Located at the Miller Library.
Each accession (i.e. 2.00.72.01) represents a box or cubby with various contents.
Date statement: : 1938-2025
Summary:
1 file boxDescription:
Folder labelled Arboretum Foundation documents:
9/15/2010, "Fiscal Year 2010 - Annual Financial Summary (before Audit)," 6 pp.
6/11/2010, "Speech for Arboretum Foundation Annual Meeting June 11, 2010" typescript for Duane Kelly.
6/20/2007 Annual Meeting agenda and board roster.
8/29/2005, Re: Magnuson Park vacating buildings, Charles Ng letter to Debbie Andrews.
2005, "The American Horticultural Society/2005 Reciprocal Gardens," brochure.
2004 List of speakers on various topics related to Arboretum Foundation, including their organizations and stipends, 6 pp.
8/9/2004, "Arboretum Foundation Upcoming Events for 2004-2005," 2 pp.
6/16/2004, Annual Meeting agenda and board roster.
6/1/2001, Board of Directors - Terms of Office, 1 p., stapled with 5/2001, "Strategic Plan/July 2001 - June 2002," 7 pp., and "Amended and Restated By-Laws," 7 pp.
8/2000, Arboretum Foundation News, stapled with 10/2000 issue.
1999-2000 Arboretum Foundation board of directors roster and staff list.
October 1999-November 2000 correspondence re Arboretum Bulletin Editorial Board.
5/6/1996 Program Suggestions and Speakers List.
1997, "Speakers List for Unit Programs," 7 pp.
Feb 14 , 1997 letter from John Behnke to Friends of the Washington Park Arboretum.
1/10/1997, "Arboretum Foundation Events Council," minutes, 5 pp.
1996-97, Arboretum Foundation Committees, 7 pp.
1996-1997, Arboretum Foundation Committees, p. 3 stapled with various forms and public relations plan.
7/10/1996, "Arboretum Master Plan: A Greenprint for the Future," Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation newsletter.
5/6/1996, "Arboretum Foundation Unit Council Speakers List," 13 pp.
3/7/1996, Washington Arboretum News typed draft from J.A. Wott, 1 p.
7/10/1993 Arboretum Foundation Stable Funding Committee names and phone numbers.
6/16/1993, "Annual Meeting," officer election minutes, stapled with handwritten note and handwritten draft, 3 pp.
4/28/1993, meeting notice to the Foundation planning committee, including draft Arboretum Master Plan proposal. 3 pp.
2/24/1993, Foundation Executive Committee agenda, 1 p.
2/19/1993, Mary Thorne letter to Executive Committee and Directors.
2/18/1993, Clement Hamilton letter to Mary Thorne proposing John Wott as Director of Arboreta, 3 pp.
1/6/1993, Mary Thorne letter to Executive Committee and Directors.
12/11/1992, Foundation Executive Director Position Description, 3 pp. plus 1 p. "Short Version."
12/11/1992 Memorandum to Arboretum Foundation Planning Committee from Duane Kelly, about hiring an Executive Director, 1 p.
12/1992, list of Planning Committee members.
11/19/1992, minutes of Foundation Executive Committee meeting, 2 pp.
6/10/1992, "President's Report to the Membership," 7 pp.
5/21/1992, "Foundation Unit Council Organization Bylaws," 6 pp.
4/30/1992, "The Arboretum Foundation Financial Statements," 14 pp.
after 1991, "Arboretum Foundation Sustaining Fund."
8/2/1991, Mary Thorne letter to H. B. Tukey.
10/1990, "Internal Structure/of the Arboretum Foundation," 3 pp.
1990? Summary of Long-Range Plan," 2 pp.
9/8/1988, "Arboretum Unit Council/Board Meeting," minutes, 3 pp.
6/1988, "Arboretum Foundation Newsletter,"8 pp.
1986-1987 Board of Directors list, 5 pp.
1985-1986, Board of Directors list, 4 pp.
1984-1985, Board of Directors list, 4 pp.
1984-1985, Arboretum Foundation Executive Committee and Standing Committee Chairmen list, 2 pp.
1981 "Final Report to the Arboretum Foundation: Cold Resistance Program in the UW Arboreta" by William H. Hatheway, J.A. Witt, and R.B. Walker in collaboration with H. Kohn; 13 pp plus cover letter.
3/1/1978, Leroy Collins letter to members plus Visitor Center floor plan, 3 pp.
12/3/1970, Unapproved Minutes, UW Arboretum Foundation Quarterly Board Meeting.
