Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo (1996)
Dates of creation
1991-1996
Level of archival description
Subseries
Extent and Medium
0.35 l.m. of textual records
42 slides
Scope and Content
The sub-series documents the exhibition and the related publication "Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo" curated by Pettena. The exhibition was presented at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, in 1996. The exhibition, dedicated to American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, is the result of several years of Pettena's research on landscape architecture and how urban parks symbolized social changes in the second half of the 19th century.
This sub-series contains research material such as notes by Pettena, information on Olmsted's landscape projects, publications on Olmsted, and leaflets and ephemera from other exhibitions or events on Olmsted. The research material also contains correspondence of Gianni Pettena with experts on Olmsted or with the Frederick Law Olmsted Association. Also included, are documents related to the planning and the production of the exhibition and the related publication, such as correspondence, exhibition programs, strategic program, summaries of the exhibition's themes, object lists, and budget and draft texts for the publication.
Material in this sub-series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.
Location
Florence
Italy
Related units of description
A copy of the exhibition catalogue "Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo" is held by the CCA's Library (IDM NA44.O51; ID:96-B3400).
Title: Research, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Title: Research, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: 1993-1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 31
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Description:
Contains also some correspondence of Pettena for his research on Olmsted, and for the planing of the exhibition.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Correspondence from the American Institute of Architects - Orange County for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence from Annamaria Petroli Tofani to the President of the Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with Professor William Alex from The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex from The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex of The Frederick Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex from The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex from The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex from The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex from The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex from The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex from The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Title: Research, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: 1980-1992
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 8
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Correspondence with William Alex of The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex of The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Olmstead's preliminary plan for laying out buildings and grounds of the American University in Washington D.C. for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Olmsted's plan showing proposition as to a public ground to include the Havard Arboretum for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Olmsted's grading plan for Marine Park in Boston, Massachusetts for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Title: Research, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.03 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Title: Research, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.03 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Title: Research, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Title: Research, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 49
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
42 slides
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Photocopy of article by Pettena, Giuseppe Poggi e il Viale dei Colli a Firenze Frederick Law Olmsted, Storia urbana, XVI(60), 1992, pp. 59 for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Photocopy of article by Frederick Law Olmsted, Parks and Playgrounds, The American Magazine of Art, Vol XI, No 9 for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Photocopy of article by John Nolen, Frederick Law Olmsted and his work, House and Garden, Vol X, No. 1 for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Photocopy of an article by Leonard J. Simutis, Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. A Reassessment, AIP Journal for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Photocopy of article about the Olmsteds by Joseph Hudak, Nine Decades of Landscape Design, Landscape Architecture XLV, No. 3 for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Slide showing aerial view of Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA for Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Title: Research, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 5
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Copy of An Olmsted Bibliography by Franklin Park Coalition Bulletin for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Highlighted article by Charles E. Beveridge titled Frederick Law Olmsted e il landscape design for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Bibliography of Frederick Law Olmsted articles from 1979-1990 for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Title: Articles on Olmsted, promotional texts on exhibition, and operational and strategic program, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 3
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Title: Correspondence, exhibition program, themes summaries and object lists, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: 1991-1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 5
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Correspondence with William Alex of The Frederick Law Olmstead Association for exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with Francis R. Kowsky at Buffalo State College for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Correspondence with William Alex of The Frederick Law Olmsted Association for the exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Title: Notes, exhibition program, budget, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Title: Draft texts for publication, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.03 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Title: Press and promotional material, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: circa 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.03 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Title: Press and promotional material, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 3
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.03 l.m. of textual records
Arrangement:
Contains also a copy of the serial "Area" with an article on Gianni Pettena that is not related to the rest of the material of this group. It was kept in this file to preserve the original order.
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
Photograph of Pettena and two colleagues giving presentation or press conference for exhibition Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Title: Press, Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo
Dates of creation: 1996
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (curator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.03 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
