Archives Inventory from Miller Library, UW Botanic Gardens

1.1.10.S42c Seattle Japanese Garden in the news

Date statement: : 1959-2025
Summary:

 2 boxes: 
Box 1: Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin issues with articles on Seattle Japanese Garden 
Box 2: other articles on Seattle Japanese Garden

Description:

 Box 1: University of Washington Arboretum Bulletin/Washington Park Arboretum issues:
Winter 2025, "Courtyard Charm/Flowering Apricots Light Up the Japanese Garden Entrance in Winter," by Corinne Kennedy.
Fall 2024, "Tea-0il Camellia," by Corinne Kennedy.
Spring 2023, "Hiba Arborvitae of the Japanese Garden," by Corinne Kennedy.
Winter 2023, "Insights on a Masterpiece/Newly Translated Writings by the Japanese Garden's Creators Now Available Online," by Julie E. Coryell and Shizue Prochaska.
Fall 2022, "Completing a Historic Vision at the Japanese Garden," by Jason Morse.
Spring 2022, "Japanese Cleyera: The Shinto Religion's Sacred Flowering Evergreen," by Corinne Kennedy.
Spring 2021, "Enkianthus of the Japanese Garden," by Corinne Kennedy.
Fall 2020, "Japanese Maples: Five Stunning Cultivars for the Northwest Garden," by Jason Morse.
Summer 2020, "Happy 'Kanreki' to Our Garden!," by Jane Stonecipher; "Seattle Japanese Garden: Designed in the Stroll-Garden Style," by Corinne Kennedy; "Building the Garden: Excerpts from A New Collection of Articles by the Creators of the Japanese Garden," by Niall Dunne; "Honoring the Design Intent: Constant Change, Adaptive Maintenance, and the Development of the Plant Collection at the Japanese Garden," by Pete Putnicki; "Where in the Bulletin?: A Select Bibliography of Articles on the Japanese Garden," by Corinne Kennedy; "Seeing, Seeds, Stories: A Seattle Japanese Garden 60th Anniversary Exhibit," by Rebecca Alexander; "Hidden Treasure of the Japanese Garden: "Quercus myrsinifolia/Bamboo-Leaf Oak," by Corinne Kennedy; "A Legacy of Peace Planted in Our Garden," by Jessica Gardner.
Summer 2019, "Elements of Design: Time and the Garden" by Corinne Kennedy.
Winter 2019, "Tamamono Shrubs: Creating a Serene Foreground in the Japanese Garden" by Corinne Kennedy.
Winter 2018, "Native Ferns for the Japanese Garden" by Corinne Kennedy.
Fall 2018, "The Japanese Garden in Fall," photos by Aurora Santiago.
Spring 2017, "Royalty Blooms at the Japanese Garden" by Corinne Kennedy.
Spring 2016, "Continuity and Change - The Seattle Japanese Garden Comes Home," by Paige Miller.
Winter 2015, "Foundation Units and the Arboretum Legacy," by Megan Meyer.
Spring 2013, "Visit the Japanese Garden this Spring" photograph by Rick Matsen.
Winter 2013, "Japanese Gardens" by Phil Wood.
Summer 2012, "Coloring Outside the Guide Lines" (part 2) by Iain M. Robertson.
Spring 2012, "Coloring Outside the Guide Lines" (part 1) by Iain M. Robertson.
Fall 2011, "The Arboretum Foundation's Outstanding Display Garden at the 2011 Flower and Garden Show is Featured in a 'Christian Science Monitor' article."
Winter 2011, "Celebrating Seattle's Asian Gardens" by Paige Miller.
Summer 2009, "An Appreciation of the Japanese Garden" by Barbara Engram.
Spring 2009, "New Plantings at the Japanese Garden" by Jan K. Whitner.
Spring 2008, "2008: The Year of the Pacific" by Paige Miller.
Winter 2008, "First Impressions Are Important: The New Japanese Garden Gatehouse" by Iain M. Robertson.
Spring 2006, "Sakura, Sakura" by Lee Schiring; "Around the Garden in One Thousand and One Questions: A Designer's Introduction to Seattle's Japanese Garden" by Iain M. Robertson.
Fall 2004, "Pruning the Pines: A Familiar Fall Ritual in the Japanese Garden" by Barbara Engram.
Fall 2002, "Renewing the Washington Park Arboretum: Eco-geographic Exhibits" by John A. Wott.
Summer 2002, "Bridging the Pacific" by Steven R. Lorton.
Spring 2002, "Restoring Still Waters: 40 Years of Damage Now Ended for Japanese Garden Pond" by Elizabeth Moses and Jan Pirzio-Biroli; "Horticultural Exhibits, Alluring Plant Collections" by John A. Wott.
Spring/Summer 2001, "Self Guided Japanese Garden Tour" by Carolann Freid.
Winter 2000, "How Visitors View the Japanese Garden by Carolann Freid.
Winter 1998, special issue: Japanese Influence, Northwest Landscape Design. including "Beyond the Emperor's Gates--Japanese Influences throughout Washington Park Arboretum" by John A. Wott, "The Japanese Design Connection" by Arthur R. Kruckeberg, and "On the Go: Visit Gardens Touched by Japan" by Stephanie Feeney.
1995, v.58: 1 & 2, special edition, Guide to the Washington Park Arboretum, "The Japanese Garden," by Jim Thomas, "Tour of the Japanese Garden," by Leroy Collins, "In the Japanese Garden," photos by Joy Spurr.
Summer 1990, "The Once and Future Japanese Garden, " by Scott Medbury, "Creating a Japanese Garden: Basics and Practical Application," by Matsuo Tsukada, "Juki Iida on Building the Japanese Garden," Introduction by Kenneth Sorrells, "Some Favorite Trees in the Washington Park Arboretum's Japanese Garden," by Arthur Lee Jacobson, "Taking Photos in the Japanese Garden," Photos and text by Joy Spurr.
Spring 1984, "Our Japanese Garden: A Continuing Treasure" by Kenneth W. Sorrells and "The Japanese Tea Ceremony" by Glenn T. Webb.
Summer 1971, "University of Washington Japanese Garden," "Brief History of Japanese Gardens and the University of Washington Arboretum Garden," by Juki Iida and Associates - 1960, [reprint from Winter 1960 Arboretum Bulletin], "The Japanese Garden - 1971," by Juki Iida, "Lanterns in the Garden," by Doris Butler.

Box 2: 2 folders
Folder labelled Seattle Japanese Garden in the news: clippings, 2000 and after:
6/28/2022, "Satsuki Evergreen Azaleas Extend the Blooming Season of the Genus Rhododendron," by Corinne Kennedy, Seattle Japanese Garden blog, 13 pp.
2021, "The Early History of the Japanese Garden," by Jessa Grover, Journal of the North American Japanese Garden Association, 7 pp.
Winter 2020, "Strong Roots, Strong Branches," UW Magazine.
7/30/2015, "Seattle Japanese Garden Celebrates 55 Years," North American Post, 2 pp.
3/13/2015, "The Story of the Century Old Black Pine Tree," Seattle Japanese Garden blog.
11/26/2013, "Volunteers win awards for city park work," Daily Journal of Commerce.
10/31/2013, "Farewell and Thank You to Aki," North American Post," 2 pp.
5/23/2013, "Japanese Tea House Comes Back to Life, approved by the City Council in 1973," reprint of 5/11/1973 article, North American Post.
10/21/2012, "Around the Sound, Performance under the Trees," Seattle Times.
3/5/2012, "In shape for coming spring," Seattle Times.
10/13/2010, "Warm Sentiment for the Special Trees planted at the Seattle Japanese Garden," North American Post, photocopy.
9/22/2010, "Community Welcomes Ambassador Fujisaki's Nostalgic Seattle Visit as Another Ichiro," North American Post.
6/5/2010, "Party planned as Japanese Garden turns 50 years old," Seattle Times.
6/3/2010, "Japanese Garden celebrates golden anniversary," Seattle Times.
5/2010, "The Japanese Garden Turns 50!," NW Prime Time.
2/3/2010, "Japanese Garden to Open for 50th Anniversary Season," North American Post
5/7/2009, "A Delicate New Blossom," Seattle Times.
5/5/2009, "Shinto blessing at Japanese Garden," Seattle Times. 
Winter 2008, "The New Japanese Garden Gatehouse," WPA Bulletin.
3/0/2008, "From fresh to ancient, we've got a chance to explore it all," Seattle Times.
2/27/2008, "Japanese Garden Opening Ceremony," North American Post,
10/18/2007, "Best Bets: Autumn in the Park," Seattle Times.
10/13/2007, "Take in the Season's Colorful Foliage," Seattle Times.
10/10/2007, "Japanese Garden Renovation Kicked off," and "Seattle Japanese Gardeners Association Honored," North American Post, 1 p.
2/21/2007, "Seattle Japanese Garden Welcomes New Season," and "The Garden Plans to Remodel Gate Facilities," North American Post, 1 p.
8/5/2006, "Your garden might be drooping, but don't plant yourself indoors quite yet," Seattle Times.
2/18/2006, "Fill your senses with the Japanese Garden," Seattle Times.
11/5/2005, "Step by Step Landscape," Seattle Times.
10/15/2005, "Yasunori Sugita created legacy with teahouses," Seattle Times.
10/15/2005, "Tours: Seattle Japanese Garden," Seattle Times.
10/7/2005, "Yasunori 'Fred' Sugita: 1924-2005/Builder of the Arboretum teahouse," P-I.
9/10/2005, "Two Girls Enjoy . . .," Seattle Times photo.
9/11/2004, "Japanese Garden Welcomes New Era," North American Post, photocopy.
Mar/Apr 2004, "North America's Top 25 Japanese Gardens," Journal of Japanese Gardening.
2/26/2004, "Fast Break/Japanese Garden to re-open Sunday," Seattle Times.
2/25/2004, "Datebook/The Seattle Japanese Garden," Seattle Times.
2/12/2004, "nextBETS/The Seattle Japanese Garden," Seattle Times.
1/10/2004, "Japanese Garden needs volunteers," Northwest Asian Weekly.
12/29/2003, "Garden guides," Seattle Times.
11/10/2003, "Design elements unique to a Japanese garden," Northwest News.
8/16/2003, "Geijutsu No Aki:/Autumn, the Season of Art," North American Post.
10/2/2003, "A bright harbinger of fall," Seattle Times.
9/6/2003, "Kite Making in the Garden," North American Post.
7/19/2003, "Japanese Garden holds Tanabata Festival," North American Post.
7/5/2003, "Tanabata Festival at the Seattle Japanese Garden," North American Post.
7/2/2003, "Arts EtC./The Tanabata Festival," International Examiner.
7/2/2003, "Calendar/Sunday, July 6," International Examiner.
6/28/2003, "July 6th/Tanabata Festival at the Seattle Japanese Garden," North American Post.
6/21/2003, "EVENTS/Tanabata Festival/at the Seattle Japanese Garden/Sunday, July 6th 12:00 - 4:00 P.M.," North American Post.
5/24/2003, "NW Nikkei Calendar/May 26 (Mon)/Japanese Garden/Advisory Council/Wisteria Viewing," North American Post.
4/30/2003, "Datebook/Children's Day," Seattle Times.
4/16/2003, "Plant Talk/Options abound for tour/of best Northwest gardens," Seattle Times.
5/25/2003, "Japanese Garden hosts reading," P-I
2/5/2003, "Volunteers/The Japanese Garden," Magnolia News.
1/22/2003, "Damp and cool: A good day for planting," Seattle Times.
1/12/2003, "Tour guides sought for Japanese Garden," Seattle Times.
1/1/2003, "Japanese/Garden seeks/tour guides," Madison Park Times.
12/26/2002, "Guide visitors through Japanese Garden," Northwest Asian Weekly.
9/22/2002, "Sanctuaries of Peace and Serenity," NYT.
8/19/2002, "Bask in the moonlight," Seattle Times.
8/16/2002, "Japanese Garden/holds moon viewing," Daily Journal of Commerce.
7/30/2002, "Ties that bind," Seattle Times.
3/28/2002, "Renovated Japanese Garden reopens with creator's vision intact, Seattle P-I.
3/2001, Japanese Garden Special Edition of Seattle Volunteer from Seattle Parks and Recreation (both sides of a page).
10/9/2000, "Melodies of the garden," Seattle P-I.
9/16/2000, "Learning to fly," North American Post. 
7/28/2000, "Japanese Garden is fantastic setting for Asian 'Fantasticks'," Seattle P-I.
7/23/2000, "A Garden to Celebrate" by Valerie Easton, Seattle Times.
7/15/2000, "NWAAT stages unique production of 'The Fantasticks' at Arboretum Japanese Garden," North American Post.
5/31/2000, "A moment of reflection," Seattle P-I.
3/2/2000, "Blessing the garden," Seattle P-I.
2/17/2000, "Moss attacks!" Seattle P-I.
1/5/2000, "The Latest Look," Seattle P-I.

Folder of clippings through 1999:
11/1999, "A rock in a soft space," Ground Work.
1/29/1999, "What's happening at Arboretum?" North American Post.
11/17/1997, "Find a better balance between access and art," Seattle Times editorial.
11/4/1997, "Arboretum dilemma: access or authenticity?" Seattle Times.
11/3/1997, "Disharmony over change in garden," Seattle P-I.
4/1997, "Garden Variety," Alaska Airlines Magazine.
5/4/1996, "Japanese garden will be a fountain of activity," Seattle P-I, 2 copies.
5/30/1995, "Students master an ancient ceremony," Daily, 2 pp., photocopy.
3/1992, "Pacific overtures: the Northwest offers a sampling of Japanese garden types," House and Garden.
11/1991, "Arbor of the murmuring pines," Gardens and Countrysides.
5/1990, "The Japanese Garden turns thirty," Puget Consumers Co-op Paper.
6/1990, "A Celebration of Nature," Madison Park Times.
6/20/1981, "Admission charge set for Japanese Garden," Seattle Times.
2/12/1981, "Things are stirring as teahouse is readied to leave its cocoon," Seattle Times.
7/22/1980. "Brewing a teahouse" and "$80,000 needed to offset cost of park vandals," Seattle Times.
4/29/1980, "Takahashi," Seattle Times.
2/7/1980, "Teahouse group/opens campaign/for new structure," Seattle Times.
Winter 1977, "Juuki Iida" obituary, WPA Bulletin. 
2/1974, "The Japanese Garden at the University of Washington," by Juki Iida, translation of article in "Niwa" Japanese garden journal, 9 pp (2 copies).
2/9/1969, "UW Arboretum Puts on Annual Foliage Display," P-I, photocopy.
11/3/1968, "Arboretum Blooms With Autumn Colors," Seattle Times, photocopy.
8/20/1967, "3 Dance for August Moon Ceremony," Seattle Times, photocopy.
8/17/1967, "Expert Checks Arbor Plans for U.W.," no source, photocopy.
9/2/1966, "Evening of the August Moon," and 12/11/1966, "U.W. to Get $12,550 For Arboretum," Seattle Times, photocopy.
8/31/1966, "His Work Is Never Done," Seattle Times, photo and caption, photocopy.
5/26/1966, "ROTO REVIEW:/Ancient Japanese Tea Ceremony Kept Alive Here," Seattle Times, photocopy.
10/30/1965, "Follow the Stone Lanterns to the Teahouse," P-I.
10/6/1963, "The Arboretum's Tiny Portion of Old Japan Attains 'Maturity,'" Seattle Times.
9/25/1960, "Big Head Table Arranged for Prince Akihito's Visit," and "Civic Welcome Planned Here For Akihito," Seattle Times, photocopies on one sheet.
6/27/1960, "Seattle Tea Garden," Life magazine, photocopy.
6/20/1960, "Visitor Learns Tea House Of His Design Is in Arboretum," no source, photocopy.
6/17/1960, "Seattle Garden Blends East, West," Christian Science Monitor, photocopy.
5/29/1960, "Three Acres of Oriental Beauty," Seattle Times, original (in green folder) and photocopy, 8 pp.
5/27/1960, "Destruction in Arboretum: Japanese teahouse damaged by hoodlums," Seattle P-I?
5/6/1960, "Comment and Opinion," The Argus, photocopy.

1960: several articles, including "Charges against two dismissed in teahouse case," publication unknown; "Teahouse behind fence--ah so!" Seattle P-I; "Mother grieves for 'good son' in teahouse episode," publication unknown; "Speakers for tea garden dedication set," publication unknown.
7/4/1959, "Steaming Tea Wafts Poetry," publication unknown, photocopy.
6/21/1959, "Tea House Ceremony," publication unknown, photocopy.
5/20/1959, "Ground Broken for Teahouse 'Bridge,'" P-I., photocopy.
1958-1959, photocopied articles on a single sheet: 
     10/22/1958, "Arboretum gets Brazilian medal";
     1/6/1959, "Japanese give UW teahouse";
     4/29/1959, "Tokyo gives teahouse to Seattle";
     11/24/1959, "Arboretum Blocks Freeway Plans."
4/6/1959, "Tokyo Expert Here To Build Teahouse," P-I, photocopy.
1/29/1959, "'Most Authentic' Tea Garden Planned," no source, photocopy.
4/1958, "Teahouse of the April Fair: Japan's symbolic gift to city officially greeted at dockside," Seattle P-I. [handwritten date; correct date may be1959].

Record ID # 582
Accession date: 2021-03-09 Last updated: 2025-07-08 15:48:12
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

No names associated with this accession.

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Archives compact shelving

1.1.10.S42d Seattle Japanese Garden publications and programs

Date statement: : 1961-2021
Summary:

 2 boxes

Description:

Box 1, Publications:

Folder 1:
Self-guided tour brochures (2009, 1993, and many other undated revisions)
Undated "Inside the Japanese Garden" (circa 2001) and "Japanese Garden Tour" (circa 1985) brochures.
Undated "Seattle's Japanese Garden: The Next Best Thing To Being In Japan" brochure from the Japanese Garden Society.

