Education:
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., History, University of Maryland.Thesis:
The Role of the Military in the Reconstruction of North Carolina, 1865-1867.
Dissertation: The Development of Town and Country: Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1850-1880.
Professional History:
Editor, Members of Congress Oral History Project, Former Members of Congress, Inc.,
Washington, DC. 1979-1980
Editor, Maryland Historian, History Department, University of Maryland. 1982.
Faculty, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Institute for the
Editing of Historical Documents, Madison, Wisconsin, 1987.
Editor, Frederick Law Olmsted Papers. 1982 - present.
Consultant, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, Division of Natural and Historical Resources, 1996 - present.
Publications:
Compiler with Charles E. Beveridge, The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted
Firm in Massachusetts, 1866-1950 (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Association for Olmsted
Parks, 1986).
Compiler with Charles E. Beveridge, The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted
Firm, 1857-1950 (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Association for Olmsted Parks, 1987).
Assistant Editor with Victoria Post Ranney, Editor, and Gerard J. Rauluk, Associate
Editor, The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, Volume 5, The California Years,
1863-1865 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990).
Associate Editor with David Schuyler and Jane Turner Censer, editors, The Papers of
Frederick Law Olmsted, Volume 6, The Years of Olmsted, Vaux & Company,
1865-1874 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992).
Editor with Charles E. Beveridge, The Papers of Frederick Law
Olmsted, Supplementary Series, Volume 1, The Major Public Design Reports, 1851-1895
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997).
Editor with Ken Hawkins, associate editor, The Papers of
Frederick Law Olmsted, Volume 7, Parks, Politics, and Patronage, 1874-1882
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming).
Awards:
Walter Rundell, Jr., Award in American History, Department of History, University of
Maryland, May 1988.
