l. George F. Chadwick, The Park and the Town, New York, 1966, p 19.
2. Leonard J. Simutis, Frederick Law Olmsted's Later Years: Landscape Architecture and the Spirit of the Place, University of Minnesota 1971. p. 37.
3. Chadwick, p. 165.
4. Chadwick, p 108.
5. Cherry, Gordon.E., Urban Change and Planning, Oxfordshire, 1972, p. 47
6. MLSC, Typescript Hamilton City Council Minutes,
7. MLSC, Council,Minutes, 1833.
8. John Weaver, Hamilton: An Illustrated History , Toronto, 1982, p. 64. 9. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Report of the Gore Park Beautification Committee, Hamilton, 1964, frontispiece.
11. 16 Victoria, Chapter 33, 10th November, 1852, Statutes of Canada, p. 99.
12. MLSC, Council Minutes,
13. Hamilton Spectator and Journal of Commerce, August ll, 1852.
14. MLSC, Council Minutes, March 24, 1853.
15. MLSC, Council Minutes, August 22, 1853.
16. MLSC, Council Minutes, April 30, 1855.
17. MLSC, Council Minutes, March 17, 1856.
18. MLSC, Council Minutes, June 5, 1859.
19. The Hamilton Times, June 6, 1859.
20. Weaver, Hamilton, p. 68.
21. Chadwick, p. 91.
22. Hamilton City Council Minutes, July 31, 1882, March 12, 1888, August 10, 1888.
23. Chadwick, p. 20.
24. Chadwick, p. 21.
25. Chadwick, pp. 54-55.
26. Chadwick, p. 71.
27. Blodgett, Geoffrey, "Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architecture as Conservative Reform", Journal of American History, 1975-76, p. 889
28. Laura Wood Roper, FLO: A Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted, Baltimore, 1973, pp 328-329.
29. Galen Cranz, The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America. Cambridge, 1982, pp. 3-60 passim.
30. Hamilton City Council Minutes, March 26, 1883.
31. Hamilton City Council Minutes, August 51, 1891.
32. Gordon B. Kerr, "The Rise of Sport in Hamilton, 1860-1900," McMaster University, 1983, p. 25, pp. 35-36
33. MLSC, Hamilton Trades and Labour Council Minutes,1888-1896, p.146.
34. Hamilton City Council Minutes, February 11, 1895.
35. Hamilton City Council Minutes, November 24, 1899.
36. John Weaver, Shaping the Canadian City: Essays on Urban Politics and Policy, 1890-1920, Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1979, pp. 56-59 passim.
37. Weaver, Canadian City, p.67.
38. The Hamilton Spectator, January 2, 1900.
39. The Hamilton Spectator, November 25, 1899.
40. Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, February 14, 1900.
41. Hamilton City Council Minutes, March 31, 1890.
42. Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, February 14, 1900.
43. Ibid.
44. The Hamilton Spectator, April 6, 1900.
45. Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, August 8, 1900.
46. Ibid., April 5, 1900.
47. Ibid.
48. The Hamilton Spectator, April 6, 1900, August 24, 1900.
49. Hamilton Board of Park Management, By-Law #1, May 16, 1900.
50. Micheal Hugo-Brunt, The History of City Planning: A Survey, Montreal, 1972, pp. 207-209.
51. Roper, pp. 317-331.
52. Mary Ellen Cavett et al., "Social Philosophy and the Early Development of Winnipeg's Public Parks", Urban History Review, June 1982, p.30.
53. Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, November 23, 1904.
54. Ibid , February 15, 1912.
55. Ibid., Janurary 22, 1913.
56. Ibid., October 18, 1916.
57. Herbert Lister, Hamilton, :Canada: Its History, Commmerce, Industries, Resources, Hamilton, 1913, p. 65.
58. Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, January 12, 1912, April 30, 1913.
59. Bryce M. Stewart, "The Housing of our Immigrant Workers" in Paul Rutherford, Saving the Canadian City: The First Phase, 1888-1920, p. 149.
60. K. Gerald Marsden, "Philanthrophy and the Boston Playground Movement, 1885-1907", The Social Service Review, 1961, p.55.
61. Cranz, p.63.
62. J. J. Symes, Reminiscences, Hamilton, 1951, p. 4.
63. Benjamin McArthur, "The Chicago Playground Movement: A Neglected Feature of Social Justice", The Social Service Review, 1975, p. 382.
63a. The Hamilton Spectator, February 26, 1908.
64. February 15, 1910.
65. Hamilton City Council Minutes, May 8, 1913.
66. Hamilton Board of Park Management, January 3, 1912.
67. Robert S. Gourlay, "Basic Principles of Water Front Development as Illustrated by the Plans of the Toronto Harbour Commissioners", Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference on City Planning, Toronto, 1914, p. 20.
68. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: The Home of the Manufacturers, Hamilton, 1917, pp. 3-5.
69. Guy Lewis, "Sport, Youth Culture and Conventionality 1920-1970, Journal of Sport History.
70. J. Willis and R. Wettan, "Social Stratification in New York City Athletic Clubs, 1865-1915", Journal of Sport History, p.62.
71. Cranz, p.102.
72. Hamilton Labor News, April 3, 1914.
73. Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, September 11, 1919.
74. Ibid., January 13, 1909, January 22, 1912.
75. Ibid , January 21, 1920.
76. The Hamilton Spectator, February 26, 1920.
77. The Hamilton Times, September 19, 1917.
78. The Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, February 21, 1917.
79. The Hamilton Spectator, December 28, 1944.
80. The Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, May 5, 1924.
81. Ibid., April 6, 1925.
82. Hamilton Board of Park Management Letter Book, July 18, 1929.
83. Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, August 8, 1928.
84. Ibid.
85. Ibid.
86. Board of Park Management Annual Report, 1930.
87. Board of Park Management Minutes and Annual Reports, 1930- 1945, passim.
88. Hamilton Board of Park Management Annual Report, 1936, 1938.
89. Walter Van Nus, "The Fate of City Beautiful Thought in Canada, 1893-1930", Alan F. Artibise, Gilbert A. Stelter, The Canadian City: Essays in Urban History, Toronto, 1979, p. 162.
91. Noulan Cauchon, Reconnaissance Report on Development of Hamilton, Ontario, Ottawa, 1917, p. 61.
92. Ibid., pp.55-75.
93. Ibid., pp.55-56.
94. The Hamilton Board of Parks Management Letter Book, October 14, 1925.
95. Ibid.
96. Ibid., February 9, 1927.
97. Ibid.
98. Ibid., n.d. 1929.
99. Ibid., June 21, 1929.
100.Chadwick, p. 96.
101.The Hamilton Board of Park Management Minutes, February 28, 1933.
102. Ibid.
103. The Hamilton Board of Parks Management Letter Book, December 17,1929.
104. The Hamilton Board of Parks Management Annual Reports, 1930-1941.
105. Ibid., 1941.
106. The Toronto, Hamilton and London Society Blue Book, Toronto, 1900, pp. 127-160
107. Hamilton City Directories, 1900-1941.