Folder 2a:
Booklets:

2021, "Seattle Japanese Garden/A Walking Tour of the Stone Carvings," 21 pp.
2018, "Discovering the Stone Lanterns of the Seattle Japanese Garden," 15 pp.
4/2009, "Plants and Trees of the Seattle Japanese Garden: an introduction," 15 pp. (A second reprinted copy is dated 4/2016.)
5/2001, "Haiku for the Seasons," foldout poems.
2000, "Whispering Into the Wind: an assemblage of poems by Northwest poets commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Japanese Garden" (bamboo-decorated, copy 33 of 100).
March 2000 reprint of "The Japanese Garden" by Juki Iida, translated by Glenn Webb, with introduction by Carolann Freid.
1970 "The Japanese Garden" by Marjorie Clausing and Joy Spurr (2 copies).
1961 "Our Japanese Garden" by Juki Iida and Associates (8 pages, reprinted from Arboretum Bulletin as a booklet).
"Haiku for the Seasons"

Folder 2b:
March 2001 "Discover the Stone Lanterns" by Kathleen Smith, along with background materials and correspondence.

Folder 3:
Videos and other digital publications
April 1994, "Exploring the Japanese Garden at The Washington Park Arboretum/ script for a 30-minute self-guided audio cassette tour," 19 pp.

Folder 4:
2000 initial website development correspondence

Folder 5a:
Fundraising: notecards

Folder 5b:
Fundraising: images of stone lanterns for card game

Box 2, Events and Programs:

Folder 6a: Events (general)
2021, Garden Party invitation cards (2 copies).
2020, 60th anniversary bookmarks containing Ginkgo biloba leaves, 6 bookmarks.
7/24/2015, "The Garden Party: A 55th Anniversary Celebration for the Seattle Japanese Garden," menu, program and map.
11/3-17/2010, "Through the Lens: 50 Years of the Japanese Garden," SCAN TV flier.
9/2-11/14/2010, "The Japan Foundation's 'Katsura': The Photographs of Ishimoto Yasuhiro," Seattle Japanese Garden's 50th anniversary special exhibit, post card.
6/6/2010, "Japanese Garden 50th Anniversary Celebration," invitation post card.
5/4/2009, "Japanese Garden Gatehouse Grand Opening," post card.
4/20/2009, "The New Gatehouse Entry Village," invitation card to celebration.
4/20/2009, "Donor Recognition Party" invitation note card.
5/23/2008, "Rare Japanese Ground Purification Ceremony for Japanese Garden Gatehouse Construction," news release.
10/1/2007, "Autumn in the Garden," invitation to fundraising campaign event.
2/26/2005, "Opening Day Celebration in the Japanese Garden," flier.
2005, Event listing card from Seattle Parks and Recreation.
2004 or 2005, "Haiku and the Japanese Garden," printed information by Michael Dylan Welch, 4 pp.
2004, Event listing card from Seattle Parks and Recreation.
2003, "Seattle Japanese Garden 2003 Programs" flier.
Winter 2003, calendar of events from Japanese Garden Society Newsletter.
2002 Seattle Parks and Recreation Event Season card.
2001 postcard for 9/8/2001 Echoes in the Garden concert with Gary Stroutsos.
Spring 2001 flier for Japanese Garden lecture series, includes trifold brochure for 5/4/2001 Edo Period Daimyo Gardens talk by Marc P. Keane.
2001 Japanese Garden Program sheet.
Proposed budget for Program Year 2001.
10/2000 invitation to celebration featuring Randy Hayes (artist) and Nobuhiko Yoshizumi (kite-maker).
8/1/2000 press release of Fall events.
7/28-8/2000, "The Fantasticks in the Japanese Garden," post card.
7/16/2000, "Watercolor in the Japanese Garden July 16, 2000 with Molly Hashimoto," bookmark.
Undated "Sundays in the Japanese Garden" brochures.
1/29/2002, "The Essence of Japan in Florida, The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens," presentation by Hoichi Kurisu, N.A.P. news release.
1/10/2002 leaflet for Makoto Suzuki talk "Japanese gardens in other cultures: beyond space and time."
3/28/2000 "Designing a Japanese Garden" leaflet.
3/14/2000 postcard invitation to joint Japanese Garden/Unit 86 meeting.
10/1999 Unit 86 meeting postcard.
5/27/1999 invitation to joint Japanese Garden/Unit 86 meeting.
1996 brochures: "Japanese Garden Society presents Japanese Elements in Pacific Northwest Landscape Design" and "Trans-Pacific Century 2."
1996 Poetry in the Garden bifold brochure (orange) and poems translated into English.
Undated card from Tsunami Taiko drum group.
Undated bookmark for Oru Kami event at Graham Visitors Center.
Undated Oru Kami (Origami) bookmark for March 9 event (no year).
Undated business card for Tsunami Taiko drum group.

Folder 6b:
Children's Day
Notes, reports, programs, correspondence, and information for guides regarding Children's Day (Kodomo-No-Hi) celebrations from 1996 to 2001. Includes 5/3/1998 Children's Day at the Japanese Garden announcement in Seattle Parks & Recreation May 1998 event guide trifold.

Folder 6c:
Opening Ceremony
n.d., Kannagara Jinjya, the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America, a Shinto site in Granite Falls, WA, trifold brochure, 3 informational postcards, and information sheet.

Folder 6d:
Tanabata
no date: "The Tanabata Story" flier.
2000 "A Dream from the Past, a Vision for the Future" postcard.
2000 "Tanabata Festival" flier featuring list of poets reading in the garden.

Folder 6e:
Moon Viewing (Tsukimi)
Correspondence, notes, and invitations for Moon Viewing events, 1966-2001 (incomplete)
9/17/2016, "Moon Viewing" information card
8/19/2002, Tsukimi flier.
8/12/2000, Moon Viewing program, invitations, letters.

Folder 6f: Labelled "Events: Tea Ceremony"
2003, "The Urasenke Chado Tradition," foldout brochure.
after 2001, "Urasenke Foundation: Seattle Branch," 8 pp. of information sheets.
Fall 2000, "Urasenke Foundation, Seattle Branch, Fall 2000 Chanoyu Calendar," 1 p.
4/29/2000, invitation to HARU Spring Tea Gathering,1 p.
4/1/2000, Letter to Japanese Garden Society, 1 p. typed.
Spring-Summer 2000, "Urasenke Foundation, Seattle Branch, Chanoyu Calendar," 1 p. printed.
1996, "1996 Spring and Summer Chanoyu Calendar," 1 p.
1/11/1993, "Kyoto News/ Chado (tea ceremony)," Manichi Daily News, 1 p.
After 1992, "urasenke seattle," information and membership application brochure, (2 different brochures).
n.d., "Discover The Aesthetic and Cultural Path of Chado: The Way of Tea,' information and membership application brochure.
n.d., "Seattle Branch," diskette.
1992, "The Art of Chanoyu," Seattle Art Museum brochure.
1985, "The URASENKE Tradition of Chado," foldout brochure, (2 copies).

Folder 6g: Anniversaries
2021, 50th Anniversary. Includes agenda and 58 min. disc.
8/25/2010, "Slideshow Script: A Stroll Through the First 50 Years of the Seattle Japanese Garden," 21 pp.
2000 40th Anniversary
1990 30th Anniversary schedule of events

Folder labelled "Japan in WA: Cultural Resource Guide:
1992, "Japan in Washington State: A Cultural Resource Guide," 58 pp., stapled book.

Record ID # 585
Accession date: 2021-03-09 Last updated: 2025-04-22 14:23:18
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

No names associated with this accession.

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1.1.10.S42d large Seattle Japanese Garden flat large-format items

Date statement: : 2000-2000
Summary:

 1 poster

Description:

 10/3-13/2024, "Hatsumoji," poster.
"Japanese Garden 1960-2000" poster.

1 folder containing legal-size copies of documents from UW Special Collections on Seattle Japanese Garden (35 pages, all 8 1/2x13" photocopies):
[1984 or later], "Japanese Garden Tour," trifold brochure, 2 pp.
6/2/1960, "Acknowledgment." 
12/20/1959, "Japanese Tea Garden/ for/ University of Washington Arboretum/Seattle/Series II," architectural plans, 24 pp.
1/7/1959, letter to "O. Mulligan" from Seiichiro Yasui, Governor of Tokyo Metropolis.
n.d., "Acknowledgment," marked "Incomplete."
n.d., "Japanese Garden," map.

Record ID # 746
Accession date: 2024-08-20 Last updated: 2025-02-11 12:32:25
Subjects: Japanese Garden Society, Seattle Japanese Garden, Arboretum Foundation

Names	Role	Function
Coryell, Julie E.	Donor (dnr)	Source
Spurr, Joy	Photographer (pht)	Creator

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Map case	drawer I

1.1.10.S42dposter Seattle Japanese Garden posters

Date statement: : 1990-1990
Summary:

 2 rolled copies of one poster

Description:

 2 copies of Seattle Japanese Garden 30th anniversary poster illustrated by Scott Church.

Record ID # 779
Accession date: 2025-02-11 Last updated: 2025-02-11 12:37:20
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

Names	Role	Function
City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.		Creator

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Archives workroom open cupboard

1.1.10.S42e Plants of the Seattle Japanese Garden

Date statement: : 1960-2010
Summary:

 3 binders and 1 file box

Description:

Maples of the Seattle Japanese Garden by Kathleen Smith: one binder.
Plants of the Seattle Japanese Garden by Kathleen Smith: 2 large binders, revised through 2010.

One file box containing folders and booklets:
Folder labelled "Plants of the Seattle Japanese Garden:
August 2020, Plants of the Japanese Garden, 40 pp., spiral bound book.
2010, Plants of the Japanese Garden updated by the Plant Committee of Unit 86 and bearing Seattle Parks logo.
2005, Plants of the Japanese Garden compiled by Kathleen Smith, bearing Seattle Parks logo.
2002, Plants of the Japanese Garden compiled by Kathleen Smith, bearing Seattle Parks logo and Japanese Garden Society logo.
2001, "Changes - Update Plant List to Version 2-20-2001," 2 pp.
2000, Plants of the Japanese Garden compiled by Kathleen Smith, bearing Seattle Parks logo and Japanese Garden Society logo. Loose inserts: "Donations in the Japanese Garden the Commemorate Individuals, compiled by Kathleen Smith/6-28-2000; "Changes - Update Plant List to Version 220-2000; "Changes: How to Update Plant Lists," 2 pp.; "Maple Tour in the Japanese Garden/with Kathleen Smith/October 2000," 3 pp.
1999, Plants of the Japanese Garden compiled by Kathleen Smith, bearing Seattle Parks logo and Japanese Garden Society logo.
1999, Alphabetical Plant List for the Japanese Garden updated through 1999.
1995, Guide to the Plants-1995: Seattle's Japanese Garden by Kathleen Smith.
1/1990, "Japanese Garden/Plants & Landscape Features," printed folder.
1984?, Japanese Garden Inventory.

Folder labelled: "SJG Plants 1960":
7/29-30/2021, "Cherry," emails from Kathy Lantz to Julie Coryell, 2 pp.; clipped with "Plant List" with pencil corrections; "Iida's Inventory of Plants and Trees used in the Japanese Garden within the University of Washington Arboretum. English version of his handwritten record," with pencil corrections, 4 pp.; plant list with Japanese title, with pencil corrections, 4 pp.; "Stone Lanterns," 1 p. plus a second uncorrected copy of Iida's inventory, 5 pp.
11/19/2004, "Trees of Japan," ink notes of conversation with Masa Mizuno, 2 pp.
11/1960, "Plant List," 'from N. Kitamura" in pencil, (2 copies, one with title in Japanese).
1/1960, N. Kitamura's plant list.

Folder labelled "Supplemental reference materials,"
including "Kathleen Smith's Quest":
Green pocket folder containing:
4/10/2009, "Kathleen's Quest," (updated version), 6 pp. in plastic envelopes.
12/414, 2000, "Kathleen's Quest," 3 pp.

Loose items:
February-June 2020, 4 letters from Kathleen Smith to Julie Coryell.
4/9/1999, letter re: Japanese Garden tour from Smith to Coryell.
April 1996, "American Bamboo Society/Bamboo Species Source List No. 16," stapled booklet, 16 pp.

Folder labelled "Kathleen":
8/19/2016, "Tea Plant in Seattle Japanese Garden," email from Jeanne Peterson.
9/18/2004, "Amazing Plants/Kathleen Smith prepared this information for her tours in the fall of 2004," 3 pp.
August 2003, "Pines in the Japanese Garden," list of specimens for fall tour, 3 pp.
2/2003, "This list is intended to be used with the display board that shows these 12 Rhododendrons and Azaleas," 2 plasticized sheets with cardboard backing.
10/24/2001, "Tree Color talk," handwritten notes.
7/5/2000, "Plants of the Japanese Garden" title page.
6/17/1997, letter to Julie from Kathleen.
n.d., "Japanese Garden in Washington Park Arboretum," 8x11" map printed on marbled paper.
n.d., "Japanese Garden/(incomplete list)," map and plant list in plastic.

Record ID # 586
Accession date: 2021-03-09 Last updated: 2024-10-09 09:53:06
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

Names	Role	Function
Smith, Kathleen		Creator

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1.1.10.S42f 4f Seattle Japanese Garden renovation: New Gatehouse plans

Date statement: : 2008-2008
Summary:

 Checkset dated 5/9/2008 (in Archives workroom)

Record ID # 591
Accession date: 2021-03-25 Last updated: 2025-03-31 15:16:40
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

No names associated with this accession.

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1.1.10.S42f 4h Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation: Kobayashi drawings for pond shoreline renovation

Date statement: : -
Summary:

 1 tube of drawings, circa 2014 (in Archives workroom)

Record ID # 593
Accession date: 2021-03-25 Last updated: 2024-08-06 15:12:48
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

Names	Role	Function
Kobayashi, Koichi		Creator

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1.1.10.S42f box 1 Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation

Date statement: : 1973-2013
Summary:

 1 file box

Description:

 Documents on maintenance, renovation, and construction projects.
Folder 1: 1973 Teahouse fire and 1980/81 teahouse rebuilding [empty]

Folder 2: Juuki Iida's 1973-1977 involvement.
1/30/2000, Letter from Julie E. Coryell regarding translation errors, 1 p.
2000, "The Japanese Garden at the University of Washington," by Juuki Iida, translated by Glenn T. Webb, edited by Julie E Coryell, 7 pp.
12/1998 [copy made], "The Japanese Garden at the University of Washington," by Juki Iida, translated by Glenn T. Webb, originally published in NIWA, Feb. 1974, 9 pp.

Folder 3: gardeners and  consultants.
11/10/2003, "Pruning Workshop," Information sheet.
4/10/2003, "Kobayashi," Daily Journal of Commerce.
04/19/2001 "Seattle Japanese Garden Comprehensive Overview" prepared for Seattle Japanese Garden Society by Kobayashi and Associates.
Winter 2000-2001, memo on landscape work from Jim Thomas, senior gardener, 1 p.
11/17/1997, "Japanese Garden Society Comments and Suggestions: Japanese Garden Feasibility Study," outline with handwritten additions, photocopy, 2 pp.

Folder 4b: major projects - ADA.
11/13/1997, letter to Kenneth R. Bounds from Elizabeth Ayraut Moses, 2 pp.
11/7/1997, letter from Kenneth R. Bounds to multiple individuals, 2 pp.
11/4/1997, letter to Ken Bounds from Julie E. Coryell, 1p.
10/28, 1997, letter to Susan Donaldson from Julie Coryell and Seelye Martin, 1 p.
n.d., before 1998, "Japanese Garden ADA Access Options," from Kenneth R. Bounds, with handwritten notes, 3 pp.
n.d., Drawings re ADA project/hardscape near wisteria arbor/ Proposals - Scheme A - Scheme B, 4 pp.

Folder 4c: Major construction/renovation projects: Pond Shoreline Renovation 2001-2002
11/09/2001, "Project Update/Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation," information sheet.
12/7/2000, "Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation Schematic Design Public Meeting," information sheet.
12/7/2000, "Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation Public Meeting Agenda," 1 p. with handwritten notes.
8/23/2000, "Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation," task list, 3 pp.
8/21/2000, Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation Project Consultant Evaluation Rating Sheet," with handwritten notes, 3 pp.
8/11/2000, letter to Julie Coryell, et al., from Tasha Essen re: evaluation sheet.
8/7/2000, Murase Associates, "Statement of Qualifications/ Washington Park Japanese Garden, 12 pp.
3/21/2000, "Proposed Project Schedule & Review & Public Notification," 1 p.
3/16/2000, "2000 Capital Improvement Program/Draft Design Program, Japanese Garden - Pond Shoreline Renovation - WC 632," 24 pp.
3/13/2000, "Proposed Project Schedule & Review & Public Notification: Japanese Garden Renovation," 1 p.
after 1998, letter from Makoto Suzuki and "The Genealogy of Garden Design," by Suzuki, in "The Outline of Landscape, vol. 3, "Landscape Design," 11 pp.
12/20/1997, "Consultants Report - Japanese Garden Pond/Washington Park Arboretum," 26 pp. 
undated, Kobayashi & Associates qualification statement, 5 pp.

Folder 4f: New Gatehouse Project 2006-2009.
2006-2009 New Gatehouse: "The Gatehouse Village" CD.
 5/4/2009, Japanese Garden Gatehouse grand opening, postcard.
6/16/2008,"Preparing for Construction," invitation to pacification ceremony, postcard.
1/25/2008, Entry Gate House check set NOT Final, spiral bound.
4/24/2006, "Japanese Garden Entry Structure," invitation postcard.
4/24/2006, "Japanese Entry Garden Improvements/Community Meeting #2," program and plans, 2 pp.
2/13/2006, "Japanese Garden Entry Structure," invitation postcard.
2/13/2005 [typo for 2006?], "City Hall park Improvement Project," program for Workshop #1, with photos and design plan, 6 pp.
1/9/2006, "Japanese Garden Entry Structure," detailed description of areas, stapled with "Gatehouse Village Design" by Karen Lighthuse (updated 2013) and Hoshide summary description (2010), 10 pp.
6/7/2005, "Washington Park Arboretum/ Japanese Garden Entry - Project Design Program," DRAFT, 13 pp.

Record ID # 588
Accession date: 2021-03-23 Last updated: 2025-07-01 11:42:17
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

Names	Role	Function
Kobayashi, Koichi		Creator

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1.1.10.S42f box 2 Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation, box 2: Rock, Water, Plant Papers (part 1)

Date statement: : -
Summary:

 1 file box

Description:

 Several folders of papers regarding the development of the Rock, Water, Plant manuscript.

