Archives Accession # 342

2.01.26.00 Seattle Parks and Recreation (general)

Date statement: : 1979-2019
Summary:

 2 folders

Description:

 9/15/2019, "Our Better Nature," Seattle Times.
3/6/2011,"Parks in a pickle" by Bob Young, Seattle Times.
1/31/2008, "Winter face of nature in our own backyard," Seattle Times, .
4/19/2007, "Wild wonders of four city parks . . . ," Seattle Times, .
12/6/2006"Controversial parks chief is stepping down," Seattle Times, .
Spring 2006, "Pathways" Seattle Parks Foundation newsletter.
2006."Pro Parks Report To Citizens" 
2005?"Pro Parks Levy Mid-Term Report,  (2 copies).
12/23/2004, "Parks department hoping for place on holiday gift list," Seattle Times.
11/12/2002, "Donor honors Seattle legend/with $1.3 million park," P-I, 2 pp.
11/12/2002, "Anonymous donor gives $1.3 million/for Central Area park in honor of doctor," Seattle Times, 2 pp.
2000? "Seattle Public Parks and Green Spaces," map and habitat map list.  
5/2/1999, "The Olmsted Touch," Seattle Times, 10 pp..
6/1998, Seattle Park Guide, map and facilities list.
12/1996, "Fresh Fields," Landscape Architecture, 3 pp.
Sept. 1985,"Inner-City Islands of Serenity," Pacific Northwest magazine, 2 pp. . 
1984?, "Seattle's park system began 100 years ago," news clip.   
7/13/1979 "Interpretive Essay on the History of Seattle's Parks & Playgrounds," typed copy.
n.d. (likely between 1996 and 2007) volunteerism brochure "Caring for Seattle's Parks and People." 

Green pocket folder containing Virgil G. Bogue's 1911 Map #3: "City of Seattle and Adjacent Territory accompanying report of Municipal Plans Commission showing existing and proposed parks and park boulevards [and] proposed rapid transit routes."

Accession date: 2018-04-10 Last updated: 2025-08-05 11:05:16
Subjects: Rainier Beach Urban Farm, Seattle Parks Department centennial, Seattle Parks habitat maps, Seattle Parks Foundation, Green Lake Park Alliance

Names	Role	Function
Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., 1870-1957		Subject
Bogue, Virgil G.		Creator

Location	Note
Archives file drawers, PNW gardens & organizations