SHORT TITLES USED IN CITATIONS

1. Correspondents’ Names

BCCP	Board of Commissioners of the Central Park
CV	Calvert Vaux
ELG	Edwin Lawrence Godkin
FLO	Frederick Law Olmsted
HWB	Henry Whitney Bellows
JO	John Olmsted
MPO	Mary Perkins Olmsted
USSC	United States Sanitary Commission

2. Standard References

BDAC	Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1971
DAB	Dictionary of American Biography
DAE	Dictionary of American English
DNB	Dictionary of National Biography
EB	Encyclopaedia Britannica
NCAB	National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
OED	Oxford English Dictionary

3. Books by Frederick Law Olmsted

Back Country: A Journey in the Back Country ... (New York, 1860).
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Journey Through Texas: A Journey Through Texas; Or, A Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier... (1857; rpt. ed., New York, 1969).
Seaboard Slave States: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States in the Years 1853–1854, With Remarks on Their Economy . . . (New York, 1856).

4. Other Published Works

Appleton’s Cyc. Am. Biog.: Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography, ed. James G. Wilson and John Fiske (New York, 1887–89).
Bancroft Works: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft . . ., 39 vols. (San Francisco, 1882–90). Volumes 23 and 24 of Bancroft Works are volumes 6 and 7 of the History of California (1848–1859 and 1860–1890).
BCCP, _____ Annual Report [18–]: New York City, Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, Annual Report (New York, 1858–70). Each annual report covers the calendar year preceding the year of publication.
BCCP, Minutes: New York City, Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, Minutes of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park (New York, 1858–69).
BPC, Annual Reports, 1861–1873: Brooklyn, Park Commissioners, Annual Reports of the Brooklyn Park Commissioners, 1861–1873 (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1873).
Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Liberty Hyde Bailey et al., Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation of Horticultural Plants, Descriptions of the Species of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Ornamental Plants Sold in the United States and Canada, Together with Geographical and Biographical Sketches, 4 vols. (London, 1900).
Forty Years: Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and Theodora Kimball, eds., Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822–1903 (Forty Years of Landscape Architecture), 2 vols. (New York, 1922–28).
Geology: California, State Geologist [Josiah Dwight Whitney], Geology: Report of Progress and Synopsis of Field Work from 1860 to 1864 (Philadelphia, 1865).
Great Libel Case: Thurlow Weed, The Great Libel Case. Geo. Opdyke agt. Thurlow Weed. A Full Report of the Speeches of Counsel, Testimony, etc., etc. (New York, 1865).
History of the College of California: Samuel H. Willey, History of the College of California (San Francisco, 1887), pt. 2.
Manager’s General Report: [Frederick Law Olmsted], Mariposa Estate. The Manager’s General Report, January 1st, 1864 (New York, 1864).
Mariposa Company: The Mariposa Company, 34 Wall Street, New York (New York, 1863).
Mariposa Company v. Cornelius Garrison: N.Y. Supreme Court, The Mariposa Company against Cornelius K. Garrison. Papers read on Motion to Dissolve Injunction (New York, 1864).
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Mariposa Estate: Its Past, Present and Future: The Mariposa Estate: Its Past, Present and Future. Comprising the Official Report of J. Ross Browne (U.S. Commissioner) upon its Mineral Resources, Transmitted to Congress on the 5th of March, 1868, by the Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and other documents, with a review of the causes which led to the late failure of the Mariposa Company and the transfer of the estate to trustees for the benefit of the holders of Mariposa certificates and preferred stock of the company, by the chairman of the late committee of investigation (New York, 1868).
Olmsted Genealogy: Henry K. Ward and George K. Ward, comps., Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries (New York, 1912).
Papers of FLO: The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, ed. Charles C. McLaughlin et al. (Baltimore, 1977–).
Up and Down California: William H. Brewer, Up and Down California in 1860–1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903, ed. Francis P. Farquhar, 3d ed.(Berkeley, Calif., 1966).
Yale Obit. Rec.: Yale University, Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University (New Haven, Conn., [1860–]).

5. Unpublished Sources

Brewer Pocket Diary: A pocket-sized diary for the year 1864 kept by William H. Brewer. In the William Henry Brewer Papers, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
HE Journal: A bound typescript copy of a journal kept by Harriet Errington from July 4 to August 16, 1864. It is part of “Harriet Errington’s Letters and Journal from California, 1864–1865.” In the Research Library and Museum, Yosemite National Park, Calif.
JO Journal: A manuscript journal and domestic account book kept by John Olmsted from 1836 to 1873 and continued until 1888 by his widow, Mary Ann Bull Olmsted. Three volumes, in the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
OAR/LC: Olmsted Associates Records, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Citations give box or volume number, followed by (respectively) folder or page number (i.e., A21: 624 for volume A21, page 624, or B74: #1032 for box B74, folder number 1032). The folder number is the same as the job number assigned a given project by the Olmsted firm—in this case project 1032 is Leland Stanford, Jr., University.