Lecture Under Construction

Rambles in the Parks lecture for SPENW at the University of Oregon,  under construction

Presenting at the University of Oregon, as part of SPE's Northwest Regional Conference

Liberty Park Ruins, Spokane, Washington, ©Dennis DeHart, 2012

Liberty Park, The Olmsted Firms Original Design, http://spokaneparks.org/Parks/page/119/

I will be lecturing on my current project, Rambles in the Park: Olmsted's Distant Effects in the Pacific Northwest. The lecture will be on Saturday, Nov. 3,  in Lawrence Hall at 11am, at The University of Oregon in Eugene. 

Historical Research

Currently sifting through the on-line photographic archives focused on parks/landscapes in Spokane.

A big thanks to Tracy Rebstock, Digital Access Archivist, for providing me with these resources. 

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC)
http://www.northwestmuseum.org/museum/

Digital Archives / Under Spokane City Historic Preservation Office
http://digitalarchives.wa.gov/

Northwest Room at the Spokane Public Library Downtown
http://www.spokanelibrary.org/index.php?page=digicol

Olmstead Associates records is held by the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2001/ms001018.pdf

Park plans for Adams Park, Dated Oct. 21, 1911, Olmsted Brothers, Brookline, Mass (I-pod snap in the library archives at the MAC)

Terwilliger Parkway

View of downtown Portland from Terwilliger Blvd. © Dennis DeHart, 2012

Terwilliger Parkway Under Construction (1911)

Marquam Hill, 1932

http://terwilligerfriends.org/

http://theintertwine.org/parks/sw-terwilliger-blvd-parkway