The New Neilson Library

Neilson Library: Use of Outdoor Space

Kate Fessler, Smith College
Emily McCarter, Smith College
Christina Mortali, Smith College
Claudio Stoll, Smith College
Fiona Twiford, Smith College

A "New Neilson Library" project for LSS105: Introduction to Landscape Studies, Smith College, Fall 2015

Abstract

Students explored the work of the Olmsted firm on the Smith campus as they considered what history means for campus planning and landscape design today through readings, class discussion, and a research assignment based on materials in the Smith College Archives. Taught by Steven Moga.