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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Green Lake

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 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

Forward Thrust Photograph Collection

 Series
Identifier: 5804-04
Abstract

Visual materials related to Forward Thrust planning and projects.

Dates: 1963-1977

Department of Parks and Recreation Photographs

 Series
Identifier: 5802-10
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1948-1992; 1967-1977

Gordon S. Clinton Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5219-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and studies, financial papers, minutes, speeches, notes and memoranda, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Clinton's term as mayor. Includes departmental files and correspondence with agencies and individuals outside City government. Arranged alphabetically for each year.

Dates: 1953-1964

Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Public Art Photographs

 Series
Identifier: 7406-01
Abstract

Photographs of public art projects around Seattle, as well as photos supporting artists' applications to be a part of the "In Public: Seattle 1991" project.

Dates: 1980-1991

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

George Benson Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4614-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.



Dates: 1972-1993