Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation

Records from an entity involved in planning recreational programming for children and adults with disabilities.

Annual recapitulation of expenditures for acquisition, maintenance and operation, and improvements for parks, boulevards, playfields, bathing beaches, and recreation centers. Also includes notes on how property was acquired, type of funds used for expenditures, size of property, and total expenditures prior to 1909.

Records documenting the work of a committee considering updates to the Washington Park Arboretum.

Minutes of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1890 to 1991. Includes information on parks improvements, use of Parks lands, and budget information.

Series contains resolutions passed by the Commissioners authorizing the expenditure of funds, accepting donations of funds and gifts, expressing the Board's intent to undertake park improvements, granting permission for use of facilities, and conveying Board policy. Prior to 1922, the test of resolutions was included in the Board minutes.

Early subject files of the Board of Park Commissioners.

Brochures, guides, and flyers about the park system, programs, policies and specific parks and facilities. Also includes ephemera related to the Parks Department and its programs.

Brochures, flyers, guides, and event schedules from the zoo. Also includes some zoo postcards, maps, and ephemera.

Slides and negatives of the Burke-Gilman Trail and other Seattle parks.

Operational and program records from Camp Long in West Seattle.

Records relating to capital projects from the Planning and Development Division of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Records documenting the activites of the Carkeek Park Advisory Council.

Files documenting the activities and programs developed by park staff within the Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center.

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.

Contents include various parks and P-patches in Seattle.

Maps and drawings of parks and park facilities.

Weekly reports documenting activities within the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

Records of the Discovery Park Advisory Committee from 1983 to 2003.

Records and photographs relating to Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, 1876-1979, compiled by Don Sherwood.

The Environmental Stewardship Unit Records document the activities and programs prepared and implemented by the Environmental Stewardship Coordinator (ESC). The ESC operated among a number of Seattle area parks, as well as the aquarium.

Records and photographs compiled by Ben Evans, documenting history of recreation programs within the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation as well as the history and philosophy of recreation programs nationally.

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.

Attendance reports for athletic and recreational activities at Seattle park facilities.

Visual materials related to Forward Thrust planning and projects.

Records relating to the acquisition and management of greenbelts in Seattle.

Photographic prints, negatives, and slides related to parks, activities in parks, and Parks Department personnel.Images are arranged alphabetically by subject and are a mix of prints, negatives and slides. Some are undated. Ninety-three images are digitized and available online.

Photographic prints and slides related to the Madrona Dance Studio, classroom activities, theatre productions, concerts, and craft classes. Also included are Dance Studio schedules, newsletters, correspondence, and draft brochures.

Newsletters and other serial publications produced by the zoo. Note that the external newsletter "At The Zoo" is in Series 8600-10.

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to activities of the City's publicly owned golf courses. Includes statistics on rounds of golf played, receipts, rates and fees, and concessions. Also included are photographs, diagrams of courses, material on cooperative arrangements with public school golf teams, course regulations, and policies of the City's recreational golf program.

Records concerning the management of Seattle's municipal golf courses.

Includes incomplete 1955-2003 run of monthly employee newsletter containing internal departmental news; notices of employee activities, promotions, and retirements; and announcements of Park Department-sponsored events. Also includes other newsletters published by the department for the general public. Most newsletters from the zoo and aquarium are filed separately.

Records of a citizens' committee which recommended areas for acquisition by the city.

Records documenting the Seattle Parks Department's Open Space Program.

Newspaper clippings and typed reports of sports and recreational activities sponsored by the Parks Department at its playgrounds and playfields, and in its fieldhouses.

Records of a Seattle visual arts school and studio.

Digital images documenting community center and park openings.

Records of the committee during Lewis's tenure as chair.

Records from advisory councils connected to the Queen Anne Community Center.

Brochures, recreation program schedules, and flyers for the department's swimming pools, sailing and water craft centers, theaters, cultural arts programs, tennis centers, adult and youth programs, nature programs, and special populations activities. Arranged by community center or recreation facility.

Records from a committee overseeing Sand Point/Magnuson Park.

Documentation collected by the Parks Department about the historic ship Wawona in preparation for a Preservation Memorandum of Agreement to be signed by the City, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwest Seaport, and the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Records include photographs, drawings, video, and background information about the vessel.

