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Ignaz Anton Pilat papers
- Title
- Ignaz Anton Pilat papers, 1842-1879 (bulk 1859-1870).
- Author
- Pilat, Ignaz Anton, 1820-1870.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 2427 Box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Oversize folder | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 2427 Oversize folder | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- .31 linear foot (1 box)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Photographs.
- Passports.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Additional Formats (note)
- are photocopies. The originals are in the Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York.
- Biography (note)
- Ignaz Anton Pilat (1820-1870) was the first landscape gardener of Central Park.
- Call Number
- MssCol 2427
- OCLC
- 774989836
- 774989836
- Author
- Pilat, Ignaz Anton, 1820-1870.
- Title
- Ignaz Anton Pilat papers, 1842-1879 (bulk 1859-1870).
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Summary
- The Ignaz Anton Pilat Papers contain correspondence, official documents, newspaper clippings, booklets and pamphlets, and photographs and other graphics. The largest series is correspondence, chiefly between Pilat and other individuals involved in the construction of Central Park. There are manuscripts by Pilat describing the progress of work, as well as a letter from Frederick Law Olmsted detailing Pilat's gardening duties. Other original documents date from Pilat's residence in Austria and include a letter to Ferdinand I, in which Pilat requests the position of imperial gardener, certificates of employment and education, and Pilat's passport. Most of the newspaper clippings refer to the building of Central Park, although there are galley proofs of gardening columns Pilat apparently wrote for New York newspapers.
- Additional Formats
- Letters from William Cullen Bryant are photocopies. The originals are in the Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York.
- Biography
- Ignaz Anton Pilat (1820-1870) was the first landscape gardener of Central Park. A native of Austria, he trained as a gardener's assistant in the gardens of the Earldom of Karrach in Aschach on the Danube, 1841-1842, and at the Imperial Royal Court Plant Gardens, Schonbrunn, 1843-1846, and was assistant gardener at the Royal University Botanical Garden, Rennwege, 1846-1850. It is believed he arrived in the United States in 1857, assuming his position at Central Park within two years. As landscape gardener, he supervised the planting of all park foliage and had special responsibility for the creation of the picturesque "Ramble" area.
- Added Author
- Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 2427