DESIGNING THE NATION'S CAPITAL: The 1901 Plan for Washington, D.C.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My co-editor, Pamela Scott, and I would like to place
the name of the late Charles Atherton, secretary of the Commission of
Fine Arts from 1965 to 2004, at the beginning of our acknowledgments
list. It was Mr. Atherton who suggested that a book would be the most
suitable way to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Senate Park
Commission, and he followed its progress until his death in December
2005. His knowledge of the development of Washington was extensive, and
he will be sorely missed.
We thank the following individuals and institutions
who have been so helpful to us and the other authors of the essays in
this book: Jeffrey R. Carson, former assistant secretary of the
Commission of Fine Arts and first editor of this book, for his work in
getting the project started; my fellow co-workers at the Commission of
Fine Arts, for their support; the staff of the Prints and Photographs
Division, Manuscript Division, and Geography and Maps Division of the
Library of Congress; the staff of the National Archives and Records
Administration; the staff of the Washingtoniana Division, Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Library; the staff of the American Institute of
Architects Library and Archives, and the American Architectural
Foundation, especially Sherry Birk; Eleanor Gillers and Mary Beth
Kavanaugh of the New-York Historical Society; Mary Woolever of the
Ryerson and Burnham Archives of the Art Institute of Chicago; T. Michele
Clark and Michael Dosch of the Frederick Law Olmsted Historic Site;
Gregory C. Schwarz of the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Historic Site; and
Arleyn Levee, landscape historian.
Several of the authors have thanked people who have
been especially helpful to them at the beginning of the Notes section at
the end of their essays.
We would also like to thank picture researcher Peter
Penczer, copy editor Gail Spilsbury, and the staff of the Government
Printing Office, who worked uncomplainingly with us to give form to this
book: Sarah Trucksis, Clint Howard, Patrick Jacobs, and especially
designer Amanda Drake.
Generally, I think all of us would like to take this
time to express our thanks to John Reps for his pioneering work on the
Senate Park Commission, as evidenced in his book, Monumental
Washington, published in 1967 and still a primary reference for all
students of city planning in the nation's capital.
SUE KOHLER
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