Newsletter written by Aquarium staff to educate and inform the public about Aquarium exhibits, sea life and animals, and the Aquarium. Includes claendar of events, photographs, bibliographies, and staff lists. Published bimonthly 1977 to 1979 and quarterly from 1980 to 1985.

Public relations material regarding the Seattle Aquarium.

Material documenting agenda items at Park Board meetings.

Correspondence between the Board of Park Commissioners and the City's Law Department.

Records relating to topics addressed at Park Commissioners meetings.

Records relating to the Skagit Youth Camp run by Seattle City Light, 1991-1996, including memoranda, reports, promotional materials, and meeting minutes. Camper recruitment, program proposals, finances, and staff are among the subjects covered.

Planning records for Seattle's annual Christmas ship which began sailing in 1949.

Records concerning street improvement projects in Seattle neighborhoods

Records of the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation relating to the Bumbershoot Festival. Includes paper records and photographs dating from 1974 to 1976.

Records regarding City of Seattle's art education programs at Seward Park Art Studio and Pratt Fine Art center

Records documenting special events and programs at Seattle park facilities.

Records concerning dance performances and dance instruction sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Documents concerning the history of Fort Lawton and a reminiscence of a World War II German POW.

Records of citizen organizations that advised the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation regarding municipal golf courses and programs.

Records concerning Seattle's public golf courses.

Film and video tape of activities in Seattle Parks and By groups associated with the Parks Department. Select items are viewable in Digital Collections.

Records concerning concerts sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Music Advisory Council.

Administrative records of the staff responsible for the Department of Parks and Recreation's cultural programs.

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.

Color slides depicting Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation activities and facilities.

Records concerning parks and playgrounds in South Seattle.

Records concerning theater programs sponsored by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

Records from the Seattle Engineering Department's central filing system.

A project to plan trees in Seattle.

Records of an employees association which sponsored social and recreational events.

Records of Parks activities funded by Model City contracts.

Financial audits

Records documenting the acquisition of properties for park purposes.

Records of the public information officer for Seattle's Department of Parks and Recreation.

Records regarding acquisition of greenbelt properties.

Records related to the administration of the parks system and recreation programs.

Records of a citizen advisory committee working to develop park, open space, and recreation projects and programs.

Meeting materials from a council advising the Seattle Parks Department on recreation programs for senior citizens.

Records of a arts studio and school operated by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

Yearly inventory of the zoo's animal collection.

Correspondence, grant applications, project descriptions, and audit information related to the city-wide beautification program. The program goal was to carefully design and construct public facilities and structures--from freeways to lamp posts--with an eye toward creating an aesthetically pleasing environment. Funds supplemented several programs such as Model City, Street Tree Planting, Green Triangle Development, and Forward Thrust, among others.

Records relating to the zoo's periodic applications for accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Records from Woodland Park Zoo staff documenting planning efforts for a national conference.

Records relating to animal care and exhibit management at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Records documenting changes to Woodland Park Zoo's animal collections.

Annual reports of the Woodland Park Zoo and the Seattle Zoological Society.

Monthly reports on the zoo's bird collection.

Records relating to a $31.5 million bond issue for the zoo that was approved by voters in 1985.

Reference manuals created for the use of zoo docents.

Records of the development of and the public's response to the zoo's Long-Range plan as well as the planning and development of exhibits and facilities through four decades.

Records related to a loan from China of two rare golden monkeys.

Historical records collected by zoo staff.

Records relating to the zoo's planning and improvement efforts in the early 1970s.

Records relating to special events and promotions at Woodland Park Zoo.

Records kept by and about zoo personnel including news articles, photos, academic papers, curriculum vitae, memos, correspondence, and administrative records.

Records relating to the zoo's water conservation efforts.

Weekly reports of WPA recreation programs, 1936-1940; include reports on Northern, Central, and Southern Division activities as well as city-wide programs.

Ninety-five color slides depicting Seattle Center including the International Fountain, the Space Needle, amusement park rides, the monorail, and other attractions and landmarks. Includes PanaVue slides, color faded in most, and amateur slides depicting various scenes at the Fair.