Archives Accession # 56

1.1.13i. Washington Park Arboretum Master Plans and related documents, 1977-2001

Date statement: : 1977-2001
Summary:

 2 file boxes

Description:

 Box 1: 1994-2001:
1996, "Washington Park Arboretum/Master Plan/A Greenprint for the Future/Executive Summary/Programming/&/Existing Conditions Assessment," spiral bound report, 25 pp.

Folder labelled "WPA Master Planning 1995-2001":
2001 CD from The Portico Group with 4 jpg files and 6 tif files, "Washington Park Arboretum Final Master Plan Drawings."
4/7/1999 "Arboretum Master Plan EIS/Public Scoping Meeting" announcement.
12/1998, "Seattle's Study Committee Representatives on the Trans-Lake Washington Project," clipped with "Arboretum Plan: 'Greenprint for the Future/3 Public Workshops"; "Washington Park Arboretum/Transportation Alternatives/Traffic or Trees,' 3 pp.; "Washington Park Arboretum Comment Sheet," 5 pp.
7/10/1996, "Arboretum Master Plan/A Greenprint for the Future," newsletter, 4 pp.
5/3/1996, invitation to "Washington Park Arboretum Master Plan . . . special evening in celebration of the future of the Arboretum."
4/12/1996, "Washington Park Arboretum Master Plan/ 'Vision Team' Workshop Participants," stapled with ""Washington Park Arboretum Master Plan/Revised 'Vision Team' Workshop Agenda," 2 pp., and "Interest Panel Representatives for the Vision Team Workshop."
4/1996, "Washington Park Arboretum/Thinking Points for a Master Plan," 5 p.
1/4/1996, "Firm named to hear arboretum master planning process," University Week.
6/1995, "University of Washington Report/Washington Park Arboretum/June 1995," 10 pp.
1995, "Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation/Washington Park Arboretum/Master Plan Scoping Document and Process/Fact Sheet," 2 pp., stapled with 6/13/1995, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation letter to City Council re: resolution approving Scoping document and approving start of new master plan, 2 pp.; "Washington Park Arboretum/Master Plan Schedule"; "Resolution," 2 pp.
2/9/1995,"First steps taken in bid to fix Arboretum," Seattle Times.
2/6 and 2/8/1995, "Public Meeting/Arboretum Master Plan," poster.
n.d., "Arboretum Master Plan Questionnaire," folder, 3 pp.

Box 2: 1977-1993:
Folder labelled "Master Plan":
12/14/1979 letter from Mary Ellen Mulder of the Arboretum Foundation to Seattle Times editor re Master Plan Update.
12/14/1979 letter from Mary Ellen Mulder to George Benson of the Seattle City Council re Master Plan Update.
8/8/1979 letter from George Benson to Douglas Jewett, City Attorney for Seattle.
7/16/1979 memo from George Benson to Parks and Community Service Committee Members and interested parties re Arboretum Master Plan Update, 9 pp.
6/27/1979 letter from Margaret Kearns of the Arboretum Foundation to Herb Robinson at the Seattle Times.
6/27/1979 letter from Janis Farrier to Margaret Kearns re Master Plan Update.
6/22/1979 letter from Margaret Kearns of the Arboretum Foundation to Janis Farrier.
6/13/1979 letter from Janis Farrier to the Arboretum Foundation, 2pp.
3/13/1979 note from Edna Breazeale requesting petition.
12/14/1978 letter from Leroy P. Collins, Jr. to Rae Tufts at the Department of Parks and Recreation re Arboretum Master Plan Update.
11/10/1978 documents opposing the plan from Rita Griffith and Paul Gibson including a memo entitled "Save the Arboretum--Again," an Arboretum fact sheet, a notice of Arboretum hearing January 10, and a policy statement, 7pp.
no date, Federation Study Paper from the Central Seattle Community Council Federation discussing the roles of the City Council of Seattle, the University of Washington, and the Arboretum and Botanical Garden Committee, and opposing the Jones and Jones Plan.
[after 1978], "Perspective of Why We Need A New Master Plan/For Washington Park Arboretum/from the University of  Washington's Viewpoint," by John A. Wott and Clement Hamilton, 4 pp.

8/1991, "A Collections & Landscape Master Plan/For Washington Park Arboretum," draft, I.M. Robertson, plastic binder, 37 pp.
7/31/1991, "A Collections & Landscape Master Plan For Washington Park Arboretum," draft, plastic binder, 42 pp.
5/1991, "Master Plan Update/Final EIS," spiral bound, 99 pp.
1/1978, "Master Plan Update/for the University of/Washington Arboretum in/Seattle's Washington Park," stapled book, 89 pp. (2 copies).
10/1/1977, "draft for review October 77/an updated Master Plan/for: the University of Washington/Arboretum in Washington Park," stapled, 36 pp. with Brian Mulligan's comments.  A second copy is unannotated.

Accession date: 2012-02-14 Last updated: 2025-10-02 11:55:58
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum--use, Washington Park Arboretum--history, Washington Park Arboretum--infrastructure

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