Parks and Community Resources Committee Records
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
- Creation: 1978-1981
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)
- Benson, George (George E.) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Biographical Note
Benson was elected to City Council in 1974 and served five terms until his retirement in 1994. During the final two years of his tenure he was Council President. He was particularly active in the reestablishment of electric trolleys in Seattle and development of the Waterfront Trolley. He chaired four committees during his incumbency, including Transportation (1974-1977, 1982-1987, and 1990-1991), Recreation and Community Services (1978-1981), Environmental Management (1988-1989), and Labor (1992-1993).
Extent
2.2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement note
Chronologically by meeting date.
Location of Records
SMA
Subject
- Benson, George (George E.) (Person)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Council. Parks and Community Resources Committee (Organization)
- United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (U.S.) (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Council (Organization)
- Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health (Organization)
- Woodland Park Zoo (Organization)
- Seacrest Marina (Organization)
- Seattle Aquarium (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Day Care Screening Program
- Denny Park
- Disabled Persons
- Discovery Park
- Duwamish Greenbelt
- Folklife Festival
- Fort Lawton
- Forward Thrust
- Fun Forest (Seattle, Wash.)
- Gas Works Park
- Greenbelts
- Head Start Program
- Indochinese Refugee Screening Project
- King County Alcoholism Plan
- Older people -- Employment -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- One Percent for Art (Seattle, Wash.)
- Rainier Community Center
- Seafair
- Seward Park
- Sexual Assault
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.)
- Sudden infant death syndrome -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Summer Youth Employment Program
- Volunteer Park
- Waterfront Park
- Youth Conservation Corps Program
- Title
- Guide to the Parks and Community Resources Committee Records 1978-1981
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository