Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Laura Wood Roper papers, 1822-1982 |
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Span Dates | 1825-1982 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1871-1895 and 1948-1952) |
ID No. | MSS83853 |
Creator | Roper, Laura Wood, 1911- |
Extent | 2,280 items ; 19 containers ; 9 linear feet ; 10 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Biographer of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903). Correspondence, research notes, reports, clippings, and printed matter related to Olmsted and the landscape architectural firm, Olmsted Associates (1961- ) and its predecessors, collected by Roper for her biography of Olmsted. Also includes card indexes containing abstracts mostly from Olmsted’s correspondence in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001020 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm96083853 |