Record ID # 669
Accession date: 2022-10-18 Last updated: 2023-06-28 14:45:04
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

Names	Role	Function
Coryell, Julie E.		Source
Prochaska, Shizue		Creator

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1.1.10.S42f box 3 Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation: Rock, Water, Plant papers (part 2: authors)

Date statement: : -
Summary:

 1 file box

Description:

 Folders of background information and notes on Juki Iida, Kiyoshi Inoshita, Nobumasa Kitamura, Tatsuo Moriwaki, Makoto Suzuki, the authors of the texts translated in Rock, Water, Plant: Garden Masters' Record.

Record ID # 670
Accession date: 2022-10-18 Last updated: 2023-06-28 14:45:11
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

Names	Role	Function
Coryell, Julie E.		Source
Iida, Juuki, (Iida, Juki)		Subject
Prochaska, Shizue		Source

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1.1.10.S42f box 4 Seattle Japanese Garden construction photos

Date statement: : -
Summary:

 1 photo album, circa 1960

Description:

 Album contains 11 black and white photos, each about 8 x 10 inches:
Sign reading "Under Construction...Japanese Tea Garden..." mentioning University of Washington Arboretum, Yorozu Construction, Juki Iida, and Mr. Kitamura, with two backhoes nearby.
Backhoes and stones near the pond.
Two workers putting a roof on the teahouse.
A bridge with evidence of grading work and stones.
The stone peninsula and view of two footbridges.
Two men viewing the pond from the southwest.
A truck and the rock wall near the north end of the pond.
Looking up into the stone waterfall area.
A man training a pine near the pond shoreline.
View over the stone peninsula toward the original teahouse, with garden visitors in the distance.
View from the behind lectern with two men preparing to speak, and spectators (about 10 women, 4 men, and 1 child) seen watching the speakers from across the pond.

Record ID # 751
Accession date: 2024-09-06 Last updated: 2024-09-17 10:03:02
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

Names	Role	Function
Iida, Juuki, (Iida, Juki)		Subject
Kitamura, Nobumasa		Subject
Yorozu, William Shinichi		Subject

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1.1.10.S42g Seattle Japanese Garden photos

Date statement: : 1937-2000
Summary:

 1 file box

Description:

 Folder labelled "Seattle Japanese Garden/maintenance & renovation - garden photos 1961-present:

2000, "Stone Ornaments of the Japanese Garden,' by Kathleen Smith, color photocopy, 1 p.
n.d., photos for a presentation?, black and white photocopies, 10 pp.

Folder labeled SJG  Archives/SJG maintenance & renovation 1961-present:

1/2003, envelope labelled "For Jana Stone Source Book 2003," 4 color snapshots.
1/2003, envelope labelled "Lanterns, Ornaments, Plants," snapshots and negatives.
1/2003, envelope labelled "Lanterns, Stone Ornaments, Hardscape, Plants," snapshots and negatives.
n.d., envelope labelled "Stone Ornaments, Plants, Lanterns, Hardscape," snapshots and negatives.

Folder labelled "Feb 1996 making Koi pennants."
3 3 1/2 x 5 photos plus photocopies of all. 
 
1960, envelope labelled "Reprints of 1960 photos, negatives":
"Do Not Destroy" envelope with 22 5 x 7" photos, negatives, 2 sheets with handwritten notes: "Scrapbook of Mrs. Neil Haig (Emily)" and "from the Scrapbook of Mrs. Neil (Emily) Haig, founder of the Japanese Garden"; 1 order sheet, and 1 handwritten sheet labelled "Koko" with notes; purchase order; invoice. 
2 contact sheets.

Folder labelled "Washington Park Arboretum . . Japanese Garden":
1937., glossy 8 x 10 photo, 8 people.
Photocopy of annotated 1937 photo labeled "Selection of the site for the Japanese Garden...Frederick Leissler...Herbert Ihrig, Mrs. Jeanne Seiler..., Mrs. Alexander Pringle, Japanese Consul I. Okomoto and his daughter Kauri, Dean Hugo Winkenwerder...and Mrs. First Johnson." Later penciled "not existing Japanese Garden."

Record ID # 583
Accession date: 2021-03-09 Last updated: 2025-04-22 14:25:06
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

No names associated with this accession.

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1.1.10.S42h Seattle Japanese Garden master plans and vision quests

Date statement: : 1978-2014
Summary:

 1 file box

Description:

 Folder labelled: "2014 - Consult Econ Review JG:"
4/17/2014, "Consultation, Inc., Section III - Resident and Tourist Market Overview," pp. 27-36.
4/17/2014, "Consultation, Inc., Section IV - Summary of Site Visit and Stakeholder Comments,"  pp. 37-44.
4/17/2014, "Consultation, Inc., Section V - Experience of Japanese Gardens," pp. 45-60.
4/17/2014, "Consultation, Inc., Section VI - Evaluation of Alternative Operating Models," pp. 61-84.
4/17/2014, "Consultation, Inc., Section VII - Recommendations and Non-Profit Partner Standards," pp. 85-89, plus "Appendix A/Non-Profit Management Alternative Assumptions," p. A-1.

Folder labelled "WPA Master Plan & SJG:"
5/7/2001, "City Council Approves Master Plan for Washington Park Arboretum," news release,  2 pp.
4/19/2001, "Park Board Endorses Arboretum Plan," news release, 2 pp.
1/2001, letter from Julie Coryell  to Peter Marshall re: Master Plan, 1 p. with side note that two animals are added to the Plants and Animals section of the plan, as she requested.
1/23/2001, letter to Mayor and Council supporting Master Plan, especially Japanese Garden; unsigned, 1 p.
1/5/2001, "Critics sound off on Arboretum plan," P-I.
1/4/2001, "'Renewing the Washington Park Arboretum: A Master Plan,; Questions and Answers," 4 pp.
12/21/2000, "Attachment A - A Comparison of the Proposed Master Plan with Previous Plans and Existing Development," WPA Master Plan, 1 p.
5/8/2000, "The Arboretum Foundation" letter seeking support for Master Plan, 2 pp.
1999, "Arboretum Plan Advances!" printed Arboretum Foundation mailer, 4 pp.
3/27/1999, "DRAFT Environmental Scoping Information Report for the Washington Park Arboretum Master Plan Proposal," 11 pp.
3/8/1999, "Renewing the Washington Park Arboretum: A proposal by the Arboretum and Botanical Garden Committee, An Alternative to be Evaluated for the Environmental Impact Statement," 30 pp.
11/19/1998, "Proposed Arboretum Master Plan/Sequence of Events," 1 p. with inked revisions.
1998, Workshop schedule for Board of Park Commissioners for "Review of The Arboretum Plan 'A Greenprint for the Future,'" stapled with poster for public meeting 10/21/1998 at McGilvra School.
11/29/1998, cover letter for "Draft Arboretum Plan: 'A Greenprint for the Future,'" 1 p.
9/21/1998, "The Arboretum Plan/Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," 3 pp.
8/1998, "The Arboretum Plan," (earlier version of above), 2 pp.
1998, "Washington Park is a Public Park.  Let's Keep it That Way," Arboretum Park Preservation Coalition, 2 pp., stapled with "History Of Washington Park and the Arboretum, by the Arboretum Preservation Coalition," 2 pp., and "Resolutions Relating to the Arboretum Plan," 4//8 1998, Montlake Community Club, 1 p.
10/1997, "The Arboretum Plan/A Greenprint for the Future," with handwritten note: "Only pages relating to SJG," photocopy, 5 pp.
5/1997, "Executive Summary/The Arboretum Plan," 15 pp.
1996, "Arboretum Master Plan/A Greenprint for the Future," mailer seeking public input, 4 pp.
n.d., "A Future for Washington Park Written in Concrete?," 2 pp.

Folder labelled "Seattle Japanese Garden master plans, update concept plan (circa 2001):"
4/19/2001, "Seattle Japanese Garden: Comprehensive Overview," prepared by Kobayashi and Associates: Landscape Architect, 65 pp., spiral bound.
3/5/2001, "Seattle Japanese Garden: Update Concept Plan," prepared by Kobayashi and Associates, draft, 57 pp. clipped together.
12/8/2000, email letter from Richard Smith to Julie Coryell.
3/1/1998, Draft, "Japanese Garden Master Plan," 9 pp.
9/30/1997, "Japanese Garden Feasibility Study/Statement of Work," 3 pp. with handwritten notes.

Folder labelled "Seattle Japanese Garden vision quests, 1998,1999:"
after 4/30/1999, "Vision Quest Workshop/Preliminary Report/Seattle Japanese Garden Advisory Council," 10 pp.
4/30/1999, "Japanese Garden Advisory Council - Planning Committee/VISION TEAM "LAYERS" DISCUSSION ITEMS," dated 4/19/1999, 5 pp., clipped with  "JGC NOTES," 4/30/1999, handwritten by Julie Coryell, 9 pp. (2 copies, one a photocopy). 
3/5/1999, "Current Status: Workshop," handwritten list, 1 p., stapled with draft letter to workshop participants, 2 pp., and "Vision Team 'Layers' Discussion Items," Revised 3/5/1999, 5 pp.
3/2/1999, "'Vision Team Workshop' Tasks to Prepare for the Workshop," handwritten list, 2 pp.
1999, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology 1904-1999," 1 p. 
12/8/1998, Draft letter to "Mr. Welch" asking him to join Vision Team, 2 pp.
1997, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology" 1904-1997, handwritten on 18" x 24" newsprint, in ink with pencil corrections.
n.d., "Japanese Garden in Washington Park," map of park, 13 copies, each with different title, e.g., "Plantings," "Maintenance," stapled with drawing of the garden from newspaper article titled "Three Acres of Oriental Beauty."

Folder labelled "Seattle Japanese Garden Master Plan - 1978":
1/1978, "Master Plan Update for the University of Washington Arboretum in Seattle's Washington Park," 15 pp. relating to SJG, photocopy.

Record ID # 589
Accession date: 2021-03-23 Last updated: 2025-04-22 14:25:44
Subjects:

Names	Role	Function
Coryell, Julie E.		Source
Kobayashi, Koichi	Author (aut)	Creator

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1.1.10.S42i Seattle Japanese Garden supporting organizations

Date statement: : 1966-2006
Summary:

 Box 1 includes documents on Seattle Japanese Garden support from UW, Arboretum Foundation Unit 86 (established 1966), Seattle Parks, Japanese Garden Society (rosters only), and the Japanese Garden Advisory Council
Box 2 contains documents about the Japanese Garden Society (established 1985).

A separate binder contains Julie E. Coryell's Seattle Japanese Garden Society documents for 1999 and 2000, and includes some documents on Seattle Parks and Recreation, Arboretum Foundation Unit 86 and the Japanese Garden Advisory Council, with dates between 1998 and 2006.

Description:

Box 1:
Folder labelled Japanese Garden Advisory Council:
2/13/2006, invitation to review new gate proposed design, [http://www.seattle.gov/parks/proparks/projects/arboretum.htm]
12/5/2000 and 11/3/2000, proposed changes in Advisory Council Constitution. Includes 10/3/1978 Constitution.
11/11/1998-9/10/2002, Advisory Council minutes.
11/2000, Japanese Garden Advisory Council Bylaws Draft, 4 pp.
9/16/2000, "Job Description/Advisory Council Member," 1 p.
9/16/2000, Advisory Council retreat cover letter, minutes, and invitation, 4 pp.
6/14/2000, "JGAC Response to EIS 6/2000," by Richard Pulkrabek, 2 pp. (2 copies).
9/9/1999, "Japanese Garden Advisory Council Committees Assignments and Tasks," 1 p.
4/14/1999, letter to Kenneth R. Bounds from Elizabeth Moses on JGAC response to "Draft Environmental Scoping Information Report and Proposal by the Arboretum and Botanical Garden Committee," 3 pp.
4/9/1999, Agenda for JGAC Special Meeting, 1 p.
4/7/1999, letter to Peter Marshall from Julie Coryell on draft EIS report and proposal, 1 p.
1/25/1999, letter to Elizabeth Moses from Gayle Bodorff .
1/8/1999, letter to Margaret Ceis and Kenneth Bounds from Elizabeth Moses.
12/17/1998, draft of 1/8/1999 letter.
10/19/1998, letter to Kenneth Bounds from Julie Coryell supporting her nomination to the JGAC.
n.d., "Vision Quest," "Master Plan Status," and "Action by the Arboretum Foundation Board," letter from Elizabeth Moses, 1 p.

Folder labelled All Member lists, JGS, JGAC

Folder labelled "Parks & Rec":
1999-2000 Budget information, 30 pp.
12/16/1994 (revised 3/3/95), "Draft - Use Management Guidelines - Draft/Japanese Garden," 6 pp.

Folder labelled UW, Arboretum Foundation, Seattle Parks:
11/25/2003, "Community Meeting/Japanese Garden/ Forest Management Plan," Agenda, Preliminary Notes, follow up sheet dated 1/28/2004, 4 pp.

Folder labelled Unit 86 of the Arboretum Foundation

Folder labelled Unit 86 meeting minutes (also contains member lists, bylaws, and agendas)

Folder labelled Unit 86 video, with background information on Peggy Garber's 2021 video project.

Box 2:
Japanese Garden Society

Record ID # 590
Accession date: 2021-03-23 Last updated: 2025-03-31 15:16:56
Subjects: Japanese Garden Society, Arboretum Foundation, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle Parks, Seattle Japanese Garden

No names associated with this accession.

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1.1.10.S42j Seattle Japanese Garden Guide Volunteer training materials and Source Books

Date statement: : 1961-2025
Summary:

 3 file boxes and several binders

Description:

 Seattle Japanese Garden Source Books:
2019
2010
2003/4 (2 copies plus CD-Rom for 2003 and 2004)
Binder labeled "Mixed sources for 2002/3 Source Book"
March 2001 (2 copies plus CD Rom)
2000
1999
1998, compiled by Shirley Cuthbert-Pickens
1994, compiled by Winette Waggoner for Prentice Bloedel Unit # 86 of the Arboretum Foundation

Box 1: Arboretum Foundation Japanese Garden Guide chair's notebook, belonging to Richard Yamasaki in the 1960s and 70s. Includes photos and agendas. 

Box 2: Japanese Garden Guides training materials:
Folder labelled Guide Docent Training 2000-present (except 2004):
3/19-4/24/2025, "Interested in Becoming a Volunteer Guide," poster.
4/17-511/2023, "Become a Volunteer Guide! flier.
2019, "Seattle Japanese Garden/2019 Guide Training," agendas and draft preparation materials, 5 pp.
2019, "Seattle Japanese Garden Stone Objects Study Guide," 14 pp.
2/5/2010, updated Julie Coryell foreword on yosegi boxes.
2008 Docent's Handbook, 21 pp. in report binder.
11/19/2007, handwritten suggestions updating handbook from Julie Coryell, 4 pp.
10/31/2007, handwritten letter from Vikki Pearce re: various concerns.
3/8/2005, handwritten notes by Iain Robertson for "Guide TRNG" talk, 7 pp.
3/2005, "10. The Japanese Garden, " Washington Park Arboretum Historic Review, pp. 101-104. Note attached: "Provided by Kelley McCarter to new Garden Guide March 2005."
2/18-3/13/2003, "Seattle Japanese Garden: Guide Training, 2003," schedule, class list, Interpretive Field Programs instructions, handwritten notes; clipped together.
2003?, "Japanese Words and Phrases in the Garden," 5 pp.
9/12/2000, "Notes on the Momoyama Period, a talk given by Terry Weston," 1 p.
2/10/2000, guide training materials in binder, 17 pp.
1/22/2000, Japanese garden terms, 1 p.
2000, "Volunteer Opportunities in the Japanese Garden," flier.
5/29/1995, "About the Seattle Japanese Garden," welcome talk by Julie Coryell, 2 pp.
n.d., "Tours for Adults," by Kathryn M. Bowden, 1 p., (2 copies).
n.d., printed article in Japanese about "Japanese Garden in University of Washington Arboretum," 2 pp.
n.d., "Asian Philosophy and the Japanese Garden," by Mark Storey, 5 pp., printed.

Folder labelled Guide Docent Training 2004:
Loose materials 11/2004 - 10/2003
9 X 12 envelope labelled "Source Book 2003/Nov. 04 Revisions, Master Copies and Extras.  (Also contains emails from 3/2005).
Pocket folder labelled "Guide Training 2004/Emails Re: Source Book/Nov 04 Revision): (Contains correspondence 7/21/2017 - 2/15/2003 and includes photocopy of The Gardens of Japan by Jiro Harada (1928).)
Folder labelled Guide Training Transparencies 2000
 
Box 3:
Folder labelled "Maps Source  Michele Marquardi":
n.d., Various maps of Japanese Garden, some colored, a few printed.  
 
Folder labelled "Seattle Japanese Garden training materials--proposed syllabus":
[circa 1997], "Proposed Syllabus/ For a three-credit course for teachers and others on/The Seattle Japanese Garden," typed, 3 pp., with supporting  correspondence, handwritten background materials and photocopies of articles.

Folder labelled "1961 Guidelines for Guides":
March 1961, "The Hostesses for the Japanese Garden," typed.

Folder labelled "Seattle Japanese Garden/other training materials dated through 1999":
11/15/1999, letter re: sale of Guides training manual, Shirley Cuthbert-Pickens to Julie and Carolann.
9/5/1998, "A Visit on a May morning to the Seattle Japanese Garden," signed JEC.
1998, "Have a plan for your tour," from 1998 Guide Training Manual.
6/11/1996, "Results of telephone Poll of top non-Eastside Guides by Julie Coryell through Sue Davis  on Tuesday, 11 June 1996," typed with handwritten response.
5/15/1996, "Seattle Japanese Garden Guides/Committee on Children and School Tours," meeting minutes, clipped with 7/2/1996, "Re: Volunteer Paperwork," memo from Joy Vanderwerff; 11/16/1995, "Request from the Guides for the Japanese Garden/Re: Personal Sound Amplification Equipment"; 8/14/1996, "Present. Japanese Garden Guides," handwritten list; 8/14/1996, "Minutes/Seattle Japanese Guides Meeting," typed; 9/221/1996, handwritten note to Julie from Shirley C-P; 8/14/1996, "Minutes/Seattle Japanese Garden Guides Meeting," typed.
1996 or later, "Asian Philosophy and the Japanese Garden," 5 pp.
[1993], "Japanese Garden Guide Training/Questioning Strategies," typed, clipped with untitled list of things to look for and remember; "Developmental Characteristics of Children," 5 pp.; "Interpretive Field Programs," typed, 2 pp.: "How Do People Learn?," typed; 4/21-23/1993, "NAI Regional  Workshop/Planning an Interpretive Program," 4 pp.
1928, "The Gardens of Japan," photocopy,  in blue binder,32 pp.
n.d., "Dear Volunteer" welcome letter from Joy Vanderwerff, stapled with "Adopt-A-Park/Volunteer Sign-in Sheet."
n.d., "Touring Seattle's Japanese Garden in Washington Park," printed sheet.

