Archives Accession # 569

1.1.10.F67 Gardens within the Washington Park Arboretum: Foster Island, Marsh Island and the Arboretum Waterfront Trail

Date statement: : 1968-1976
Summary:

 2 folders 

Description:

 Folder 1:
"Marsh Island Nature Trail U of W Arboretum" folder including correspondence, notes, clippings and maps dated 1968-1976 regarding the Waterfront Nature Trail (aka Arboretum Waterfront Trail) and Foster Island trail development.
(Located in Box 1.1.10 labelled "Gardens Within the Washington Park Arboretum A-O.")

Folder 2:
5/9/1989, memo to Chris from Scot describing attached items 12/5/1967-1/12/1968 re: plans for Foster Island shoreline restoration, 6 pp.
6/1985, "Preliminary Findings and Recommendations on the reconstruction of the Seattle Arboretum Waterfront Trail," 17 pp.
4/7/1924, letter to Hugo Winkenwerder from Henry Suzzallo re: declaration [not included] that Seattle "Park Board will undertake to develop and manage a Botanical Garden and Arboretum in Washington Park," and noting that prisoners from a stockade to be located on Foster Island will be used temporarily for five years.  

Accession date: 2020-04-02 Last updated: 2024-01-16 09:42:09
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum--use, Washington Park Arboretum--correspondence, Foster Island, Birds Connect Seattle (formerly Seattle Audubon)

Names	Role	Function
Hoyte, Eric	Designer (dsr)	Creator
Mulligan, Brian O., Sr. , 1907-1996	Correspondent (crp)	Creator

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