9/10/1970, Unapproved Minutes, UW Arboretum Foundation Quarterly Board Meeting.
3/12/ 1970, Unapproved Minutes, UW Arboretum Foundation Quarterly Board Meeting.
6/12/1969, Unapproved Minutes, UW Arboretum Foundation Quarterly Board Meeting.
6/1965, Glossary of botanical terms for beginners, by the Education Committee, headed by Pat Ballard, 23 pp.
1955, "Arboretum Foundation Roster," including financial summary and map, 37 pp.
3/30/1955, membership letter.
9/21/1940, fundraising letter.
7/22/1939, thank you and request for Bulletins from Neil C. Horner to Miss Betty Crysler, post card, clipped with 4/17/1939, request for Bulletins from Geo. T. Moore to Director/Arboretum Bulletin Publication, post card.
n.d., Speakers List, 5 pp.
n.d., announcement of Andrew White lecture.
n.d., "A Cultural Asset . . . Your Arboretum," 8-page booklet, photocopy.
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation publicity 1996-2000":
1/6/2000, "Re: PUBLICITY HIGHLIGHTS - Nov.1999-Jan 2000," Regen Dennis memo to Deb Andrews/Cindy Duryee," 3 pp.
2000?, "city of gardens," Portrait OF PUGET SOUND," 2 pp.
11-12/1999, "Gifts for/the garden/lover," ad, Seattle Homes and Lifestyles.
11/1999, "Travel Guide/At the water's edge," Sunset.
1997, "Press Clippings/October-December 1997," 2 pp.
1996?, "Seeing Seattle/Washington Park Arboretum/A Natural Attraction," Seattle Community Edition, 2 pp.
Folder labelled "Meetings - Lobby Committee - 1996-1997":
1/17/1997, letter on 'Resurrection of the Kiosk Project" from Dana Kirley. Kiosk proposal from Promotion Products Inc., probably from 1996, attached to 1/17 letter.
8/26/1996, letter on Lobby Organization from Dana Kirley.
6/27/1996, letter on Homeless Lobby Plant sales from Kirley.
6/20/1996, letter on Informational Kiosk from Kirley, with handwritten notes.
5/10/1996, letter on Foundation membership booth from Nancy Ross Woodson.
n.d., "Metal Display Unit" sheet with Purpose, Specifications, and Supplier Quotations."
Folder labelled "Arboretum Bulletin Correspondence":
1993-1994, "Washington Park Arboretum/Bulletin/Roster."
12/10/1986, "Bulletin/Editorial Board Notice."
11/12/1986, "Claim," form from University of British Columbia Library.
10/14/1986, missing Bulletin issue, Missouri Botanical Garden letter to Arboretum Foundation.
9/10/1986, "Bulletin/Editorial Board Notice."
8/18/1986, action request, Tricia Hart memo to Margaret Kearns, stapled to 8/6/1986, request for Bulletin, University of Reading Library; 8/18/1986, reply letter from Patricia Hart.
8/11/1986, United Graphics shipping form for 3,198 Bulletins.
7/28/1986, Colorado State University letter requesting exchange, with reply rejection.
7/7/1986, request for Bulletins to be bound, Seattle Public Libraries, with compliance note in ink.
6/19/1986, request for sample Bulletin, Laurie Sutherland/Suzzallo Library memo to "Arboretum Bulletin"; compliance and note of group rate in ink.
2/26/1986, "Claim Notice - Issues Not Received," from The Faxon Company, with ink note compliance, 2 pp.
2/6/1986, regret at dropping complimentary exchange, Margaret Kearns letter to Christina Soh, Singapore Botanic Garden, stapled to "Claim for Non-Receipt of Periodicals," Christina Soh form sent to Arboretum director.
2/5/1986, regret at dropping complimentary exchange, Margaret Kearns letter to Academi of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR, stapled to 12/12/1985 request for copies.
1/20/1986, exchange approval, T.H.R. Hall, Arboricultural Association letter to Margaret Kearns, stapled to 1/6/1986, note to send Hall Bulletins; 1/7/1986, notice of sending Bulletins, Margaret Kearns letter toT.H.R.Hall.
1/6/1986, request for address correction, Adele Jones, American Rhododendron Society Quarterly Journal letter to Nancy Pascoe.
12/30/1985, UW Libraries request for Summer 1985 Bulletin, with ink note "sent over 1/8/85" [sic] and "have sent to stop BL 10."
12/11/1985, request for Bulletin from F. Maiullari-B at Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques (Geneva), with ink note compliance, stapled to 5/13/1985 receipt.