Folder labelled "Seattle Japanese Garden guides":
7/8/1997, "Japanese Garden Guides," roster.
1/1987, "Japanese Garden - Washington Park Arboretum/List of Plants and Landscape Features," revision of 7/31/1977 list, 5 pp.

 2000 photocopy of 1981 guide from ticket booth, in blue binder.
  3-ring binder from 1999 guide training.
1996, "The Seventeenth Century Stroll Garden," in blue binder.

Record ID # 580
Accession date: 2021-03-04 Last updated: 2025-04-22 14:26:23
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden, Arboretum Foundation

No names associated with this accession.

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1.1.10.S42k Seattle Japanese Garden: Kathleen Smith photo albums

Date statement: : 1990-1999
Summary:

 2 banker boxes containing several albums titled Japanese Garden Plants & Landscape Features

Record ID # 712
Accession date: 2023-11-21 Last updated: 2025-03-31 15:17:10
Subjects:

No names associated with this accession.

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1.1.15.05 Washington Park Arboretum Gardens, planting groups, and collections - design documents

Date statement: Dates of maps and plans.: 1938-2007
Summary:

 Maps, plans and design documents for gardens and planting groups in WPA. Mostly planting plans, but also contains documents on topics such as drainage, irrigation, and construction. Does not include Pacific Connections Garden, which is under 1.1.15.06 and 1.1.15.07.
34 documents as of April 2025

Description:

 Number: 2/5-1
WPA: Gardens: Azalea Way
Document type: schematic
Date: 1988
Creator: C.H. Kuhn & Associates
Description:
--Printed: 
C.H. Kuhn & Associates
Azalea Way Path Restoration Schematic
3-30-88
Drainage concepts
--Handwritten: 
Azalea Way Path Restoration 1988
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x24.5"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-2
WPA: Gardens: Conifer Meadow
Document type: construction plan
Date: 1981
Creator: Eric W. Hoyte
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park Arboretum Montlake Pit Expansion, Construction & Seeding Plan
--Handwritten: 
Pit Survey Addn
Conifer Meadow (Montlake Pit Expansion) 2/18/81
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-3
WPA: Gardens: Conifer Meadow
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1981 (h)
Creator: Randall?
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
Conifer Meadow & North of L.W.P. (WSDOT); PNW N Conifer addition; Randall sketches over grid maps
--Cataloger observations: 
top sheet is protector only; n.d.
Extent: 3 pages bound
Material: tissue and paper
Size: 30"x27"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-4
WPA: Gardens: Japanese Garden
Document type: poster
Date: 1990
Creator: Seattle Dept of Parks and Recreation
Description:
--Printed: 
Japanese Garden, Washington Park Arboretum, 30th Anniversary, 1960-1990
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
poster, 2 copies
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 21"x18"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-5
WPA: Gardens: Witt Winter Garden
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1988 (h)
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
Joseph A. Witt Winter Garden
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
planting plan; n.d.
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 30"x25.5"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-6
WPA: Gardens
Document type: correspondence re: drainage schemes
Date: 1988
Creator: C.H. Kuhn
Description:
--Printed: 
[to Tim Motzer from Carl H. Kuhn, March 30, 1988]
Encl: Blueline/Est/Soils Report
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
Correspondence from C.H. Kuhn to Tim Motzer re: Azalea Way drainage schemes
Extent: 8 pages
Material: paper
Size: 8.5"x11"
Additional info: 7pages + routing slip


Number: 2/5-7
WPA: Planting groups/collections: camellia collection
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1949
Creator: Robert J. Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
Keyed sheet of beds in camellia collection - University of Washington Arboretum
Arranged by Robert J. Hansen
March-April 1949
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 29.5"x39.25"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-8
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Ilex/Hollies collection
Document type: design documents
Date: 2007
Creator: Iain Robertson
Description:
--Printed: 
Holly Collection Relocation
a - grading plan February 2007; 54"x30"
b - schematic design April 2006; 54.5"x42"
c - planting plan February 10, 2006; 46"x18"
d - layout, n.d.; 57.5"x30"
--Handwritten: 
Holly Collection
--Cataloger observations: 
design documents
Extent: 4 pages, bundle
Material: tissue
Size: various
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-9
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Ilex/Hollies collection
Document type: schematic design
Date: 2006
Creator: Iain Robertson
Description:
--Printed: 
Holly Collection Relocation Schematic Design
April 2006
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 48"x36"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-10
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Leguminosae collection
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1948, 1952
Creator: Robert J. Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
University of Washington Arboretum
a, b - The Leguminosae Family; Planting plan for trees; Plan by Robert J. Hansen, 1948
c - Leguminosae Family Trees - A Representative Collection; Original Plan 1948; Revised 1949; This revised plan 1952; R.J.H
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
WPA Leguminosae collection trees
a - annotated, 36" x 54"
b - same plan as above but w/o annotation, 36"x51.5"
c - 30"x41.5"
Extent: 3 pages
Material: paper
Size: various
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-11
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Administration area
Document type: design and planting plan
Date: 1952
Creator: Robert J. Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
Design and planting plan
Administration Area
The University of Washington Arboretum
4-1954 - RJH
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
area north of greenhouse around administration building, restrooms, and club house; approximate area of GVC later
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 29"x39"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-12
WPA: Planting groups/collections
Document type: irrigation map
Date: 1970
Creator: UW Physical Plant
Description:
--Printed: 
Area Irrigation; Lk. Washington Blvd; Boyer to Interlaken; Sheet 2 of 2
UW Physical Plant Dept; McNeely 8-11-70
--Handwritten: 
WPA irrigation; oak and lilac section irrigation
--Cataloger observations: 
1 page--missing one?
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 33"x22"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-13
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Maple specimens
Document type: labeled areas on map
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
Maple Specimens of WPA
--Cataloger observations: 
n.d., not much info...
Extent: 1 page
Material: laminated paper
Size: 53"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-14
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Area around Lake 1
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1938
Creator: Holmdahl
Description:
--Printed: 
Planting plan of area around Lake No. 1 in U of W Arboretum
O.E. Holmdahl L.A.
December 1938
--Handwritten: 
Site of present Japanese garden
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: blueprint
Size: 25"x38"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-15
WPA: Planting groups/collections
Document type: planting plan
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
UW Arboretum Planting Layout
--Cataloger observations: 
planting plan w/key; areas covered: Platanus, Ilex, Hamamelidaceae, Hypericum, Hebe
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 42"x23.5"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-16
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Maple collection
Document type: planting plan
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
Arboretum maple specimens
--Cataloger observations: 
numbered but no key
Extent: 1 page
Material: vinyl
Size: 24"x12.5"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-17
WPA: Planting groups/collections
Document type: planting plan
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
camellia area, Woodland and Winter gardens
Extent: 2 pages
Material: tissue
Size: 20"x19"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-18
WPA: Planting groups/collections
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1951
Creator: Robert J. Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
Planting Plan; Saxifragaceae Area; Washington Park Arboretum
1951
R.J.H
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
inc areas Hydrangea collection, Philadelphus collection, Deutzia collection, Escallonia collection, Ribes collection
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x17.75"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-19
WPA: Planting groups/collections
Document type: planting plan
Date: n.d.
Creator: Robert J. Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
General Layout Theaceae Family with collections of Camellia, Stewartia, Franklinia, Gordonia, Eurya
Beds A-H planted March-April 1949
Bed I, March 1951
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
no date for document itself
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 34.5"x29"
Additional info: 
2 copies, one in better condition generally but the other with a clearer, less faded key


Number: 2/5-20
WPA: Planting groups/collections: South end
Document type: topo and planting plan
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
WPA old holly area north of rock garden
--Cataloger observations: 
poor condition; contours and planting plan
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 26.5"x22"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-21
WPA: Gardens
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1988
Creator: Thomas L. Berger Associates
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park Arboretum: Display; A Living Collection/Winter Phase
--Handwritten: 
WPA Display; A Living Collection/Winter Display 1988
--Cataloger observations: 
memo and planting plan for WPA Flower & Garden Show display garden; 35.5"x24" for planting plan; 8.5"x11" for memo
Extent: 2 pages
Material: paper
Size: various
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-22
WPA: Gardens: Azalea Way
Document type: schematic
Date: 1988
Creator: C.H. Kuhn & Associates
Description:
--Printed: 
Construction drawings for: Arboretum Landscape, Drainage & Restoration
5/19/1988
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 9 pages inc cover, bound
Material: paper
Size: 36.25"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-23
WPA: Gardens: Azalea Way
Document type: project manual
Date: 1988
Creator: C.H. Kuhn & Associates
Description:
--Printed: 
Project Manual: Arboretum Landscape, Drainage & Restoration; 
City of Seattle Board of Public Works Dept of Parks & Recreation; C.H. Kuhn & Associates 
5/20/88
--Handwritten: 
accompanying memo: "95% construction drawings, specifications and revised cost estimate"
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 26pages
Material: paper
Size: 8.5"x11"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-24
WPA: Gardens: Woodland Garden
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1953
Creator: Robert J. Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
Planting Plan for Woodland Garden
June 1949
Plan by Robert J. Hansen
Plantings brought up to date June 1951 and September 1953
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
see additional info
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 58"x36.5"
Additional info: Entered as G-46 in 2015 inventory and marked as missing. Found during 2019 inventory rolled in tube among the standing maps. At that time was placed in cubbies for storage since it is curled from being in the tube.


Number: 2/5-25
WPA: Gardens: Conifer Meadow
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1981 (h)
Creator: Peterson Buckingham
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park Arboretum Montlake Pit Expansion Sheet 1
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
n.d.
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x24"
Additional info: moved from 2/4 - 1 in July 2019


2/5-26, 27, and 28 donated by Steve Alley, president of the Seattle Japanese Garden Advisory Council, in Summer 2018 
note accompanying 2/5-26, 27, 28 
"1/22/11
Dear Steve, Hope these plans of the Entry Gatehouse will be helpful for reference and planning events in and outside the buildings. The Park Dept, of course, has complete "as built" plans. We're cleaning out overloaded files! We have many more drawings!!
Thank you for serving.
Allen Moses"

Number: 2/5-26
Site: WPA: Gardens: Japanese Garden
Document type: planting plan
Date: 2008
Creator: Hoshide Williams
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park Arboretum
Japanese Garden Entry Gatehouse 95% Construction Documents
Jan. 25, 2008
Planting Plan
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
2 36"x24" copies and 1 reduced-size copy
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: various
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-27
Site: WPA: Gardens: Japanese Garden
Document type: construction plan
Date: 2008
Creator: Hoshide Williams
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park Arboretum
Japanese Garden Entry Gatehouse Bid Set
Hoshide Williams, Architects
May 9, 2008
Floor Plan
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
1 original and 2 copies
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-28
Site: WPA: Gardens: Japanese Garden
Document type: construction plan
Date: 2008
Creator: Hoshide Williams
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park Arboretum
Japanese Garden Entry Gatehouse Bid Set
Hoshide Williams, Architects
May 9, 2008
Addendum 1 6.12.08
Exterior Elevations
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
1 original and 2 copies
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-29
WPA: Planting groups/collections: maple section
Document type: planting plan
Date: October 1949
Creator: Robert J. Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
Maple Section - University of Washington Arboretum
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
Shows "Christmas tree lighting group"
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
18"x43"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-30
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Pinetum
Document type: concept plan
Date: 2002
Creator: Portico Group
Description:
--Printed: 
Concept Plan: Pinetum: Plant Collections and Circulation
Revised December 2002
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
in color
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 48"x36"
Additional info: 

Number: 2/5-31
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Pond #3
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1995
Creator: Polly Hankin
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park Arboretum Planting Plan for Pond #3
September 25, 1995
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
Two copies, one with hand-made revisions
Extent: 2 pages
Material: paper
Size: 22"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-32
WPA: Gardens: Witt Winter Garden
Document type: planting plan
Date: 2010
Creator: Iain Robertson
Description:
--Printed: 
n/a
--Handwritten: 
Jan 2010 Winter Garden Plan-improved-new-revised-now with long lasting cyclamen power. [For] David Zuckerman
Randall Hitchin
If found call Iain Robertson
--Cataloger observations: 
planting plan
rough edges
Extent: 3 pages
Material: kraft paper with notes wrapping two tissue paper drawings and one paper drawing
Size: 24x24 inches
Additional info: 

Number: 2/5-33
WPA: Planting groups/collections: camellia section
Document type: planting plan
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
ink on parchment with pencil notes
Four beds, labeled "Second Northeast Bed H," "Northeast Bed G," Southwest Bed," and "Foxworth Memorial Bed I."
In ink on outside of roll: Bed Plantings, Camellia Section West of Arboretum Drive
Pencilled on outside of roll: 1982-83
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 22" x 18"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/5-34
WPA: Planting groups/collections: south end 
Document type: contour map
Date: circa 2005-2006
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: Scale 1" = 30'
Lake Washington Boulevard
Arboretum Drive E
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
shows paths and plantings
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36" x 42"
Additional info: Ray Larson mentioned that this was "for moving Hollies and planning for Pacific Connections Plant, which was developed in 2006."

Record ID # 378
Accession date: 2019-06-13 Last updated: 2025-04-08 13:18:27
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum--Joseph A. Witt Winter Garden, Washington Park Arboretum--Japanese Garden, Washington Park Arboretum

Names	Role	Function
C.H. Kuhn & Associates.		Creator
City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.		Creator
Hansen, Robert J.		Creator
Holmdahl, Otto		Creator
Hoyte, Eric		Creator
Robertson, Iain		Creator

Location	Note
Archives office	Map storage

1.1.15.25 Washington Park Arboretum Landscape Plans - Older Projects

Date statement: Date of Maps and Plans: 1944-1978
Summary:

 Design documents and planting plans for gardens, collections, and planting groups at WPA, 1978 and earlier.
13 documents as of July 2019

Description:

 Number: G-18
WPA: Planting groups/collections: leguminosae collection
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1949
Creator: Robert J Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
The Leguminosae Family; Planting Plan for Trees. 2 sheets; 1 hand colored. 1948/49. MISSING
Extent: 2 pages
Material: 
Size: 
From 2015 inventory:
"The Leguminosae Family; Planting Plan for Trees. 2 sheets; 1 hand colored.  Robt. J. Hansen 1948/49. MISSING"


Number: G-21
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Glenn Dale azaleas
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1953
Creator: 
Description:
--Printed: 
Glenn Dale Azaleas NW of Magnolias Planted 11/27/53
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
Tissue original
Extent: 1 page
Material: tissue
Size: 12"x18"
From 2015 inventory:
"Glenn Dale Azaleas, NW of Magnolias.  1953.  Tissue original. 12 by 18 inches."


Number: G-23
WPA: Planting groups/collections: saxifragacea group
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
23/1 
Planting Plan
Saxifragaceae Area
1951
23/2 [No printed info]
--Handwritten: 
23/1 Saxifragaceae Shrubs
Philadelphus + Deutzia
23/2 [No handwritten notes]
--Cataloger observations: 
23/1 Annotated with plant numbers and names.  Paper original, hand colored. 18" by 36".
23/2 per 2015 inventory: Saxifragaceae Area; detail of beds.  n.d. Tissue original.  20" by 28".
Extent: 2 pages
Material: paper, tissue
Size: various
Additional info: near hydrangeas and Philadelphus
From 2015 inventory:
"23/1 Saxifragaceae Area Planting Plan. 1951. Paper original, hand colored. 18 by 36 inches.
23/2 Saxifragaceae Area; detail of beds. No date. Tissue original. 20 by 28 inches."


Number: G-28
WPA: Planting groups/collections: vaccinium collection
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1958
Creator: Joseph A. Witt
Description:
--Printed: 
Vaccinium collection W. of magnolias
JAW 4/58
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
Tissue original.
Extent: 1 page
Material: tissue
Size: 14"x26"
Additional info: location?
From 2015 inventory:
"Vaccinium Collection. 1958. Tissue original. 14 by 26 inches."


Number: G-34
WPA: Gardens: Camellia Garden
Document type: 
Date: 1944
Creator: Holmdahl
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
Mary E. Williams Memorial Camellia Garden. U of W Arboretum.  Holmdahl plan copy.  1944. 1 sheet. MISSING or the same as 57?
Extent: 1 page
Material: 
Size: 
From 2015 inventory:
"Mary E. Williams Memorial Camellia Garden. U of W Arboretum.  Holmdahl plan copy.  1944. 1 sheet. MISSING"
missing or the same as 57?


Number: G-44
WPA: Planting groups/collections: hamamelidaceae group
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1965
Creator: LWD
Description:
--Printed: 
44/1 
Hamamelidaceae Section; November 19, 1965; Sheet no. 1; LWD
44/2 
Hamamelidaceae Section; Sheet no. 2; November 19, 1965; LWD
--Handwritten: 
WPA Hamamelidaceae Section
--Cataloger observations: 
44/1 Paper original. 22" by 40"
44/2 Paper original. 22" by 39"
Extent: 2 pages
Material: paper
Size: various
From 2015 inventory:
"44/1 Hamamelidaceae Section, Sheet no. 1. LWD. 11/19/65. Paper original. 22 by 40 inches.
44/2 Hamamelidaceae Section, Sheet no. 2. LWD. 11/19/65. Paper original. 22 by 39 inches."


