Caption: Book - 30 Year Master Plan (Tilton & O'Donnell)
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I EXTRACTS FROM EARLY LETTERS OF MR. C. H. BLACKALL BEARING UPON STUDIES OF CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT i903-1906 Special interest is a t t a c h e d to t h e q u o t a t i o n of April 7, 1903; it reveals t h e initial m o v e m e n t which later grew into a comprehensive s t u d y of c a m p u s d e v e l o p m e n t ; also to t h e letter of D e c e m b e r 8, 1905, which accompanied M r . Blackall's first c a m p u s plan ( P l a t e 4 ) . Mr. Blackallto President Draper April 7, 1903: I expect to be in Chicago on Friday and Saturday and if you are going to be in Champaign either Saturday or Monday I should be glad to ran down and show you some things I have been studying for the treatment of the approaches of the University on Green Street. May 4, 1903: Mr. Olmsted had been out of town and I have been unable to get any appointment with him yet, but he returns tomorrow and I shall then go over the matter of the Green Street planning with him. Professor Baker has sent me a topographical survey which will give Mr. Olmsted the data and I hope to be able to get him interested sufficiently to get a lay-out to submit to you. May 20, 1903: I had last night quite an interview with Mr. Olmsted. Mr. Gibbs was present also and we have gone over the matter of a possible rearrangement of the grounds to an extent sufficient to make me feel quite confident that Mr. Olmsted can be of a very great deal of assistance to you. He made a number suggestions last night in which I am sure you would be interested and which would very materially improve the landscape conditions and the locations of future buildings. Mr. Olmsted said that as far as the mere work of studying the matter up he would be very glad to help in any way he could and to make a layout such as you would approve and which you 187 iiii
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