11/11/1985, request for address change from Polskie Towarzystwo Botaniczne, Warsaw, with ink compliance note.
5/22/1985, request to send Bulletin to Stadt Bibliothek Winterthur, Isabella Shinn, UW, to Margaret Kearns, with Kearns request for publications received and Shinn reply, stapled to original letter photocopy.
3/26/1985, "Subject: Arboretum Bulletin/our subscription 1984/1986," F. Maiullari-B at Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques (Geneva), letter to "The Executive Secretary/Arboretum Foundation," with ink notes.
2/28/1985, request to receive exchange publication, Margaret Kearns letter to Ruth Kvaalen, Editor, Plants and the Landscape, stapled to 2/5/1985, Ruth Kvaalen request.
1/25/1985, response to exchange request, Margaret Kearns letter to Heidi Friedman, Horticultural Society of New York, stapled to 1/17/1985, letter from Friedman.
1/18/1985, graphic design information, Sharon Tighe, Editorial Consultants, Inc. letter to Col. Leroy Collins, 3 pp.
1/17/1985, discussion of 1/15 Bulletin steering committee meeting, Nancy Pascoe letter to Colonel Collins.
1/1/1985, request for 4 copies of Bulletin from Robert Mamoe, handwritten, with ink notes.
10/11/1984, Washington State University Library request for copy, with ink notes.
10/3/1984, thank you letter from John Flanagan, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to Margaret Kearns, stapled to 9/24/1984, notice of mailed issues, Margaret Kearns letter to Flanagan; 8/17/1984, Flanagan letter to Kearns; 8/9, Arboretum Foundation invoice for postage, 2 copies; 7/1984, subscription order from Dawson Subscription Services; photocopy of subscription order with ink notes; 8/9/1984, notice of mailed copies, Kearns letter to "The Library/Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew.
5/8/1984, "Arboretum Bulletin: Complimentary Copies to be Eliminated from List," with ink notes, stapled to 6/1/1984, notice of discontinuing complimentary copies.
2/14 1984, 4 address cards, stapled to 2/14/1985, request to remove libraries from Library Exchange Mailing List, Isabel Shinn to Margaret Kearns; n.d., "Institutions Receiving Arboretum Bulletin," 3 pp., with ink notes.
1/27/1984, "To Members of the Arboretum Bulletin Editorial Board," Brian O. Mulligan notice, stapled to 1/1984, "Arboretum Bulletin: Complimentary Copies Distributed," 3 pp.
n.d., "Bulletin Editorial Board," list with handwritten corrections.
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation Long Range Plan/Units 1995-1996":
2/95, "Unit Council Long Range Plan DRAFT," 1 p.
1/25/1995, "Unit Council Restructuring Meeting Agenda," 4 pp.
1/25/1995, "Unit Council Planning 1995," 1 p.
Announcement of 1/25/1995 meeting.
1/4/1995, "Unit Council Long Range Planning Committee" meeting minutes, 4 pp.
1995, Foundation organization sheet marked "need current list."
1995, "The Unit Council Position Within The Foundation," 1 p.
1995, Leadership Restructuring Draft," 1 p.
11/1994, "Unit Council Chairman Job Description," 3 pp. numbered 5, 6, and 7.
1994, "Long Range Plan - Membership System," 1 p. plus "Unit Council Long Range Planning 1994," 2 pp.
n.d., "U.C. (New Name) Organisation Chart," handwritten chart.
Folder labelled "WPA Arboretum Foundation 1966-1973 correspondence." -
Contains copies made from Special Collections.
3/31/1938 Arboretum Foundation report: "Report of Arboretum Advisory Council upon the University of Washington Arboretum and Botanical Gardens" including 1936 color general plan by Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, MA., 12/6/1934 "Agreement Relating to Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Washington Park," 3 maps with pencil labels and color shading: "Roads and Trails as per Olmsted Bros. Plan," "Areas Excavated/Areas Subsoiled," and "Water System," in three-ring binder.
Folder labelled "June 1972 Symposium Sponsored by Arboretum Foundation":
n.d., 11 strips of negatives.
n.d., 5 sheets of contact prints.
n.d., 13 4x5" glossy black and white photos:
"24 / Annual Dinner June 1972/Helen Moody, Betty Gray, Marjorie Clausing, Joy Spurr, Rosalie Milburn."
"21 / Joe & Jean Witt."
"26 / Brian & Margaret Mulligan."
"5." [guests listening].