Number: G-45
WPA: Planting groups/collections: Ilex and Platanus collections
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1957
Creator: B.O. Mulligan
Description:
--Printed: 
University of Washington Arboretum, Seattle. Holly - Ilex Collection and Plane Tree - Platanus Collection. B.O. Mulligan. 1/49. Revised 8/53.
45/1 Holly-Ilex collection and Plane Tree - Platanus collection, University of Washington Arboretum; Sheet 2
Planting arranged by B. O. Mulligan March 1949
Paper copy with taped overlay (yellowed), labelled North Bed Ilex collection revised 1954.
45/2 Paper copy of 45/1
45/3 Paper copy of 45/4, less handwritten notes
45/4 Holly-Ilex collection; Sheet 1
Planting arranged by B. O. Mulligan March 1949 
Revised 8/1953 or 1954 (handwritten note). 
Paper copy with taped overlay (yellowed). Ilex opaca bed revised 12/57.
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
45/1,2 - 19" by 36".
45/3,4 - 19" by 20".
Extent: 4 pages
Material: paper
Size: various
From 2015 inventory:
"University of Washington Arboretum, Seattle. Holly - Ilex Collection and Plane Tree - Platanus Collection. B.O. Mulligan. 1/49. Revised 8/53.
45/1 Paper copy with taped overlay (yellowed), labelled Ilex collection revised 1954. 19 by 36 inches.
45/2 Paper copy. 19 by 36 inches.
45/3 Holly-Ilex collection. B.O. Mulligan. 3/49. Revised 8/1953. Paper copy. 19 by 20 inches.
45/4 Holly-Ilex collection. B.O. Mulligan. 3/49. Revised 8/1953 or 1954 (handwritten note). Paper copy with taped overlay (yellowed). Ilex opaca bed revised 12/57. 19 by 20 inches."


Number: G-49
WPA: Gardens: Pinetum
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1965
Creator: LWD
Description:
--Printed: 
Pine Planting
15 Nov 1965
LWD
--Handwritten: 
Pinus on E. Bank Azalea Way 11/65
--Cataloger observations: 
Paper original
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 22"x37"
From 2015 inventory:
"Pine planting plan. LWD. 11/15/65. Paper original. 22 by 37 inches."


Number: G-51
WPA: Gardens: Azalea Way
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1951
Creator: Robert J. Hansen
Description:
--Printed: 
Planting Plan of a section of Azalea Way in the University of Washington Arboretum
1951 RJH
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 14"x27"
From 2015 inventory:
"University of Washington Arboretum, Seattle. Planting Plan of a Section of Azalea Way. No date. Paper copy. 14 by 27 inches."
G-51/1 Original pencil version on vellum.


Number: G-52
WPA: Planting groups/collections: South Entry
Document type: design document
Date: 1978
Creator: K. Bridgham
Description:
--Printed: 
South Entry to Arboretum Drive
A collection of design concepts - K. Bridgham June 1978
--Handwritten: 
"Design Concepts" '79
--Cataloger observations: 
Paper original, hand colored.
Extent: 8 pages inc cover, stapled
Material: paper
Size: 12"x22"
From 2015 inventory:
"South Entry to Arboretum Drive: A Collection of Design Concepts.  K. Bridgham. 6/78.
8 sheets plus cover, stapled together at one end. Paper original, hand colored. 12 by 22 inches."


Number: G-57
WPA: Gardens: Camellia Garden
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1945(h)
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
Williams Memorial Camellia Planting
--Cataloger observations: 
Mary E. Williams Memorial Camellia plantings. n.d.
Extent: 1 page
Material: tissue
Size: 17"x26"
From 2015 inventory:
"Mary E. Williams Memorial Camellia plantings. No date. Tracing paper original. 17 by 26 inches."


Number: G-58
WPA: Gardens: Camellia Garden
Document type: planting plan
Date: 1961
Creator: Joseph A. Witt
Description:
--Printed: 
Camellia section
Revised 12/61 JAW
--Handwritten: 
Camellias 1961
--Cataloger observations: 
Pencil on tracing paper original
Extent: 1 page
Material: tissue
Size: 29"x36"
From 2015 inventory:
"Camellia section.  Revised 12/61. Pencil on tracing paper original. 29 by 36 inches."


Number: G-156
WPA: Gardens: Japanese Garden
Document type: grading plan
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
Plan for Japanese Garden
University of Washington Arboretum
1959
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
Shows contours. Mounted on board.
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper, mounted
Size: 32"x26"
From 2015 inventory:
Plan for Seattle Japanese Garden. 1959.  Shows contours.

Record ID # 371
Accession date: 2019-06-13 Last updated: 2025-03-11 14:52:21
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum--plants, Washington Park Arboretum--Japanese Garden, Washington Park Arboretum--history, Washington Park Arboretum

Names	Role	Function
Mulligan, Brian O., Sr. , 1907-1996		Creator
Hansen, Robert J.		Creator
Witt, Joseph A.		Creator

Location	Note
Map case	Map Drawers

1.4.0. Elisabeth C. Miller Library policies and procedures

Date statement: : 1985-2016
Summary:

 1 file box

Description:

 Collection development policies, gift guidelines, cataloging procedures, etc.

Folder labelled "Library Security/Code of Conduct through 2013:"
10/24/2013, Code of Conduct material clipped together including "Disciplinary Warning," (with edits, rev. 3/27/2013); "Incident Emergency Checklist" (rev. 1/2008); "Policy on Library Disruptions," 5 pp., (updated 12/15/2009); "Re: Disciplinary letters for library patrons," emails between Rebecca Alexander and Brian Thompson (10/24/2013), "Code of Conduct," 2 pp. (rev. 5/2013).
10/24/2013, "Code of Conduct Letters," 5x4" yellow note stapled with sample notification letter and Code of Conduct, 2 pp.
11/19/2012, "Washington Administrative Code/Animal Control," 2 pp. (Last modified 6/17/2011).
10/1/2012, "ACRL/RBMS Guidelines Regarding Security and Theft in Special Collections," 19 pp. stapled, (2008).
11/28/2011, "University Libraries/Responsible Use of Electronic Resources," 2 pp., clipped with "Policy on Library Disruptions," 5 pp. (updated 12/15/2009), "Computer Use Policy," (updated 9/2005), "Incident Emergency Checklist," (rev. 1/2008), "Libraries Code of Conduct," (rev. 11/25/2003), "Disciplinary Warning," blank form, (rev. 3/27/2007), "University Libraries/Food, Drink, and Tobacco Policy," 3 pp. (last modified 1/19/2011).
11/1986, "Guidelines regarding thefts in libraries: A draft," C&RL News, 4 pp.

Binder labeled "VF Subject Headings," including "Vertical File - Subject Heading List," 19 pp., "Garden Foundations, Societies and Horticultural Associations," 2 pp, "Local Gardens, Arboreta and Parks - Archives," 2 pp., "Major North American Gardens and Arboreta."

Folder labelled "Fragrance Free 2009:"
"Fragrance Free Please," EML sign text, (2 copies).
"Rules for Using and Volunteering With the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL)," 
"King County Extension, Location, Hours & Directions," 7/14/2009 website download.
"Fragrance and Odor-Free Work Site," WSU King County Extension office sign text.

Folder labelled "Program Room usage, policies 2009:"
"Program Room policy - consider whether calendar needs to be on wall," Brian Thompson Priority sheet, stapled with "Seattle University/Group Study Rooms," information sheet.
"Miller Library Program Room/available for reservation," poster (one 9x12" and one 11x17").
"Elisabeth C. Miller Library Program Room - Reservation and Usage Policy," with ink edits.
"CUH -Weekly Activity Calendar --07/19/09-07/26/09," with ink comment.
2/27/2009, "Re: Space Policy - ready to roll?," Carrie M. Cone email to Elizabeth J. Loudon.
"Draft 2.26.09/University of Washington Botanic Gardens/Space Allocation Guidelines," 3 pp.
Miller Library program room information text (with handwritten edits), stapled to "Draft 3.2.09/University of Washington/Space Allocation Guidelines," 3 pp.
"KCLS meeting room policies," 2 pp.
"King County Library System/Public Services Manual/Meeting Room Use Policy," 2 pp. (rev. 4/09).

Folder labelled "Exhibits -Policy Specifics 2008":
7/24/2008, Brian Thompson letter to Jack Kramer.
1/13/2008, Jack Kramer letter to Brian Thompson, stapled with Vanishing Orchids Exhibit proposal materials, 11 pp. plus six slides.
"Information for Artists Interested in Exhibiting Work at the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture," 4 pp. plus Barbara Pitschel business card.
3/11/2008, "Photo Exhibit Details," email from Larry Howard to Brian Thompson and Martha Ferguson.

Folder labelled "Reference disclaimers 1998-2008:"
7/24/2008, "Confidential/Website disclaimer," text with handwritten note.
7/24/2008, British Library, "About Us," Terms of use policies, 4 pp.
7/24/2008, The Frick Collection & Frick Art Reference Library, "Terms of Use," 5 pp.
7/17/2008, "question about library disclaimer," Rebecca Alexander and Clark Shores email chain, 2 pp.
7/1/2008, "question about library disclaimer," Brian Thompson email to Clark Shores.
2/25/2001, "QuestionPoint Patron Terms of Service," 3 pp.
3/1988, "Center for Urban Horticulture Slide Library/Policies and Procedures," 2 pp.
n.d., "Reference Policies and Procedures - Terms of Use and Disclaimer," [Miller Library].
n.d., "Terms of Use," [Miller Library], 2 pp.
n.d., "Reference Red-Alert Questions," 2 pp.
n.d., Message to Brian and Tracy,  "Copyright Issues," ALA information, Miller Library Terms of Use draft with ink edit, 4 pp.
n.d., "Terms of Use," draft with ink edits, 2 pp.
n.d., Disclaimers: UW Libraries, USDA National Agricultural Library, National Institutes of Health - Office of Dietary Supplements, New York Public Library, North Seattle Community College, North Carolina State University Extension - Master Gardener guidelines, Miller Library, 3 pp.
n.d., "Disclaimer," Miller Library.

Folder labelled "Collections/Acquisitions 2001-2016:"
Binding and preservation information clipped together:
    6/24/2016, "MicroClimates/The Archival Storage System used by Preservation Professionals," 2 pp.
   6/24/2016, "Archival Products, "Contact Us," 7 pp.
   6/24/2106, "Results from your search: FIND ("unit" ct Preservation Services)," 2 pp.
   6/23 2016, "Preservation," UW Libraries.
   6/23/2016, Library Guides at UW Libraries."
   2000, "Guide to ANSI/NISO/LBI Library Binding Standard," Appendix A, 3 pp.
   1/1999, "Mending/Binding Review Form,"
   n.d., "Routing of Library Materials for Binding, Repair or Preservation Replacement."
   n.d., "Library Collections Disaster Procedures," UW Libraries.
   n.d., "Guidelines for Selecting Material for Binding," UW Libraries, 7 pp.
   n.d., "Preservation Replacement," chart.
   n.d., "Preservation Replacement Decision Form," UW Libraries. 
   n.d., "Item-level Conservation Workflow." 
2/28-3/1/2013, "Proposed Sale of Hooker's Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya," letters and evaluation, 11 pp.
12/13/2012, MicroClimates order form and information sheet, 2 pp.
12/13/2012, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library Rare Book Boxes," chart, 3 pp.
11/28/2012, "Missing items," 9 pp.
9/24/2012, "3. Managing Suggestion/Chapter 7. Acquisitions," Koha-Community Manual, 5 pp.
9/13/2012, "Libraries that Own Item," ["Atlas Botanique], Wayfinder, UW Libraries.
7/1/2012, "CEF Activity Report FY 2013 for Urban Horticulture," 5 pp.
4/1/2012, " [ljbestsellers]/Gardening Press," Library Journal.
2/9/2012, "Jamie Durie's The Outdoor Room," Amazon.com information, 7 pp.
7/26/2011, "Andrew Isles Natural History Books," 6 pp., with Brian Thompson handwritten note.
July/Aug 2011, "Recommendations for Your Gardening Library," The American Gardener, with note from cb.
7/1/2011, "[CBHL] Bonsai book collection," email from cbhl-bounces to cbhl list, and list of books for sale, 7 pp.
6/2011, UW Press review copy letter and packing list for "Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest," 3 pp.
2/2011, "University of Washington/University Libraries/General Records Retention/Schedule," Revision 1, 7 pp.
8/12/2010, "Criteria for Making Non-Lending Books Lending," Miller Library.
2009-2010, Archival Products catalog, 35 pp.
12/5-8/2009, "Library donation" draft inquiry letter from David Hutchinson to Brian Thompson re: possible Richard Nasaki gift, stapled with 2 handwritten notes.
Spring 2008, "An Interview with Jim Hinck of Hinck & Wall and viaLibri," IOBA Standard, 9 pp.
2007, Gaylord "Guide to Collections Care catalog, 60 pp.
2006 or after, "Non-Public Notes in KOHA, and Their Format."
2005, Miller Library Acquisition Policy, 6 pp. with handwritten edits.
after 2002, "Jeannette Klute/Photographer/The Jeannette Klute Collection," 19 pp.
2001, Spacesaver "Library Shelving" catalog, 19 pp.  Loose in catalog: 12/12/2002, "U of W/Merrill Hall/Contract #UWIC 99-9902SL," list of items ordered; 12/4/2002, letter to Norm Menter from Douglas A. Winger, 4 pp.; 12/12/2002, "Merrill Hall Library/Mobile and Static," 11 x 17" plan drawing;  12/2/2002, "Merrill Hall Library/All Static Option," 11 x 17" plan drawing.
n.d., price notes, handwritten, 5x7", 2 pp.
n.d., Hollinger Metal Edge catalog, 204 pp.
n.d., UW Press review copy notes for "Lakewold," and "Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington."
n.d., LALH information card.
n.d., "Periodicals with book reviews," list with Miller staff assignments, 3 pp.
n.d., "Lending and Non-Lending Guidelines for Staff and Volunteers," Miller Library.

Folder labelled "Archives Policy/Procedures 2014-Present:"
4/20/2022 Letter from Unit 86 awarding $3,025 grant for archive. 
3/10/2022 Seattle Japanese Garden Archive Grant Request from Library to Unit 86.
10/5/2019, "RE: archive grant from Unit 86" email from Laura Blumhagen to Cheryl Brower.
6/24/2019, letter from Brian Thompson to Angela Terry of Unit 86 in thanks for archive grant of $1,950.
1/14/2019 Seattle Japanese Garden Archive Grant Request from Library to Unit 86.
9/5/2014, "Miller Library Archives - next steps," list.
8/20/2014, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library Archives/University of Washington Botanic Gardens/Acquisition Policy and Procedures," 3 pp.
7/27/2014, "Library Gifts Among Different Institutions," 11 pp.
7/22/2014, "Archives to-do list 7/22/2014," Brian Thompson email.
7/22/2014, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library Archives/University of Washington Botanic Gardens/Acquisition Policies and Procedures," with handwritten notes.
7/22/2014, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library/University of Washington Botanic Gardens/Purpose and Scope," 3 pp.
7/21/2014, "California State University, Los Angeles/University Library - Special Collections Policy Statement," 4 pp.
7/21/2014, "Baylor University Texas Collection and University Archives/Collection Development Policy," 6 pp.
7/09/2014, "BT archives assignments by 7/22/2014, " Brian Thompson email.
7/7/2014, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library Archives/University of Washington Botanic Gardens/Acquisition Policies and Procedures," questions with answers and with ink notes, 2 pp.
7/7/2014, "Elisabeth Miller Library Archives/University of Washington Botanic Gardens," earlier version of 7/22/2014 "Purpose and Scope," 2 pp.
7/7/2014, "Princeton University Library/Gifts to the Library," 2 pp.
7/2/2014, "Miller Horticultural Library/Archives Manager job description DRAFT," 2 pp.
7/2/2014, UW Libraries "Gift Program," 2 pp.
7/2/2014, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library/Wishlists & Gift Policy."
7/2/2014, "University of Washington Libraries/Special Collections Division/DEED OF GIFT," blank form. 2 pp.
9/2010, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library/Acquisition Policy/August 2010," 2 pp., stapled with Subject List, 3 pp.
3/10/2010, "The Barnes Foundation/Archives, Libraries, & Special Collections/Deed of Gift," blank form.
10/2004, "University of Washington/Special Collections Division, The Archives of the Elisabeth C. Miller Horticultural Library Deed of Gift," 5 pp.
4/2004, "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University/Department of Records Management Services/Authorization for Personnel to Request Records," blank form.
7/10/1981, "Collections Policy of The Ohio Historical Society," 10 pp.
n.d., University of Washington Botanic Gardens/Elisabeth C. Miller Library/Deed of Gift," blank form, 2 pp.

Folder labelled "Archives Inventory - 2007-2009:"
12/2009, untitled chart of collections locations: CUH, EML, WPA.
10/21/2009, "Proposed Materials Budget," with handwritten notes.
6/18/2009, "COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT Intern (paid!), White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA."
2009 note indicates retrieval from computer: Archive pages from Gardenwise Singapore, 2004-2006 range, 5 pp..
6/3/2009, "FW: interpretive sign plan," Elizabeth Loudon email chain to Brian Thompson. 
11/10-12/2008, "Re: PNHC." Sarah Reichard-Brian Thompson emails.
11/3/2008, "Proposed Plan for/Establishing an Archival Program and Plan of Work for/the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society," 32 pp.
10/30/2008, "Notes of meeting with John Bolcer and Nicole Bouche 10-30-08," 3 pp.
10/15/2008, "Outline of Consensus from 10/14 Committee Meeting."
9/8/2008, "Miller Library Archives," Brian Thompson to John Bolcer email.
8/19/ 2008, "Archive Policy Draft," 3 pp.
7/30/2009, "Archives Committee Meeting," minutes.
2007, "Miller Library Archives Project: 2007 Grant Request to Miller Foundation."
6/5-9/2007, "Introduction to Archives/Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries 2007," pocket folder with material from the program.
n.d., "University of Washington Libraries/Special Collections Division/Deed of Gift," blank form.
n.d., "University of Washington Libraries/Special Collections Division/Explanation of Deed of Gift."
n.d., "Miller Archives "Original" Order/Series Creation Worksheet, 14 pp. [2 slightly different copies].

