[Foreword]: The Harvard letters of John Charles Olmsted / Mary Daniels
Introduction: A life led in the shadow
First Northwest impressions
Portland Exposition, parks, & clients
Oregon college campuses
Seattle parks & boulevards
Seattle private clients
University campus & Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Spokane & the Inland Northwest
Vancouver Island : the uplands
Final Northwest visits
Afterword: John Charles Olmsted's Northwest legacy / David C. Streatfield
Appendix A: 1903 Portland parks report : excerpts
Appendix B: 1903 Seattle parks report : overview and excerpts
Appendix C: 1908 Spokane parks report : overview and excerpts
Appendix D: Sample correspondence.