CHARLES E. BEVERIDGE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
The Charles E. Beveridge Research Fellowship honors the eminent scholar, Series Editor of The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, and devoted friend of Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Olmsted NHS) and its archives and collections. The Fellowship is intended to encourage the use of these archives and foster the continued development of Olmsted scholarship. Many of the Olmsted firm’s plans, drawings and photographs can be viewed online on the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Flickr page. The Olmsted Research Guide Online is a searchable database list of plans, drawings, and photographs found at Olmsted NHS as well as correspondence and reports held at the Library of Congress. Additional information on the Archives and collections at Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site can be found at the Olmsted NHS website.
2023 CHARLES E. BEVERIDGE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT
Loïc Massias, Paris, France
The Reception of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Park Systems in France: 1880 to 1945
This research project examines the circulation of knowledge and skills between the USA and France through the work of Frederick Law Olmsted and French landscape architects. Olmsted maintained close connections with many European landscape architects and may have influenced French landscape designers such as Édouard André, Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier, Henri Prost and Jacques Grebér. While in the United States, Loïc Massias will be researching both theoretical and practical applied examples of Olmsted’s parks and park systems. This will include research at Fairsted on projects such as the Buffalo and Boston park systems as well as the contributions of Henry Codman, who studied with André before becoming a partner in the Olmsted firm.
ADDITIONAL RECIPIENTS OF BEVERIDGE FELLOWSHIP
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