"19 / Dr. Legro/Dr. Martin."
"44 / Chinn, de Vos, Taylor, Seymour, Witt."
"36 / John Putnam."
"10 / Bob Behnke."
"43." [guests in greenhouse].
"36 / Marjorie Clausing."
"9 / Dr. C. Odegaard."
"38 / Dr. Martin."
"John Putnam."
Folder labelled "1970 Arboretum Foundation Plant Sale":
n.d., Reprint envelope with 2 negatives.
n.d., "1970 Plant Sale/Arb. Foundation," envelope with negative strips.
n.d., "1970 Plant Sale," 6 contact sheets, 4x5," with one photo cut out.
n.d., 4 4x5" glossy black and white photos:
"6," [child with flower cart].
"Camelia Japonica Te Deum (pink-reddish flower)."
"Camelia appleblossom (white flower)."
"herb gift boxes prepared by Elizabeth Sichler. Sold as a fund-raising project by Unit 81."
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation documents:1981 use agreement between the City of Seattle and the Arboretum Foundation":
9/30/1981, "The City of Seattle/and/The Arboretum Foundation/Arboretum in Washington Park Use Agreement," photocopy, 11 pp.
1/7/1979, "Proposal for Visitor Center: Maintenance Facilities in Washington Park Arboretum," photocopy, 6 pp.
Folder of Arboretum Foundation documents: obituaries and biographies [items are in sleeves]:
9/17/2006, Carol L. Allison, celebration of life invitation.
2002, Frances Arnold Anderson Backus obituary, no source.
6/15/2003, Thomas Nelson Bergerson obituary, Tacoma News Tribune.
5/4/2004, Wilmaglen Paddock Bergren obituary, P-I.
6/2003, "Staff addition: Christine Berry" article, Madison Park Times.
1/28/2005, Dean H. Brokaw obituary, no source.
3/16/2007, Elizabeth Batchelder Brokaw obituary, no source.
5/23/2002, Mary Jeanne Fraser Bryant obituary, no source
4/2002?, Helen Lauridsen Bucey obituary, no source.
9/2001, Mary Estella Cahill obituary, no source.
11/25/2005, Adel March Cole obituary, no source; 12/10/2005, service program.
10/18/2002, Jeannine Lucienne (Moulignier) Curry obituary, P-I.
2001, Ruth Sheldon Ellerbeck obituary, no source.
n.d., John Lincoln Fellows obituary, no source.
2/15/2012, Elizabeth (Betsy) Anderson Fitzgerald obituary, no source.
7/29/2016, Bruce Foster obituary, no source
9/28/2003, Vera Bachman Frazier obituary, Seattle Times/PI.
2/7/2015, Cora Lillian Gardiner, service program; 12/22/2014 obituary, no source.
5/7/2006, Jeanne D. Gardiner obituary, no source; wildflower seed packet; 7/2006 thank you note to Unit 41.
n.d., Cornelius (Connie) Grimes, obituary, no source.
5/8/2021, John Halloran obituary, no source.
9/3/2003, Mildred Willman Hamlin, obituary, P-I.
1/26/2004, Margaret Ruth (Kroener Dodd) Huntsburger obituary, Seattle Times.
9/24/2003, Caroline P. Johnson obituary, Magnolia News.
n.d., Jeanne Fisher Jones obituary, no source.
2/25/2004, Mary Anne Davidson Le Doux obituary, Seattle Times.
2012, Lewis Frederick Leber obituary, no source.
2/4/2019, Mary Jean Leber obituary text, typed, no source.
2/24/2007, Margaret Gordon Lockett, obituary, no source; Northwest Perennial
Alliance obituary.
n.d., Theodore R. Marston obituary, no source.
2002, Anne Adams Martin obituary, no source.
2002, Evelyn Colvin McLean obituary, no source.
12/4/2003, Phyllis Hyde Morgan, obituary, P-I.
12/4/2011, T. Keith Patrick, obituary, no source.
5/30/2003, Gladene LaVigne Reaugh obituary, Seattle Times.
n.d., "Volney Richmond embraced business, fun," obituary, Seattle Times.
12/19/2002, [Larry Rollolazo],"To a life trimmed with care," article, Seattle Times.
2001, Joan Lois Sanderson obituary, no source.
9/5/2003, Florence (Frosty) E. Sandwith obituary, Seattle Times.
3/25/2003, Margaret Mary Schilling obituary, no source; memorial mass program; memory card for James Frederick Schilling and Mary Margaret Schilling.
