, and visit with McKim to 

 Stillman place above Sing Sing. 



