The 1900 investigation of the Boston parks department: excerpts from the transcript including an introductory essay on the causes and meaning of the investigation

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The 1900 investigation of the Boston parks department: excerpts from the transcript including an introductory essay on the causes and meaning of the investigation

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...excerpts from the transcript of a public hearing concerning the management of Boston parks; includes a reprint of a newspaper article from the Jamaica Plain News, January 27, 1898 regarding the removal of park trees, shrubbery and other natural features together with a petition; also includes the minority report of the Special Committee of the Board of Aldermen on Investigation of the Park Dept. and Other Items; reprints testimony from the following individuals: Charles Stratton, Nathan Haskell Dole, John J. Enneking, Sprague Sargent, John Pettigrew and Samuel Parsons; excerpts the closing remarks of Parks Dept. counsel Nathan Matthews; the introductory essay points out the relevance of this investigation to todays parks concerns; original feature photos are contrasted to those taken in 1983; letters from lanscape architects (Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot) and others are included; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...

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Franklin park coalition bulletin, March 1984.

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(13) p. + 85p.
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85

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