Folder labelled "Archives Inventory 2005-2006:"
8/20/2008, "Publication Details: Donating Your Organizational Records to a Repository Brochure," Society of American Archivists.
8/10/2006, "Notes on Meeting with Susan Rosenberg, 8-10-05 regarding archives," Brian Thompson email to himself.
4/17/2006, Andrea Watts letter to Karen, clipped with 6/12/2006, "Approved Records Retention Schedule" for UW Botanic Gardens, 6pp.; "Misc. General Retention Notes (culled from schedules not printed in entirety)"; 8/2005, "General Records Retention Schedule/Materials That May Be Disposed of Without A Specific Retention Period," 4 pp.; 7/2006, "Personnel and Payroll Records," 15 pp., 6/2006, "General Office Administration Records," 9 pp.; 4/2006, "Financial Records," 13 pp.; "Research and Grant/Contract Records," 9 pp.
3/30/2006, "March 21st Meeting notes," Leigh Haddix to Brian Thompson email, 2 pp., [2 copies].
3/29/2006, "Retention schedule meeting follow up," Andrea Watts email to Karen Preuss, 2 pp., [2 copies, both with handwritten notes].
3/28/2006, "Report of the Sweep Through the UW Libraries," 25 pp.
2/16/2006, UW Libraries, Special Collection Division, "Photograph Reproduction & Scan Fees," 2 pp.
7/12/2005, "Guide to the University of Washington Arboretum Records 1924-1984," 24 pp., download.
7/12/05, "Mtg w/ John Bolcer and Susan Rosenberg," Brian Thompson ink notes.
6/13/2005, "FW: meeting of staff of UW University archives," Susan Rosenberg email to Brian Thompson," with ink notes.
4/21/2005, UW Libraries, "Manuscript Collections."
4/21/2005, UW Libraries, "Transferring University Records to the Archives," 2 pp., stapled with ""University Archives, 3 pp.
Spring/2005, "Summary (high-level) Inventory/Archival-type materials stored at Elisabeth C. Miller Library [inventoried Spring 2005, after move into new building]," 8 pp.
2000 or later, "Miller Library archives," 9 pp.
n.d., "CBHL Archives," [2 copies, one marked "Example" in ink].
n.d., "Library Records Retention Schedule," 4 pp., marked "DRAFT."

Folder labelled "Horticultural/Botanical Collection Development":
9/26/2012, UW University Libraries," University of Washington Archives," 3 pp., stapled with 7/10/2009, "University Archives Record Transfer List" for CUH.
10/1975, "Guidelines for Branch Libraries in Colleges and Universities," College and Research Libraries News, reprint, 3 pp.
1/15/1970, "Problems of Horticultural and Botanical Libraries," Arnoldia, 7 pp. photocopy.
1970, "Botanical Libraries and Collections," "Encyclopedia of Library Information and Science," vol. 3, pp. 104-121, [1 reprint, 1 photocopy].

Folder labelled "Procedures, Miller Library 1985-2007":
12/2007, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library," Professional Staff, Paraprofessional Staff, Miller Library Events, 2 pp.
7/16//2007, "Native Plants, by Region," elephant, download, 5 pp.
6/16/2007, "Gardening hotlines/Expert advice at your (green) fingertips," Seattle Times.
c. 2005, EML floor plan.
10/20/2004, "Searching and Finding Information in the Periodic Literature," printed slides from a presentation by Carol H. Brittnacher, 9 pp.
4/23/2004, "Miller Library cited in this week's Scout report," Janet Evans email to CBHL list.
4/23/2004, "The Scout Report," 10 pp.
2002-2003, "Overdue Harassment" document.
12/2002, "Miller Library Staff & Volunteers," 5 pp.
2/7/2002, Rhamnus purshiana image with attached note and copy of NHS invitation image, "Renewal, Rebirth & Refurbishing," 3 pp.
11/98, EML "Gift Policy."
6/18/1998, "Guidelines for Speaking and Public Program Requests," Draft.
5/1998, EML "Borrower Registration Procedure," in plastic sleeve.
5/1998, EML "Book Check-out Procedure," in plastic sleeve.
5/1998, EML "Book Check-in Procedure," in plastic sleeve.
1/15/198, "VOICEMAIL!!," information sheet.
1/6/1998, "Dr. Tukey's Intro Class," outline.
Winter 1997, "Management Areas/Union Bay Natural Area," map.
11/1996, College of Forest Resources/Hourly Time Sheet Summary, [2 copies, marked "Cycle A" and "Cycle B"]
5/1996, "Usage Policy/Special Collections Reading Room/Conference Room."
2/12/1996, "Miller Horticultural Library/Center for Urban Horticulture (CUHD)," transparency map, clipped with edited paper copy, map information on plastic half sheet and 2 paper copies.
1995, EML Circulation Policy.
5/1993, "Miller Horticultural Library/Horticultural Software Products," 14 pp.
1/1992, "Library Express Request Form," Suzzallo Library.
6/11/1991, Valerie Easton letter to Elizabeth Moses re: completion of Arboretum archives, 3 pp., stapled with "Listing of materials - arranged by format and chronology," 2 pp.
10/1990, EML "Book/Journal Request Form."
10/1990, FAX cover sheet.
3/1990, "Library Tour and Program Request Form," blank form clipped with 11/8 completed form.
9/1988, EML "General Rules for the Use of the Rare Book Collection."
3/1997, "Processing Catalogued Books," 3 pp. with handwritten notes.
2/17/1987, interdepartmental message re: no longer accepting walk in requisitions.
1/8/1987 and earlier, UW Purchase Requisition form with handwritten notes and six attached and clipped notes.
12/2/1986, "Organization - Members," list with handwritten note, "For ordering - check memberships," 2 pp.
10/1986, blank UW purchase request.
8/1986, Interdepartmental memo from Sally to Laura and Mary re: reason purchasing calls publishers instead of vendors.
7/31/1986, handwritten note to Laura from Dee re: number of simultaneous orders.
6/25/1986, Procedures for ordering, letter from Sally Dickman to Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students, 2 pp.
5/1986, EML "Collection Development Policy (draft #2), 16 pp.
5/1986, EML "Collection Development Policy Statement," 2 pp.
4/29/1986, Purchase Requisition for 3 books, with handwritten notes.
3/6/1986, "Yeo/Hardy Geraniums," UW Purchasing Department Return/Repair Goods Memorandum.
12/31/1985, "Accomplishments in the Miller Library in 1985; Goals for 1986," interdepartmental memo from H. B. Tukey, Jr. to Valerie Easton and Laura Lipton, 7 pp.
9/12/1985, UW purchasing Return/Repair Goods Memorandum, marked "Sample."
1985 or later, "Processing Catalogued Books."
n.d., "Giving to the Elisabeth C. Miller Library/Center for Urban Horticulture," information sheet.
n.d., "Center for Urban Horticulture," 11" x 17" outline map.
n.d., "Discover the Miller Horticultural Library."
n.d., various procedures and forms, 26 pp.

Record ID # 216
Accession date: 2012-06-05 Last updated: 2025-03-26 09:54:24
Subjects: Elisabeth C. Miller Library--policies, Elisabeth C. Miller Library--history, Elisabeth C. Miller Library

Names	Role	Function
Easton, Valerie		Creator
Lipton, Laura		Creator

Location	Note
Archives compact shelving

1.4.02. Elisabeth C. Miller Library events and programs

Date statement: : 1988-2025
Summary:

 1 large black file box, 1 standard gray file box, and 1 poster-size cream box containing brochures, postcards, bookmarks, fliers and other announcements of library events such as art shows and programs

Description:

 Box 1, Late 1980s -2010:

2005, "20th Aniversary [sic] Celebration Guestbook," hardbound book.
5/4/1997, NHS Auction booklet, corrugated board, bound with 3 sticks, 40 pp.
King County Library System fliers with Elisabeth C. Miller Library staff recommended books on Gardening for the Northwest (1995) and Gardening with Less Water (circa 1992).

Folder labelled "ABGC/Arb Fdn Board presentations Apr 2010":
4/21/2010, "Program for AF Board," slide list.
4/14/2010, "Program for ABGC," slide list.
4/10/2010, "Flore de Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe," print sale ad.
4/8/2010, "Looking Back: A History of the Washington Park Arboretum/A Legacy of Learning: The Elisabeth C. Miller Library," website printout.
2/21/2010, "Washington Park Arboretum," Wikipedia, 3 pp.
1/26/2010, "Student & Research Tools," printout from Miller Library website.
1/5/2010-4/7/2010, "Re: ABGC Monthly Meeting," emails among Sandy Brooks, Brian Thompson, and Clara Peterson, 8 pp.
2010, "Selected Knowledgebase Questions 2010," 2 pp.
2010, "Shrub Book Collection Comparison/1957-2010," typed list.
12/2009, "Miller Library Update December 2009," website page.
n.d., "The Miler Library - its role for the UW," 2 pp.
n.d., "Miller Library Reference Connections with the Arboretum," 2 pp.

Folder labelled 25th Anniversary 11/5/2010:
11/10/2010, "Sprout," from Stephanie Jeter, 6x4" handmade booklet.
11/5/2010, "25th Anniversary Celebration/Honoring Our Donors and Volunteers," invitation and 11x12" blueprint comparing 1985 and 2010 library.
10/27/2010, George Waters letter, attached to Virginia Columbine print by Alexander Marshall, with typed note printing contents of letter.
10/12/2010, handwritten list of tasks.
10/11/2010, event confirmation from Lauren S. Fortune, 2 pp.
10/8/2010, "Re: 25th anniversary budget," 4 emails between Deborah Heg and Brian Thompson.
10/7/2010, "25th Anniversary Celebration - Budget," with ink notes.
10/1/2010, "metropolitan market," email from Martha Ferguson to Brian Thompson.
10/1/2010 email re: food expense from Martha Ferguson to Brian Thompson.
10/1/2010, "Notes on conversation with Deborah 10/1."
9/24/2010, "Re: News item for Laurelhurst Letter," emails between Wendy Kelley and Brian Thompson, including text of news item sent.
n.d., "25th Anniversary Celebration RSVPs (for November 5th, 6-8 pm)," handwritten names, 2 pp.
n.d., "Handwritten nametags," list, stapled to 8 unused nametag sheets.
n.d., "Miller Library, Then And Now," printed sheet.
n.d., donor card from Sue Nicol.

Folder labelled Events and Exhibits through 2010:
5/18-22/2010, Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Meeting program booklet, 21 pp.
10/29/2009 CD containing exhibit files for an online and in-library exhibit by Taylor Felt to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Washington Park Arboretum, cosponsored by UW Botanic Gardens, the Arboretum Foundation, and Seattle Parks.
8/2009, "To Life!" Shirley Pinchev Sidell exhibition card.  [4 copies] Plus Shirley Pinchev Sidell business card.
6/2009, "Unique Botanical Portraits," David H. Fishman exhibit card [4 copies]. Plus 2 Fishman business cards.
5/27/2009, "Book Launch Party" for Hinkley book, announcement.
4/3/2009, Regional Plant Sale list with Garden Lovers' Booksale .
2/2-3/11/2009, "Drought Tolerance," Lisa Snow Lady exhibition card.
1/5-1/30/2009, "Through an Artist's Eye," Louise M. Smith exhibition poster.
2009,  blank Invoice for Peter Valder books.[8 copies.]
11/7/2008-1/3/2009, "Images of Washington Park Arboretum" exhibit card [7 copies].
July 2008 information about Larry Howard's photography exhibit "CUH Images: Soest Garden to Shoveler's Pond."
5/2008, Miller Library Graduate Student Poster Exhibit, CD-R
5/2008, 'Work in Progress" graduate student research exhibit poster. [2 copies]
1/2008, "Cut, Dried & Dyed," Jenny Craig exhibition card. Plus her business card.
c. 2008, Louise Smith sample work, 6 pp.
10/18-11/15/2007, "The Four Seasons at The Bloedel Reserve," exhibition folder and one-page description of Richard A. Brown photography exhibit.
10/2007, "A Celebration of Linnaeus," folder.
3/6/2007, "A Pattern Garden" book launch and silent auction flier. 
3/6/2007, Val's book launch ("A Pattern Garden") photos by Brian Thompson, on CD.
2/28/2007, "Hidden Gems: Undiscovered Pacific Northwest Plant Books," presentation by Brian Thompson invitation card. 
8/8/2006, "Juuki Iida Scroll Dedication Ceremony," program (2 copies) and invitation. 
10/26/2006 The Story of the Apple book opening receipt form. 
5/11/2006, "Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies Tour," annotated bibliography, 4 pp. [4 copies].
112/3/2005, volunteer celebration invitation.
10/29/2005, "Pumpkin Story Time" flier.
5/22/2005, "Celebrate the Elisabeth C. Miller Library's 20th Anniversary" invitation card.
Autumn 2004, "ESRM 480" bookmark [3 copies].
2001, "Artists in Their Gardens," book launch card. [4 copies].

Folder labelled "CUH 20th Anniversary Celebration  May 2005:"
CD "Miller Library, May 2005 / photography by Frank Rosenstein," plus color index prints of the photos.
2005, "Adopt-a-book," 4x6" fundraiser card.

Folder labelled "General 1980s-2010":
10/25/2010, "Did You Know?" library information cards, 20 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" cards
6/10/2009, "NHS Board Meeting" announcement, online posting, 4 pp.
Spring 2009, Plant Answer Line bookmark.
2009, information and membership trifold [2 copies].
Autumn 2008 bookmark.
2008 information flier. [2 copies].
8/4/2006, online request for book replacements after the fire, 13 pp., originally posted 2002-2004.
5/26/2006, "Student Tools" for Miller Library, 4 pp. printout [2 copies].
1/2005, printed sheet of photos of new library.
2005 information flier.
1/22/2004, "Coming in April/Plant Answer Line," poster photocopy.
2004? bookmark.
2/19/ 2003, "Spring Plant Sales - 2003," 6 pp.
1/28/2003, "Sources for Plants Class Outline," 2 pp.
2002? information flier.
5/2001, "Miller Library Schedule," 1 p.
Spring 2001, "Sprint Plant Sales," printed list, 4 pp. stapled.
1/2001, "Miller Library Schedule," 1 p.
Spring 2000, "Spring Plant Sales," printed list, 3 pp. stapled.
3/2000, "Miller Library Schedule," 1 p.
1/2000, "Miller Library Schedule," 1 p.
Fall 1999, "Miller Library Schedule," 1 p.
3/1999, "Reference Guidelines for the Miller Library," 1 p.
10/6/1997, Welcome sheet for new and returning students,  1 p. [2 copies].
3/12/1996, 12/4/1995, 10/30/1995, 10/5/1995, 9/18/1995, 8/14/1995, 8/2/1995, "This Just In!" newsletter copies.
10/16/1995 Elisabeth C. Miller Memorial Lecture program "in celebration of the tenth anniversary" of the library.
1995? "Fact Sheet," 1 p. [3 copies].
10/1993, "Children and Nature,"  annotated bibliography of holdings, 8 pp.
1993?, "Where Can I Buy . . . ? A guide to sources of plants, seeds and bulbs," 2 pp.
n.d., "Fact Sheet/Elisabeth Miller Library," 1 p.

"Library hours" folder:
proofs for 1988 Miller Library hours handout and an older (1986?) version.
1988-1989 handout listing Monday evening and Academic Year  library hours.