2001, Helen (Nell) Scott obituary, no source.
4/1/2003, Dorothy Maxine Shields obituary, King County Journal (Eastside).
5/14/2017, Betty Jane Smith obituary, no source.
5/2/2003, Muriel Sperry obituary, P-I.
n.d., "Jane Heffernan Sylvester served the public" obituary, no source.
12/9/2013, Margaret Turner obituary, no source.
4/17/2011, Elsie Marie Watson obituary, no source; invitation to service.
12/2013, Janet Kowalczewski Whitner obituary, no source.
4/13/2002, Gary Edward Winberg obituary, P-I.
2002, Dorothy Jean 'DJ' Wyble obituary, no source.Accession date: 2012-02-14 Last updated: 2026-08-18 09:50:03| Names | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Graham, Donald G. | Subject | |
| Shepherd, Erma | Subject | |
| Walker, Richard B. | Author (aut) | Creator |
| Hatheway, William H. | Author (aut) | Creator |
| Witt, Joseph A., -1984 | Author (aut) | Creator |
| Huntsberger, Margaret Ruth | Subject | |
| Hamlin, Mildred | Subject | |
| Frazier, Vera | Subject | |
| Fellows, John Lincoln | Subject | |
| Ellerbeck, Ruth | Subject | |
| Backus, Frances Arnold Anderson | Subject | |
| Bergerson, Thomas Nelson | Subject | |
| Bergren, Wilmaglen Paddock | Subject | |
| Berry, Christine | Subject | |
| Bucey, Helen Lauridsen | Subject | |
| Cahill, Mary Estella | Subject | |
| Curry, Jeannine, (Jeannine Lucienne Curry), 1921-2002 | Subject | |
| Sperry, Muriel | Subject | |
| Shields, Dorothy Maxine | Subject | |
| Sandwith, Florence E. (Frosty) | Subject | |
| Scott, Nell | Subject | |
| Sanderson, Joan Lois | Subject | |
| Wyble, Dorothy Jean (DJ) | Subject | |
| Winberg, Gary Edward | Subject | |
| Sylvester, Jane Heffernan | Subject | |
| Rollolazo, Clarito (Larry) | Subject | |
| Richmond, Volney | Subject | |
| Morgan, Phyllis Hyde | Subject | |
| Reaugh, Gladene LaVigne | Subject | |
| McLean, Evalyn Colvin, 1906-2006 | Subject | |
| Gronenthal-Kinsey, Catharine | Subject | |
| Jones, Jeanne Fisher | Subject | |
| Lewis, Penny | Subject | |
| Johnson, Caroline P., 1898-2003 | Subject | |
| Le Doux, Mary Anne Davidson | Subject | |
| Marston, Ted, (Theodore R. Marston) | Subject | |
| Martin, Anne, (Anne Adams Martin), 1912-2002 | Subject | |
| Brokaw, Betty, (Elizabeth Batchelder Brokaw), -2007 | Subject | |
| Lockett, Margaret, (Margaret Gordon Lockett), 1919-2007 | Subject | |
| Schilling, Marge, (Margaret Mary Shellander Schilling), 1926-2003 | Subject | |
| Patrick, T. Keith, 1933-2011 | Subject | |
| Fitzgerald, Betsy, (Elizabeth (Betsy) Anderson Fitzgerald), 1939-2012 | Subject | |
| Gardiner, Cora, (Cora Lillian Gardiner), 1922-2014 | Subject | |
| Wertheimer, Estelle | Subject | |
| Brokaw, Dean, 1924-2005 | Subject | |
| Watson, Elsie, 1913-2011 | Subject | |
| Allison, Carol L., 1933-2016 | Subject | |
| Leber, Mary Jean, 1928-2019 | Subject | |
| Leber, Lew, (Lewis Frederick Leber), 1928-2012 | Subject | |
| Whitner, Jan Kowalczewski, (Janet Kowalczewski Whitner), 1949-2013 | Subject | |
| Turner, Margaret, -2013 | Subject | |
| Smith, Betty Jane, 1921-2017 | Subject | |
| Halloran, John L., 1938-2021 | Subject | |
| Halloran, Darcy | Subject | |
| Gardiner, Jeanne, -2006 | Subject | |
| Foster, Bruce, 1941-2016 | Subject | |
| Cole, Adel, (Adel March Cole), 1924-2005 | Subject | |
| Bryant, Mary Jeanne , (Mary Jeanne Fraser Bryant), 1929-2002 | Subject |
| Location | Note |
|---|---|
| Archives compact shelving |