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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Volunteers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Transportation Urban Forestry Records

 Series
Identifier: 8108-02
Abstract

Urban forestry and streetside planting records of the Seattle Department of Transportation's City Arborist, concentrated in 1993-2006

Dates: 1973-2007; Majority of material found within 1993-2006

Department of Neighborhoods Programs Division Administrative Records

 Series
Identifier: 5751-04
Abstract

Administrative records of the Neighborhood Programs Division

Dates: 1990-1998

Millennium Woods Legacy Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 5804-13
Abstract

A project to plan trees in Seattle.

Dates: 1998-2000

Tree Steward Program, 1991-2000

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents Note From the Series: Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples of the Salish Sea region have stewarded the lands now known as Seattle. When white settlers arrived in 1851, the area was covered in old growth forest. Settlers cut and sold the forest for lumber. By 1890, just a few stands of conifers remained in the present-day city limits. Early attempts to restore Seattle's canopy included a 1903 city approval of the Olmsted Brothers' plan to create a network of parkes and boulevards. In 1930, Seattle hired its...
Dates: 1991-2000

Urban Forestry Photograph Collection

 Series
Identifier: 8108-03
Abstract

Prints, slides and negatives of events and programs related to the city arborist's urban forestry efforts. Dates focus is 1987-2002.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1987-2002