Box 2
Folder labelled "Events & Exhibits 2011 - ":
July 2025, bookmark.
June 2025 exhibits bookmark.
5/2-30/2025, "Juliet Shen/Small Paintings on Wood," poster.
5/2025, "Juliet Shen - Small Paintings on Wood," artist statement.
May 2025 exhibits bookmark.
Spring 2025, "Recommended resources for students and faculty/Northwest Native Plants," poster.
1/11/2025, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library/Program Room Mural Dedication," reception card.
1/3-29/2025, "Whealon Costello & Reve Hansen: Everything Vegetal," artist statement.
Winter 2025 bookmarks [2 different bookmarks].
April 2025 "Thank you!" bookmark with donation information.
Winter 2024/25 exhibit bookmark.
Winter 2024/25 "Recommended resources for students and faculty/Forest Ecology" poster.
Autumn 2024 exhibit bookmark.
Fall 2024 "Recommended resources for students and faculty featuring Science Communication" poster.
9/2024, Christina Hanson, business card.
9/2024, "Christina Hanson - Paper Botanicals: Sculptures of Plants & Their Communities," artist statement and bio.
8/2024, "Blues & Golds: Botanical Art and Hand-Painted Silks by Linda Ann Vorobik," exhibition information and bio.
August-October 2024 exhibit bookmark.
Summer 2024, "Recommended resources for students and faculty/Urban Farming," poster.
July-September 2025 exhibit bookmark.
[7/2-30/2024], "Botanical Photography: The Sun and Alternative Processes - Art by Sally Kim-Miller," artist statement.
June-August 2024 exhibit bookmark.
6/3-27/2024, "Maja Sereda - Wild Guardians," artist statement, "Guardians of the Jungle" information sheet and 2 Maja Sereda business cards.
5/2-30/2024, "Katy Gilmore - "Earth Apparelled with Plants: Watercolors, Artists' Books, and Hand-Colored Prints," poster.
Spring 2024 "Recommended resources for students and faculty/Pacific Northwest Ecology" poster.
4/2024 "Aki Sogabe - Walking in Nature: Paper Cutting," artist statement.
2/2-28/2024, "Rebecca Dvorin Strong: Paintings" postcard.
January-June 2024 virtual story time bookmark.
January-April 2024 exhibits bookmark.
Winter 2023/24 "Recommended resources for students and faculty/Nature and Health" poster.
Fall 2023 "Recommended resources for students and faculty/Northwest Ecosystems" poster.
October- December 2023 exhibit bookmark
9/18/2023, "Women Plant Explorers in North America at the turn of the 20th Century," book list for Brian Thompson lecture to Lake Washington Garden Club, Unit #3," 2 pp.
Summer 2023 "Road Trip Reads" poster.
7/2023, "Awonoyoh: Art of Japanese Indigo," artist biography plus photos,  labels, and information sheets from 'Awonoyoh: Art of Japanese Indigo' exhibition, 11  sheets.
May-August 2023 exhibit postcard.
5/2023 "Christie Tirado: About" and Christie Tirado: Biografia [in Spanish] exhibition artist biographies, 2 pp.
Spring 2023 "Recommended resources for students and faculty/This quarter's special topic: Plants  & People" poster.
March-May 2023 exhibits postcard.
3/8/2023, "Ferns and Firs: A Tour of Illustrations from the Rare Book Collection," auction tour for Washington Park Arboretum Foundation at  opening of Northwest Flower and Garden Festival, by Brian Thompson and Nick Williams, bibliography and slide photos, 12 pp.  
1/3-3/20/2023, "Recommended resources for students and  faculty/This quarter's special topic: NORTHWEST FORESTS," poster (2 copies).
2/23,"From a Paper Garden - Christina Hanson," 1 p., stapled with "Edmonds College artist exhibiting at UW Center for Urban Horticulture," from My Edmonds News, 2 pp.
January-March 2023 exhibits and events bookmark.
2023 Story Time fliers, 3 sheets.
2023 virtual story time bookmark.
11/3-12/29/2022 "Molly Hashimoto Paintings and Prints," opening reception card (2 copies) and "Trees of the West" information card.
9/27-12/16/2022,"Coping with Climate Change: Recommended resources for students and faculty" poster.
9/2022, "Renee Simard September 2022 - Cose Naturali - Natural Things," artist statement.
9/2022, "Miller Library Virtual Story Time and Coloring Sheets, Too!," Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Newsletter, 1p.
August-October 2022 exhibit bookmark.
8/2/2022, Art List for "Nikkei Garden Blues," 11 pp.
Summer 2022 Recommended resources for students and faculty: Urban Farming poster.
August-September 2022 exhibit bookmark.
June-August 2022 exhibit bookmark. 
Spring 2022 Recommended resources for Students and Faculty: Soil poster.
4/8&9/2022, "Garden Lovers' Book Sale," card mailer.
Winter 2021-22, Recommended resources for Students and Faculty/Pacific Northwest Ecology poster.
Jan.-Dec. 2022, Story Time fliers, 3 sheets.
12/2-29/21 Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibit and Sale flier.
12/2021, Kupava Mama exhibition card.
10/25/2021, "'Layers' by Rosemary Washington," Daily article.
October-December 2021 exhibit bookmark.
9/20/2021, "COVID Update: Miller Library Virtual Story Time Program," by Laura Blumhagen, clipped together with "COVID Update: Lessons Pondered While Presenting a Zoom Webinar, by Brian Thompson, and "Covid Update: Elisabeth C. Miller Library," by Rebecca Alexander, all in September Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Newsletter.
6/2021 "Garden of Pride virtual exhibit," Leaflet article.
3/2021  "Garden of Cultural Diversity grows with virtual book display," Leaflet for Scholars poster for no-contact lending.
2021 "Seattle Japanese Garden Archive" poster.
9/2020 "Book Sharing Program for Young Readers" by Laura Blumhagen, CBHL Newsletter, 2 pp.
4/3 - 5/2/2020 Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists exhibit and sale poster [3 copies].
2020, Daniel Mount exhibition, exhibition card from same photos at studio  in 2015
March-May 2020 exhibit bookmark (exhibits were later cancelled due to covid).
Winter 2019/20 Recommended resources for Students and Faculty/Wildlife Study poster.
12/15/2019, Afternoon Tea invitation for library volunteer appreciation. 
6/3-28/2019, "field notes: an exhibit by Carletta Carrington Wilson," exhibit information and artist statement,  2 pp.
March-May 2019 exhibit bookmark.
April-June 2019 exhibit bookmark.
4/5-5/8/2019, Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists exhibit and sale poster.
12/2018, "Craft and Gift Sale" 4 x 6 card.
11/2018 "Paintings & Prints by Molly Hashimoto" exhibit card.
10/17/2018, "The History of Gardening" Rare Book Collection tour flier.
September-November 2018 exhibit bookmark.
7/2018 Planted: Finding Inspiration and Pollination in Public Spaces, Robert Wrench exhibit poster.
April-June 2018 exhibit bookmark.
2/2018, "Carbon Storylines" Rachel Lodge business card.
December 2017-March 2018 exhibit bookmark.
11/6-12/23/2017, Molly Hashimoto Paintings and Prints exhibition card.
12/1-23/2017, Holiday Craft and Gift Sale card.
September-December 2017 story programs flier.
September-December 2017 exhibit bookmark.
Autumn 2017 Student and Faculty Display Area: Ecological Restoration poster.
5/19/2017, "Endangered Species Day" flier and exhibition poster.
April-May 2017 exhibits bookmark.
March-June 2017 Story Time flier.
Jan-February 2017 exhibits bookmar. 
December 2016 Paintings & Prints by Molly Hashimoto card.
November 2016-June 17 Story Time bookmark.
9-10/2016, Pod Forms exhibit Alisha Dall'Osto business card.
2-3/2016, "Natural Sampling" Patty Haller exhibit bookmark.
1/2016, Molly Hashimoto thank you note.
12/31/2015, Sylvia Portillo thank you and donation note.
11/5-12/28 2015, Molly Hashimoto exhibition card.
September-December 2015 exhibit bookmark.
10/1/2015-7/1/2016, "30th Anniversary Bookplate Dedication" poster.
10/14/2015 30th Anniversary Celebration" announcement card [5 copies].
2015 "30 Books for 30 Years" catalog listing printout.
7/23-9/3/2015 "Lake Lattice Stone Requiem For A Garden" exhibition card.
12/14/2014 Sunday Brunch invitation.
11/4-12/2/2014 "Washington Native Plants" exhibition card.
10/14/2014 Rare Book Viewing invitation, clipped with "Rare Botanical Books from the Library of Darrell Allen," owner statement; list of attendees, 2 pp.; list of books exhibited, 7 pp.
2/2014, "A Wetlands Affair: Drawings of Union Bay Area," by Juliet Shen, exhibit card.
3/5&4/16/2014, invitation to "tea, conversation, and ...tour."
11/8-12/28/2013, "Nature's Peace/Paintings & Prints by Molly Hashimoto," exhibition card.
October-December 2013 exhibits and events bookmark.
12/7-22/2012 Holiday Art, Craft, and Gift Sale flier.
January-April 2012 Winter exhibits bookmark.
1/2012, Scott Landry exhibition business card.
Winter 2011 exhibits bookmark.
11/22/2011, "Second Nature" author Connie Sidles book talk invitation.
10/5-11/28/2011, "Honoring Trees with Trees in Art" exhibition card.
8/3-9/30-2011, "Flora and Fauna" Roberta McDaris Long exhibit card.
6/2/2011, "Bible Plants for Modern Gardens," reception invitation.
                                       
Folder labelled "General - 2011 - ":
Winter 2024 circulation bookmark.
Youth Collection 2023 bookmark.
Autumn 2022, "Welcome, New Borrower!" bookmark.
Spring 2022 circulation bookmark.
2022,"Virtual Shelf Browse," poster.
12/21, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library Reopens," by Jessica Moskowitz, CBHL Newsletter, 1 p.
Summer 2021 and Spring 2021 "time is the best disinfectant"  bookmarks.
Winter 2020/21 bookmark.
2019 Plant Answer Line bookmark. 
circa 2018, Library information trifold.
Summer 2017, Garden Reading bookmark.
2017 circulation bookmark
2017 Autumn Hours poster.
2017 Plant Answer Line flier [marked "draft"].
2012, "New Catalog" poster.
Summer 2011 range of subjects bookmark.

Folder labelled: "General - undated":
Library information folder. [2 copies the same and a third before 2004].
Library information sheet. [2 copies].
Diagram of library by Library of Congress codes, 1 sheet.
"Lending Collection" sheet.[2 copies].
"Holiday Closure" poster.
3 unlabeled color photos of an event at CUH.
"Bulbs" list of library holdings, 1 p.
"Research" search hints, 1 p. 
"Pacific Northwest Connections Subject Map," 1 p. 
"Reference Guidelines for the Miller Library," 1 p.
"Plant Answer Line: A Quick Reference for Gardeners," 1 p. 
Library information brochure on heavy matte stock. [5 copies].
Library information brochure, trifold. [5 copies, 1 with 2 enclosed bookmarks.]
"Pacific Northwest Connections: Fact Sheet and FAQ," flier.
"Plant Answer Line" flier with "Sound Libraries Information Consortium" information. [2 copies].
"Special Collections - Needs Your Help" flier.
CUH map, 1 p.

Box 3, posters:
6/5/27, "Victoria Likes," poster.
5/2-30, "Juliet Shen/Small Paintings on Wood," poster.
4/3-29/2025, "Elizabeth Neuman/The Serendipity of Bird Watching," poster
4/4&5/2025, "Garden Lovers' Book Sale," poster.
3/3-29/2025, "Brigitte de Wever/Paintings in the Miller Library," poster.
2/3-25/2025, " Nature and the Book 2025," poster.
1/3-29/2025, "Everything Vegetal: Reve Hansen & Whealon Costello," poster. 
12/3-28/2024, "Arts & Crafts/Exhibit & Sale," poster.
11/2-12/2/2024, "Paintings and Prints by Molly Hashimoto," poster.
9/4-28/2024, "Paper Botanicals by Christina Hanson," poster.
8/2-28/2024, "Blues & Golds: Botanical Art & Handpainted Silks by Linda Ann Vorobik," poster.
7/2-30/2-24, "Sally Kim-Miller's Botanical Photography: The Sun and Alternative Processes," poster.
6/3-27/2024, "Art Exhibit: Maja Sereda: Wild Guardians," poster. 
5/2-30/2024, "Art Exhibit: Katy Gilmore: Earth Apparelled With Plants," poster.
4/2-29/2024, "Art Exhibit: Aki Sogabe: Walking in Nature," poster.
4/5&6/2024, Elisabeth C. Miller Library Garden Lovers' Book Sale, 11x17" poster.
3/2-29/2023. "Art Exhibit: Rainer Waldman Adkins: Miscellanea: Drawings and Paintings," poster.
2/2-28/2024, "Paintings by Rebecca Dvorin Strong," poster.
1/4-30/2024, "Nature and the Book: An Exhibition of the Puget Sound Book Artists," 11x14" poster (2 copies), and 11x17" poster.  
12/4-29/2023, "Art Exhibit: December Arts & Crafts: Kathleen Ashby Atkins, Chavah's Garden, Dorothy Crandell, Molly Hashimoto," poster.
11/2-30/2023, "Art Exhibit: Paintings and Prints by Molly Hashimoto," poster.
10/3-30/2023, "Art Exhibit: Secret Beauty by Lisa Snow Lady," poster.
9/5-29/2023, "Art Exhibit: Fruiting Bodies by Heather Talbot," poster.
7/6-27/2023, "Awonoyoh: Art of Japanese Indigo," poster (2 copies).
6/1-29/2023, " Art Exhibit: Alight by Suzanne Brooker," poster.
5/1-27/2023, "Art Exhibit: Essential by Christie Tirado," poster.
3/31-4/26/2023, "Art Exhibit: Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists," poster.
3/31 and 4/1/2023, "Library Book Sale/Elisabeth C Miller Library Garden Lovers Book Sale," poster.
3/31 and 4/1/2023, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library Garden Lovers' Book Sale," poster.
3/1-28/2023, "Art Exhibit: Rosemary Washington/Playing with Color," poster.
2/1-25, "Art Exhibit: From an Paper Garden: Sculptures by Christina Hanson," poster.
1/4-28/2023, "Exhibit: Fern Books in the Miller Library, poster.
12/7-29/2022, "Art Exhibit: Arts & Crafts Exhibit & Sale," poster.
11/2-12/29, "Art Exhibit: Paintings and Prints by Molly Hashimoto in the Miller Library," poster.
10/3-28/2022, "Art Exhibit: Mushrooms & Nature," poster.
9/6-29/2022, "Art Exhibit: Cose Naturali - Natural Things," poster.
8/2-30/2022, "Art Exhibit: Nikkei Garden Blues: Japanese American Generations," poster.
7/5-29/2022, "Art Exhibit: Katy Gilmore: Flower Pleasure," poster.
6/2-29,/2022, "Art Exhibit: Suze Woolf: Bark Beetle Books," poster.
4/2-5/24/2022: "Art Exhibit: Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists: Forest, Field & Garden" poster.
4/8-9/2022, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster, 2 copies.
4/3-4/2020, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster, 2 copies, Sale Postponed.
4/5-6/2019, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster, 3 copies.
4/6-7/2018, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster, 2 copies.
4/7-8/2017, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster, 3 copies.
4/1-2/2016, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
4/3&4/2015, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
4/4&5/2014, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
4/4&6/2013, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
4/6&7/2012, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
4/1-2/2011, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
4/2-3/2010, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
4/3-4/2009, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
4/4-5/2008, Garden Lovers' Book Sale poster.
[Divider labelled Book Sale above, other events below.]
2/2022, "Art Exhibit: Micheal Moshier Lewisias" poster.
1/2022, "Art Exhibit: Juliet Shen: New Landscapes" poster.
12/2021, "Arts & Crafts Exhibit & Sale" poster.
11/2021, "Art Exhibit: Molly Hashimoto: Paintings and Prints" poster.
10/2021, "Art Exhibit: Layers: new paintings by Rosemary Washington" poster.
9/2021, "Welcome Back" poster.
3/20/20, "Art Exhibit: flo.ri.le.gi.um by Jasna Guy" poster. First show affected by Covid closure.
2/2020, "Art Exhibit: Of Branches and Baskets: the Art of the Willow" poster.
12/2019,"Arts & Crafts Exhibit & Sale" poster.
11/2019, "Art Exhibit: Molly Hashimoto: Paintings and Prints" poster.
10/2019, "Art Exhibit: Tea and Trees: A Celebration of Trees in Botanical Art, Silk and Glass" poster.
8/2019, "Art Exhibit: Sandra Schulze's This View of Life" poster.
6/2019, "Art Exhibit: Carletta Carrington Wilson's field notes" poster.
5/2019, "Book Display: The Trendy 20 (+)" poster
5/2019, "Poster Exhibit: Student Posters" poster.
4/2019, "Art Exhibit: Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists" poster.
2/2019, "Art Exhibit: Fabricated Flowers by Kaylin Francis" poster.
9/2018, "Art Exhibit: Understanding: 4 Muses - 4 materials" poster.
8/2018, "Art Exhibit: Learning the Flowers: Watercolors by Linda Andrews" poster.
7/2018, "Art Exhibit: Planted: Finding Inspiration and Pollination in Public Spaces, by Robby Wrench" poster.
6/13/2017, Susan Lally-Chiu exhibition poster.
5/2017, "Special Exhibits" poster, 2 copies.
3/2017, "Poster Exhibit: Students of UW Botanic Gardens" poster.
1/2016, Poster for "Horticultural Presentations" at Bellevue Library with Brian Thompson.
9-10/2015, "Now Your See It! A History of Art About Slime Mold" poster, clipped together with 21 display posters.
Spring 2015, "Too Many Books: Why I Use the Elisabeth C. Miller Library," Northwest Horticulture Garden Notes, pasted on cardboard.
4/3&4/2015, "Garden Lover's Book Sale" poster.
7/2014, "Rare Botanical Books from the Library of Darrell Allen," poster, 3 copies, on stand-up cardboard.
11/6/2010, "Celebrating 25 Years" poster.
2010, "Celebrating 25 Years, thank you to celebration donors, poster.
2010, "The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries . . . Annual Meeting" poster, 2 copies, 1paper and 1 posterboard. 
Nov.-Dec./2009, "Looking back: A History of Washington Park Arboretum" 75th Anniversary poster panels.  14 sheets, 1 handwritten list. 
"Northwest Horticultural Society Curriculum Materials Grant" poster.
circa 2007, "Plant Answer Line" poster.
Winter 2005, pp. 22-23 laminated, slightly enlarged, from "A Phoenix Arises - Merrill Hall Reopens!," pp. 20-25, WPA Bulletin.  
5/2/2004, "The Elisabeth C. Miller Library Auction" poster.
1983, Miller Library floor plan, 1 p.
11/17/1982, "Upper Level Floor Plan: Merrill Hall: Phase I," single sheet.

Record ID # 17
Accession date: 2012-01-03 Last updated: 2025-07-08 11:42:09
Subjects: University of Washington Botanic Gardens, Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Linnaeus 2007

Names	Role	Function
Wilson, Carletta Carrington	Artist (art)	Subject

Location	Note
Archives compact shelving

2.00.98.00 Pacific Northwest gardens and organizations (other)

Date statement: : 1954-2015
Summary:

 3 folders: Gardens beginning A-M, N-Z, and multiple gardens.

Description:

Folder 1: A-M:
Alaska Botanical Garden information card.
Arboretum of the Cascades printout, 2003.
Baker & Chantry closing sale, P-I, 9/21/2002.
Bastyr University Garden, "Medicinal Garden Self-Guided Walking Tour," 12-page booklet, 2002.
Bellevue Parks and Community Services, 20-page booklet. n.d. "Trees of Bellevue."
Bellevue Parts & Recreation Department, 37-page booklet, n.d. "Nature Trail Guide."
Blue Mountain Audubon Society, Walking Guide to the Big Trees of Walla Walla, 1991.
Bota Gardens brochure circa 1981.
Cashmere, Washington, "A Walking Arboretum" brochure.
Central Washington University Japanese Garden brochure.
Chico State University Arboretum brochure, 1990.
Coalition for Gardeners with Disabilities, 2 booklets .
Corbin and Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens flier, n.d.
Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy information card (undated, circa 2012-17).
Goodwill-Milgard Work Opportunity Center vertical garden by Patrick Blanc. "Up and Coming," Seattle Times, n.d.
Kingston Hotel Cafe garden, 8/16/1996 "recipe for a Secret Garden," Kitsap Sun article by Jan Silver.
Manito Park brochure and map, after 1996.

Folder 2: N-Z:
Nippon Business Institute Japanese Garden at Everett Community College, 11/1/2003, "NBI Japanese Garden celebrates bridge dedication," North American Post.
Nishinomiya Garden flier, n.d. Spokane .
Northwest Orchid Society information sheet.
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle P-I, 12/24/2006, "Cultivating the waterfront."
Padden Creek Lagoon revegetation information from 1992 and 1993, produced City of Bellingham Parks and Washington State Department of Natural Resources, with Binda Colebrook as principal author, three stapled packets.
"Pioneer Park: A Natural History," 82 pp., spiral bound book, Mercer Island, 1990.
Point Ellice House garden.10/30/1988, "Passionate gardener revives historic site," The Islander.
PowellsWood. brochure, 2015 or later.
PowellsWood. brochure, Federal Way, 2008 or later.
5/2006,"Profile of a Great Gardener: Monte Powell," Northwest Garden News, PowellsWood.
Preston Arboretum, 2003 printout of information.
Puget Prairie Flowers fliers (2), Prairie Wildflower Restoration Project at Fort Steilacoom Park.
Puget Sound Beekeepers Association. 1993, Honey Bee Swarm Control information sheet.
Sehome Hill Arboretum brochure, n.d.
Sehome Hill Arboretum flier, n.d..
Shephard's Garden brochure, n.d.
8/16/2012, Soos Creek Botanical Garden, "A life's masterpiece at Soos Creek Botanical Garden," Cascade PBS, 4 pp.
Soos Creek Botanical Garden brochure, circa 2011.
Tacoma Orchid Society membership roster, 20 pp. booklet, n.d.
Targhee National Forest brochure, 1977.
Thornewood. Spring 2002, "Color gardens before color photography," Cabinet magazine, 7 pp.
Thornewood. "A Gothic Tale," Seattle Times, 9/9/2001.
Tiger Mountain State Forest. 4/1982, "Tiger Mountain: A Working Forest," Public Garden article by Gordon Bradley, 2 pp.
University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden. 12/1995, flier.
Urban Bee Project (Seattle) listing of "Seattle's best pollinator plants" printed 2013.
W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory fliers (2), n.d.
Washington Association of Landscape Professionals membership flier, n.d.
Washington Koi & Water Garden Society. 2/19/1992, meeting invitation.
Washington State Capitol. 1986 brochure, "The Botany of the Washington State Capitol Campus."
West Hybelos State Park Natural Area. 1985, information sheets, 2 pp.
Western Washington Tree Fruit Research Foundation, information sheet, 1995.
Western Washington University Outdoor Sculpture Collection brochure, 1991.

