Eliot, Charles, 1859-1897

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Landscape architect. Educated at Harvard College (A.B. 1882). Eliot was instrumental in the development of the Boston Metropolitan Park system. Later, his ideas set the pattern for most American metropolitan parks. In 1892, Eliot was hired as landscape architect by the new Metropolitan Park Commission, which he had been instrumental in creating. In following years, the state legislature established a permanent commission, and implemented Eliot's recommendations for the development of a regional open space system. Before his death in 1897, Eliot had completed plans for the Charles River Basin, which came into existence after the dam was built in 1910.

From the description of Papers of Charles Eliot, 1741-1933 (inclusive), 1880-1897 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 188581099
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referencedIn English-language manuscript verse in the Houghton Library: First-line index, ca. 1000-ca. 1820. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1895-1961. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Slade, Marshall Perry,. Champlain Society photographs, 1880. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Justin R. Hartzog papers, 1917-1966. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Records, 1882-1889. Houghton Library
referencedIn Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence Houghton Library
referencedIn Putnam, Frederic Ward, 1839-1915. Papers, 1807-1971 (bulk: 1855-1935) Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University
referencedIn Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919. Papers of William Gilson Farlow, 1866-1919 (bulk). Harvard University, Botany Libraries
referencedIn Wendte, Charles William, 1844-1931. Papers, 1867-1931 Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Bussey Institution. Records of the Bussey Institution, 1883-1994. Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, Horticultural Library, Jamacia Plain
referencedIn Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. Papers of Barrett Wendell [manuscript], 1885-1918. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957. Notebooks, 1897-1902. Houghton Library
creatorOf Eliot, Charles, 1859-1897. Papers of Charles Eliot, 1741-1933 (inclusive), 1880-1897 (bulk). Harvard University, Frances Loeb Library
referencedIn Papers, 1822-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Autograph file, E, 1564-1961. Houghton Library
referencedIn Parkman family papers, 1793-1896 Houghton Library
referencedIn Laura Wood Roper Papers, 1825-1982, (bulk 1871-1895 and 1948-1952) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. Charles Eliot Memorial Bridge Papers, 1897-1907. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Autograph File, E, 1564-1961. Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
referencedIn James Bradley Thayer papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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correspondedWith Frederic Ward Putnam, 1813-1915 person
associatedWith Harvard University corporateBody
correspondedWith HELEN LAWRENCE (APPLETON) WASHBURN BROOKS, 1846-1938 person
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associatedWith Justin R.(Justin Richardson), Hartzog 1892-1963. person
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associatedWith Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. person
associatedWith Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. person
associatedWith Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot. corporateBody
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associatedWith Roper, Laura Wood, 1911-2003. person
associatedWith Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 person
associatedWith Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957. person
associatedWith Slade, Marshall Perry, person
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correspondedWith Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902 person
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associatedWith Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. person
correspondedWith Wendte, Charles William, 1844-1931 person
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Birth 1859-11-01

Death 1897-03-25

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