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Playgrounds and Playfields

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Parks and Recreation Annual Expenditures Ledger

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5803-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1909-1951

City v. Fiorito Co, Inc, 1963-1963

 File — Box 4, Folder: 2
Found in: 4402-01, Litigation Records

Board of Eminent Domain Commissioners Condemnation Case Files

 Series
Identifier: 9326-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, statements of cost, petitions, ordinances, maps, and judgements on verdicts relating to property condemned by the City for municipal use. Also includes list of assessment roles filed 1908-1927. Files are arranged numerically from 1-377 and chronologically thereafter.

Dates: 1907-1950

Department of Parks and Recreation Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-H6
Scope and Contents note Included with the early reports are board of Parks Commissioners reports. Progress in various parks throughout the city is recorded as well as suggestions for further improvements. The 1909 report is one of the first to be published and includes photographs, a description of each park, and a report by the first supervisor of playgrounds. Later reports include maps. The 1930 report covers the years 1923 to 1930 and includes a history of the Parks Department and a list of Park Commissioners....
Dates: 1894-2003

Don Sherwood Parks History Collection

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5801-01
Abstract

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

Dates: 1884-1979

Extension of University Playfield, 1947-1947

 File — Box 1, Folder: 724
Found in: 2608-02, Condemnation 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

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to acquire land and other property in Block 5, Sturtevant's Rainier Beach Villa Tracts, for playground purposes, as provided in Ordinance 86042, 1958

 File — Box 108, Folder: 6
Found in: 4404-01, Supreme Court Briefs

Index to the Board of Park Commissioners Minutes

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5800-03
Scope and Contents note This manual card file index to the proceedings of the Board of Park Commissioners is arranged alphabetically by topic. Broad categories such as Boulevards, Parks, and Playfields are arranged within the categories alphabetically by facility or site. Two systems of indexing were used in creating the index cards. The systems overlap chronologically and the cards are interspersed. The first format includes a brief entry of index data, a Minute volume page number, and the volume number listed in...
Dates: 1921-1963

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

Neighborhood Matching Fund, 1999 - 1999

 File — Album 2/IAN-9-20-99-1 , Album: NL 980430
Found in: 0207-01, Fleets and Facilities Department ImageBank Digital Photographs

Parks and Public Grounds Committee Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4659-01
Scope and Contents note

Committee calendars, correspondence, staff notes, reports, and draft legislation relating to City parks and public grounds. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1977

Parks and Seattle Center Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4613-04
Abstract

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

Dates: 2010-2011

Playground News Clippings and Reports

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5807-08
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1925-1965

Department of Parks and Recreation Property Appraisals

 Series
Identifier: 5804-06
Scope and Contents note Contains property appraisal reports generated by real estate appraisers for the Parks Department. The sites were acquired by the department for usage as park facilities. Included are comparable sale appraisals for other properties near the subject property. Also included are some acquisition documents for Harrison Ridge Greenbelt and the Queen Anne Pool. These records include deed transfers and insurance records. Two oversized folders contain maps which accompanied the property...
Dates: 1962-1977

Parks and Public Grounds Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4693-06
Scope and Contents note

Committee agendas, records of votes, staff reports, and draft legislation relating to parks, playfields, and other public recreational areas.

Dates: 1986-1988

Placeholder text The Seattle Municipal Archives holdings document the history, development, and activities of the agencies and elected officials of the City of Seattle. Descriptions of selected records are also available through the Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections and through Archives West.

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