The 1900 investigation of the Boston parks department: excerpts from the transcript including an introductory essay on the causes and meaning of the investigation
Contributors: Boston Special Committee of the Board of Aldermen on Investigation of.
Published: 1984
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Dole, Nathan Haskell, 1852-1935 -- Testimony.; Parsons, Samuel -- Testimony.; Pettigrew, John -- Testimony.; Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot.; Boston Aldermen -- Hearings -- Transcripts.; Boston Parks Dept. -- Investigation.; Enneking, John J. -- Testimony.; Investigations of Conduct in Government -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Parks Dept.; Landscape gardening -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Parks Dept. -- Investigation.; Matthews, Nathan.; Parks -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Management -- Controversy.; Sargent, Charles Sprague -- Testimony.
Other titles: Franklin park coalition bulletin, March 1984.
Description: ...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...