Category: Charles E. Beveridge

Field Notes

2026 Charles E. Beveridge Research Grant: Now Accepting Entries

The Charles E. Beveridge Research Grant supports research and projects that highlight the Olmsted firm’s legacy utilizing the Olmsted Archives at Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.
Project Types

Parks, Parkways, Recreation Areas and Scenic Reservations

Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's park projects.
Charles E. Beveridge

Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.

Landscape Architect, Author, Conservationist (1822–1903)
Charles E. Beveridge

Editing the Olmsted Papers Project

The Frederick Law Olmsted Papers and the Restoration of Olmsted's Parks.
Charles E. Beveridge

Frederick Law Olmsted: The Seven S’s of Olmsted Design

Seven key principles shaped Frederick Law Olmsted’s work.
Charles E. Beveridge

Frederick Law Olmsted: His Essential Theory

Despite his late commitment to landscape design, Olmsted's ideas on the subject had taken form long before he thought of himself as a landscape designer or attempted anything of the sort in a professional way.
Charles E. Beveridge

Frederick Law Olmsted: His Design Principles

Throughout his career, Frederick Law Olmsted created hundreds of works of landscape architecture. But his legacy goes far beyond these built masterworks.
Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm

The Olmsted Firm— An Introduction

In this reprinted article, Charles E. Beveridge walks us through the evolution of the Olmsted firm.