Archives Accession # 14

1.1.13. Washington Park Arboretum: reports

Date statement: : 1936-2003
Summary:

 1 file box

Description:

 
2012, "Maples of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens," by David Zuckerman, presentation slides in booklet, 42 pp.
Spring, 1995, "Spatial Perception in the Arboretum: A Survey of Visitors," by Dave Gatzke and Vanessa Murdock, class assignment for "Field Investigation of Psychological Issues," 10 pp., stapled.
9/17/1993, "Arboretum's Willow Oak Prop Design," by Gay Fridley,  5 handwritten pages and 22x35" engineering drawing labelled "UW Willow Oak Prop Arboretum - Summer 1972,"  in report binder.   Loose in binder:  5/6/1993 Plant Condition  Report with handwritten note "10/27/1993:Installed Props"; "1993, "Support for a Leaning Tree," 1 p.;9x12" envelope labelled "Quercus Phellos  Project" containing
7/31/1991, "A Collections & Landscape Master Plan for Washington Park Arboretum," draft, 19 pp. plus appendices.
1986 and 1987 Arboretum greenhouse renovation documents in manilla envelope: 1/26/1987, "Department of Construction and Land Use/Subject to Field Inspection Application Request," 2 pp.; "Letter of Transmittal to Purchasing Department/Renovation of Existing Greenhouses, Washington Park Arboretum"; 1/23/1987, "University of Washington Specifications for Renovation of Existing Greenhouses/Washington Park Arboretum," 5 pp.; 1/21/1987, "Renovation of Existing Greenhouses," 17x22" engineering drawings, 3 pp.; 5/1/1986, "University of Washington Purchasing Request,"
2 pp. including list of "Suggested Vendors.'
6/8-10/1972, "The Urban Arboretum in a Time of Crisis," symposium proceedings, 52 pp. booklet. (3 copies)

1967, "Population Dynamics of Summer Usage of The Washington Park Arboretum," by Robert E. Blayden, 49 pp. plus Appendix, in binder.

Loose items:
4/25/2003, WPA "Conservation Assessment" by Linda R.  McMahan, 16 pp.
     11/26/1996, "Senior, Internship, Student Project Ideas," memo from John Wott.
     10/1974, "Birds to See in the Arboretum - Spring and Summer," 2 pp.
     10/1974, "Birds to See in the Arboretum - Fall and Winter," 2 pp.
      n.d., "Birds in the Arboretum," 3 pp. stapled.

Folder labelled "Washington Park Arboretum--Soils"
     1977, Rob Emery's "Soils of the University of Washington's Arboretum," typescript, in binder.
     Fall 1966, Stanley P. Gessel's "Soils of the Arboretum," WPA Bulletin (2 copies) and original typescript with hand-edited draft, large-format map transparency, and note from the author.

Folder labelled "Japanese Flowering Cherries"
     Summer 1996, "Evaluation of the flowering cherry trees along Azalea Way, Washington Park Arboretum" 52 pp.  
      after 1937, "Cherry Time," 4 p. folder.
     (ca. 1936), "Some Results from the Propagation of the Japanese Flowering Cherries," 6 pp. typed. 
     n.d., "Flowering Cherries," by Frederick Leissler, 7 pp. typed (2 copies)..

Folder labelled WPA--internal
     n.d., "Office Management Scheme for Visitor's Lobby, Washington Park Arboretum," 1 page.
    n.d., "Together We Stand . . . ," Director's Report by H.B. Tukey, Jr., 4 pp. (2 copies).
     
Folder labelled "WPA Archives: Surveys, Reports, Studies 1970-1979.
     7/10/1972, "Report on the Arboretum in Response to Inquiry from the Legislative Budget Committee of May 12, 1972, to the University of Washington," 33 pp. with maps.
     6/1969, "Data on the Arboretum" single mimeographed sheet.
     12/1966, "Growth of Trees at University of Washington Arboretum, Seattle," by J.A. Witt, 5 pp. typed.  

Accession date: 2011-12-27 Last updated: 2024-01-29 18:58:52
Subjects: Prunus, Flowering cherries, Washington Park Arboretum--financial support, Washington Park Arboretum--use, Washington Park Arboretum--infrastructure, Arboretums and Botanical Gardens--Continuing Education, Soil ecology, Washington Park Arboretum--soil ecology

Names	Role	Function
Leissler, Frederick, 1904-1989		Creator
Webb, Gene Helen		Creator
Gessel, Stanley P.	Author (aut)	Creator

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