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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Parks and Recreation Field Survey Books

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5804-01
Scope and Contents note

Survey books provide the calculations used to update parks maps and plans. They contain detailed elevations, distances, and bearings from specific survey points. Includes Field Survey Books 62-384.

Dates: 1912-1974

James D. Braman, Jr. Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 1600-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and reference materials relating to DCD's activities, project, and mission. These are the Director's personal office files and include some materials of an administrative nature. Arranged alphabetically.

Dates: 1969-1974

Judy Nicastro Subject Files

 Series — Box 0
Identifier: 4661-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and notes relating to issues before the City Council during Nicastro's four-year tenure on the Seattle City Council and reflecting her interests and activities while on the Council. Subjects include civil rights, economic development, education, City finance and budget, housing, land use, urban development, interdepartmental affairs, neighborhoods, parks and recreation, public safety, health and social services, technology, transportation, and public...
Dates: 1999-2003

Parks and Community Resources Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4614-03
Scope and Contents note

Committee meeting records maintained by Benson during his tenure as committee chair. Includes committee calendars with roster of issues and action taken, staff memoranda, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to parks and recreation, and community oriented social services.

Dates: 1978-1981

Parks and Community Resources Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4681-04
Scope and Contents note

Committee calendars, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and draft legislation relating to City parks, recreation, community centers, festivals, and the arts. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1982-1989

Parks, Public Grounds, and Recreation Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4623-05
Scope and Contents note

Committee meeting records maintained by Sue Donaldson during her tenure as committee chair. Includes meeting agendas with schedules of issues and actions taken, staff memoranda, reports, correspondence, and draft legislation relating to parks, recreation, and community oriented social services.

Dates: 1994-1997

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files II

 Series
Identifier: 4648-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning.

Dates: 1968-1978

Norm Rice Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5272-01
Scope and Contents note

Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and briefing materials to and from City agencies regarding the full range of municipal government activities during Rice's terms as mayor. Topics include municipal facilities, arts and culture, planning, budget and financial issues, and schools and education, among others. Records are arranged chronologically and then by major departments within City government. Constituent correspondence is included in this record series.

Dates: 1990-1997

Charles T. Royer Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5274-01
Scope and Contents note Correspondence with city departments regarding departmental activities and programs. Records document ongoing operations as well as specific issues and events. A large portion of the records relate to the Department of Community Development and document the city's work on urban renewal, housing, neighborhood improvement, and historic preservation. Records relating to City Light deal with issues ranging from nuclear power to rates to discrimination against female and minority employees....
Dates: 1978-1989

Planning, Construction and Maintenance Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5804-05
Abstract

Records of the Parks Department's Facilities Maintenance Division. The records document changes and improvements in Seattle parks as well as the planning, design, and construction of new parks.

Dates: 1928-2003

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files I

 Series
Identifier: 4648-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning. Also includes agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation related to Lamphere's work as chair of the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Dates: 1968-1978

Wesley C. Uhlman Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 5287-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, and other records related to the issues, programs, and organizations that were part of the work of the Mayor's Office during Uhlman's tenure. Topics range in scale from large transportation projects and the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial to individual parks and fire stations. The records include correspondence with and about local organizations, boards and commissions, and other governmental entities. The records also include routine mayoral correspondence such as thank you...
Dates: 1957-1977

Office of Management and Budget Working Files

 Series
Identifier: 5005-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, articles, and other working papers relating to issues and projects studied by OMB. Included are long range land use planning, the project to develop a new city hall plan, the failed waterfront levy of 1989, and the Westlake Mall.

Dates: 1977-1989

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Cable Television 6
Historic preservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Parks 6
Westlake Mall 6
Animal Control 5
Arboretum - Washington Park 5
Discrimination in housing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Forward Thrust 5
Solid Waste 5
Zoning 5
Aged 4
Child Care 4
Disabled Persons 4
Discovery Park 4
Drug Abuse 4
Economic Development 4
Floating Homes 4
Fort Lawton 4
Gambling 4
Greenbelts 4
Housing 4
Land Use Planning 4
Pike Place Market 4
Ross Dam 4
Sister Cities 4
Taxicabs 4
Affirmative Action 3
Bicycle trails -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Crime Prevention 3
Data processing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Downtown Planning 3
Energy Conservation 3
International District 3
Lake Union 3
Low-Income Housing 3
Magnuson Park 3
Mass Transit 3
Native Americans 3
Neighborhood Plans 3
Noise 3
Open Space Land 3
Parking 3
Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project 3
Pilot Programs in Garbage (PIG) 3
Pioneer Square 3
Police shootings -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Pornography 3
Public Utilities 3
Public art -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Shorelands 3
Skybridges 3
Transportation 3
Urban Renewal Program 3
Water Pollution 3
West Seattle Freeway (Seattle, Wash.) 3
Alcoholism 2
Areaways -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Bicycles and bicycling -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Bridges 2
Bumbershoot (Festival) 2
Burke Gilman Trail (Wash.) 2
Business and Occupation Tax 2
Capitol Hill 2
Cedar River Watershed (King County, Wash.) 2
Central Business District 2
City/University Think Tank 2
Community Development Block Grants 2
Community Service Centers 2
Community health services -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Condominiums 2
Denny Park 2
Domestic Violence 2
Drainage and Wastewater Utility 2
Duwamish Festival 2
Duwamish Greenbelt 2
Duwamish Valley 2
Energy -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Females 2
Ferries 2
Folklife Festival 2
Fort Lawton (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Gas Works Park 2
Gays 2
Green Lake 2
Gun Control 2
Homeless 2
Intergovernmental Relations 2
Interstate 90 2
Kingdome (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Labor Relations 2
Litter 2
Martha Washington School for Girls (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Matthews Beach 2
Monorail System 2
Newspaper vendors -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Overwater Construction 2
P-Patch Program 2
People Mover 2