Folder 3: Multiple gardens:
9/28/2003, "Walking Through Time: In West Coast Asian Gardens, Centuries of Culture to Explore," Seattle Times, photocopy.
9/29/2002. "Sanctuaries of Peace And Serenity," NY Times: Seattle Japanese Garden, Portland Japanese Garden, San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden.
2/4/2001, "Seeds of Knowledge," article on local college horticulture programs, Seattle Times, 13 pp.
2000, List of horticultural organizations printed from internet on Nov. 17.
circa 2000, "Clubs, Foundations, Societies & Volunteer Opportunities," from Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory, 25 photocopied pp.
6/20/1999, "Discover perennial pleasures at nearby public gardens," Seattle Times.
3/29/1998, "A Hobby Gone Crazy: Small nurseries celebrate the spirit of their owners and customers get to see their enterprise," by Valerie Easton, Seattle Times, 5 pp., photocopy.
11/1991 Pacific Northwest," and "Reflections on Garden Travel," by Helen Dillon, Gardens and Countryside, 3 pp.
1/18-24/1990, "Pacific Northwest Asian Gardens Lovely in Winter," Asia Pacific Weekly article by Barbara Lloyd McMichael on Pacific Northwest Japanese and Chinese gardens, 2 pp.
7/1988, "Gardens of Earthly Delight," by Gail Curtis, 3 pp., and "Magnificent Obsession," by Peter O'Neil, 2 pp, Pacific Northwest.
1998 solicitation from Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory.
5/1965 "In pursuit of iris," Sunset magazine article listing Northwest iris gardens, 4 pp.
n.d. Marty Wingate article, "What you, Pliny the Younger and Thomas Jefferson have in common," Seattle Times.

Record ID # 227
Accession date: 2012-06-19 Last updated: 2025-04-01 10:38:34
Subjects: Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory, Professional Grounds Management Society, Coalition for Gardeners with Disabilities, Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy, Tacoma Garden Club, Point Ellice House garden, British Columbia gardens, Milner Gardens, Grist Mill and Garden at Keremeos, Minter Gardens, King County Parks, Preston Arboretum, Targhee National Forest, Kingston Hotel Cafe garden, Arboretum of the Cascades, Northwest iris gardens, Sehome Hill Arboretum, Western Washington University Sculpture Collection, Northwest gardens, Tiger Mountain State Forest, Washington State Capitol Campus botany, W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, Shephards' Garden (The), Bota Gardens, Alaska Botanical Garden, Cashmere, Washington: A Walking Arboretum, Central Washington University Japanese Garden, Chico State University Arboretum, Walla Walla trees, Blue Mountain Audubon Society, Puget prairie flowers, University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Calendula Books, Urban Bee Project, Baker & Chantry, Thornewood , Washington Association of Landscape Professionals, Western Washington Tree Fruit Research Foundation, Padden Creek Lagoon, Soos Creek Botanical Garden, Seattle Japanese Garden, Portland Japanese Garden, San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden, Vertical gardens, Goodwill-Milgard Work Opportunity Center, Tacoma, Color Gardening, Fort Steilacoom Park, Pacific Northwest Asian gardens, West Hybelos State Park, Washington Koi & Water Garden Society, Tacoma Orchid Society, Northwest Orchid Society, Puget Sound Beekeepers Association, Milton Walker rock garden, Portland, Oregon, private gardens, Olympic Sculpture Park (Seattle Art Museum), Bastyr University Medicinal Herb Garden, Northwest period gardens, Bellevue Park Department, Pioneer Park, Mercer Island, PowellsWood, Corbin & Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, Manito Park, Nishinomiya Garden, Puget Sound College Horticulture Programs, Puget Sound horticulture organizations, Lakewold, Heritage Gardens

Names	Role	Function
Wingate, Marty	Author (aut)	Creator
Colebrook, Binda	Contributor (ctb)	Creator

Location	Note
Archives file drawers, PNW gardens & organizations

4.0.0.C67 People in Pacific Northwest horticulture: Julie Coryell

Date statement: : 1998-2022
Summary:

 2 file boxes

Description:

 Box 1 
Folder labelled "BOLA - ARB history JEC correspondence:
3/27/2006,  handwritten draft letter to BOLA requesting changes in Arboretum Foundation history of the Japanese Garden.  
n.d., "10. The Japanese Garden," Washington Park Arboretum Historic Review, pp. 101-104.
n.d., "9. The Post War Era" and "10. The Japanese Garden," Washington Park Arboretum Historic Review,  pp. 87-104.

Folder labelled "Urasenke Tea-Chanoyu":
2016, "East-West Chanoyu Center/Chaji Dialogue for Hango Chaji with Tsuzuki
Usucha," 13 pp.
2016, "East-West Chanoyu Center / Detailed Chaju Sequence  -- Furo Season with Tsuzuki Usucha," 7 pp.
2/27/2015, "Shoseian teahouse expansion project, Seattle Japanese Garden, Seattle, Washington/ THE PLAN," 12 pp.
11/2012, letter to Bonnie Mitchell from Julie Coryell with draft fundraising letter and donor list, 6 pp.
8/31/2012, Bonnie Mitchell email re: Chaki attendees, 1p.
after 2011,"Urasenke Foundation Seattle Branch / Shoseian Teahouse - History," 2 pp.
7/22/2011, "2nd Annual Garden Party," mailer, 1 p.
3/26/2011, "'Prentice Bloedel Japanese Garden Arboretum Unit 86' Semi Annual Meeting Agenda," 1 p. with handwritten notes.
3/26/2011, "Prentice Bloedel Arboretum Foundation Unit 86 Treasurer's Report," 2 pp.
3/25/2011,  email chain with Keiko Minami-Page re: 3/26 meeting, 2 pp.
3/19/2011, copies of two letters urging recognition of the Urasenke Foundation contributions to the Japanese Garden, 7 pp.
2/11/2011, handwritten notes relating to 3/19 recognition proposal, 5 pp.
2011, "Seattle Japanese Garden Volunteers/Continuing Education Meetings and Field Trips/2011 Schedule," 1 p.
2011, unlabelled sheet describing contributions of Urasenke Foundation, with attached list of supporters, 
12/8/2010, "Grant Advisory Council," handwritten notes, 4 pp.
10/19/2009, handwritten letter from Mrs. Nobuko Iwamura re: Senke family names, 1 p.
after 2007, "Urasenke Foundation Seattle Branch/Chado The Way of Tea," printed description of tea ceremony at Seattle Art Museum, 2 pp.
2007, "Lineage of the Three SEN Families," 1 p., photocopy from "A Chanoyu Vocabulary, Practical Terms for the Way of Tea, /Tankosha."
11/7/1995, plastic folder containing "Bibliography in English on Tea," by Coryell, 1 p., and "Tea Utensils," and "The Early History of Tea," folder, 4 pp.
n.d., "Points," handwritten sheet, 1 p.
n.d., handwritten note to [and from?] "Elizabeth," 1 4x6" sheet.
n.d., "Art H 317 Chado Japanese Esthetics," handwritten, 1 p.

Folder labelled "History--Japanese Gardens":
after 2002, "The Zen Garden," by Wybe Kuitert, 8 pp., "abbreviated version" of article published 1988 and in 2002, in blue plastic folder. 
5/4/2001, handwritten notes from lecture(?) by Marc  P. Keane, 9 pp. on Radcliffe College Alumnae Association tablet, includes 3 pp. of "Raking Patterns" drawings.
4/11/2001, "David Streatfield," handwritten (lecture?) notes, 3 pp.
Box 2 contains Julie Coryell's papers on other topics, including Executive Order 9066, Japanese gardens generally, Northwest history, the Arboretum, and more.

Folder labelled "History-Related, EO 9066:"
11/10/2016, "National Park Service Releases Management Plan for Tule Lake Unit," North American Post, 
4/11/2016, "Oriental Garden Center," NAP.
7/30/2015, "Minidoka Pilgrimage Throws New Mission to Youger [sic] Generations," NAP.
7/2/2015, "2015 Minidoka Pilgrimage Tours Historic Site," NAP, 1 p., in complete issue.  
6/13/2013, "Local Play about Nikkei History Heads for Hiroshima," NAP, 2 pp.
3/3/2010, "Day of Remembrance Concluded to Remind of Civil Rights Issues," NAP.
2/26/2010, "Impact of World War II on Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians: Comparative & Contemporary Perspectives," Day of Remembrance Program, bifold.
2/24/2010, "Taiko Beat for Remembrance," NAP, includes entire issue.
2/17/2010, "Seattle Day of Remembrance," NAP, entire issue.
2/3/2010, "Booklets Share Experience on Internment," NAP, 2 pp.
1/13/2010, "Omoide Project: Seattle Japanese Language School," NAP.
2/14/2007, "2007 Day of Remembrance," NAP.
9/28/2005, "Thin Wood Walls," NAP.
5/7/2005, "Onetime internees move author & audiences," P-I, 2 pp.
12/18/2004, "Overturning a Wartime Act Decades Later," NAP.
8/15/2004, "Minidoka/Remnants of an Interned Life," Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, entire issue.
3/20/2004, "Perspectives on History," NAP.
11/1/2003, "Quiet Warriors: Part 7/Paul Hosoda," NAP, 2 pp.
8/30/2003, "Quiet Warriors: Part 5/Pat Hagiwara," NAP.
4/4/2002, "Densho Project Tries to Bring History to Life," KUOW Program Archives search results, 3 pp.
1/9/2002, "Written in sorrow: Thoughts of the interned children," P-I, 2 pp.
3/25/2001, "Nakamura/Okubo Medal of Honor Commemorative Program - March 25,2001 - Mercer Arena - Seattle Center," glossy stapled booklet, 31 pp.

"Folder labelled "Associated Organizations."
2005, "About Artists: "Aki Sogabe/Teiko Shimazaki," NAP, 3 pp.
11/2005, "Introduction to Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism," folder, 8 pp.
9/11-12/2004, "The 7th Annual AKI MATSURI . . . a Japanese Fall Festival," flier.
12/03, Seattle Garden Club information note.
12/4/2000, invitation to "The Celebration of the Birthday of His Majesty the Emperor," from Ms. Fumiko Saiga, Japanese consul general.
n.d., "Koto Tales: Musical Adventures," post card advertising Elizabeth Falconer.
n.d., "Puget Sound Sumi Artists," description and application trifold.

Folder labelled "Japanese Farmers/Pike Place & other history."
4/18/2021, "The American Dream Denied," Seattle Times Pacific Northwest magazine, entire issue.
March/April 2019, "An Immigrant History of Pike Place Market," Edible Seattle, entire issue plus photocopy of article, 3 pp.
11/10/2016, "Lumbering Issei," NAP.
6/12/2004, "Sculptor Isamu Noguchi/Commemorated on U.S. Postage Stamps," NAP.
6/20/1989, "The Real Japan," The New York Review, 6 pp., photocopy.
1989 or later, "Bibliography of Nihonjinron (Japanese Culture), 7 pp., typed.
1/27/1961, "Japan-American Society Elects," P-I, photocopy.
1/10/1958, "Seattleite Hears His Poem Read Before Hirohito," on same page with 1/6/1958, "Times Readers Have Their Say: 'The Day When We Are Known Only As Americans," Seattle Times; 12//31/1957, "Devin Honored For Friendship Job in Pacific," Seattle Times; 12/271957, "Seattleite Wins Hirohito Prize With Mt. Rainier Poem," photocopies.      

Folder labelled "JEC Presentations":
6/12/2019, drafts and notes for a presentation on "the first century of the Seattle Japanese Garden," 7 pp.
3/20/2014, paragraph on value of the Garden "For recovery of the great wounds of World War II," typed.
3/19/2010, "The Japanese Garden in Washington Park Arboretum: History Told, Untold, and Unfolding," for Garden Volunteer Training, 8 p.
after 2005, "The Japanese Garden in Washington Park Arboretum from A to Z," draft with pencil edits, 2 pp.
2004, "Historic Aspects of the Japanese Garden," 6 pp., clipped with 3/17/2005, "Re: The Original Gate," memo to Mary Ann Cahill from Julie Coryell; 3/18/2005, "Re: Use of Japanese terms in Japanese Garden publications"; 3/16/2005, "Re: Origin of the term Emperor's Gate," email from Anita Madtes to Julie Coryell et al.
2004, "About The Japanese Garden and the University of Washington Arboretum," by Juki Iida, 1974, translated in 2004, 6 pp.
1999-2002, 3 sleeves of  Garden slides, one n.d.
11/1998, "JEC Notes on "The Gardens of Japan, by Jiro Harada of the Imperial Household Museum, Tokyo," red envelope with 3x5 cards.
11/1996, envelope with 3 boxes of Garden slides.
5/29/1995, "About the Japanese Garden," typed, 2 pp.; clipped with 1995, chart in  Japanese, 6 pp., and glossary of terms in Japanese and English.
9/12/1993, "Retrospective traces enlightenment of Ohara pioneer Hitoshi Komatsu," Japan Times.
n.d., "Art in the Japanese Garden," list of artistic principles, 8x14."
n.d., "Some notes to explore for the history of the Japanese Garden in Washington Park Arboretum."


Box 2  
Folder labelled "Correspondence re: Garden Archives":
8/27/2023, "Thoughts on North Garden wall and structure Powerpoint," typed.
11/30/2019, "Iida's Mountain, Waterfall and Stone Tower," photographs, 2 pp.
9/5/2019,  photocopy of book in Japanese, pp. 28-39.
3/19/2019, "Seattle Japanese Garden POND PROJECT, by Peter Putnicki/Talk to accompany slides by Peggy and Steve Garber (Proposed to be prepared as PowerPoint of Movie Document of the renewal)," typed, 3 pp.
2/7/2019, "Source/Midori no Toshoken/'Green Library,'" in Japanese, photocopy, 7 pp.
2019, "Japanese Garden 2019/Chronology Left side/Talk Right side," pocket folder, with sticky label "Gift of Julie Coryell 4/5/2024.  Left side: "The Japanese Garden in the University of Washington Arboretum: Creating, Collaborating, Continuing," 6 pp.; 3/1961, "To the Hostesses for the Japanese Tea Garden"; 5/1/1996,  "Juuki Iida's Principles," 2 pp.; n.d., "Tips and Resources for Tours with Children," 4 pp., clipped with "Education Module for Guides on Neurodevelopmental Disabilities," 8 pp.; 2019, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology, 1904-2019," 3 pp.; 6/2/2019, "More for the Chronology," email to Friends from Julie Coryell; 5/31/2019, "Contents: Don't leave out Tea!," email to Jessa Gardner from Julie Coryell; 2004, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology, 1904-2002," 2 pp., (2 copies); 2000, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology 1904-2000," 2 pp.; n.d., "From Shizue's Notebook," notes on chronology, handwritten; n.d.,chronology notes, handwritten. Right side: 2019, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology, 1904-2019,"  2 pp., clipped with n.d., "Garden Organization and Management"; n.d., "Japanese Garden Gatehouse"; n.d., "Details of the Gatehouse Village Design, 2 pp.; n.d., "Bibliography," 3 pp.
2018-2019, "Unit 86 Members," 3 pp. clipped with garden map with object labels.
5/2/2018, "Attendee List - May Tea Gathering, May 12th, Sat. (EWCC)," email from Haruko Nagai, 2 pp.
12/2010 (?), document in Japanese with photos of Japanese Garden, 3 pp.
10/2009 or later, 14 business cards in plastic sleeve.
10/3/2004, "Fall Color Viewing at Welch Snactuary [sic]," email invitation from Koichi Kobayashi, 2 pp.
9/29/2004, "Jim's Farewell Tour & Fall Unit 86 meeting," email invitation from Mary Nagan.
n.d., documents in Japanese with photos and map of Japanese Garden, 12 pp. in clear plastic envelope.
n.d., "Seattle Japanese Garden" fundraising letter from Jane Stonecipher to Julie and Seelye.
n.d. "Mr. Fukuda / Mr. Iida," photocopy of photograph.

Folder labelled "JC about the JEG":
10/13/2022, description of work of Takako and Mio and Koichi Kobayashi handwritten on 5x7" envelope containing 2/2/2006 photo of Julie Coryell with Takako and Mio and infants.
6/16/2014, "Unit 86 Executive Committee meeting with Parks Dept./Agenda," stapled with 6/2/2014 minutes, 2 pp.
5/13/2014, "JGAC Sustainability Committee/Second Report/Table VI-2/Seattle Japanese Garden Alternative Management Models - Potential Outcomes-Impacts," with ink notes, 2 pp.
4/15/2010, "Re: please add Julie Coryell to member list and email list," email chain with Mary Nagan, Julie Coryell, Aleksandra Monk, 3 pp.
4/15/2010, "Re: Unit 86-Membership, email from Allan Seidenverg to Julie Coryell, and her reply, 2 pp.
4/14/2010, "The Relationship of Arboretum Foundation and Unit 86," Julie Coryell to "Dear Members of Unit 86," email.
4/26/2009, "Inactive Status," Julie Coryell to Mary Nagan, email.
4/5/2006, "Re: Unit 86 and the Garden," Deborah Andrews to Julie Coryell; Julie Coryell to Mary Ann Wiley, emails, 2 pp.
1/24/2006, "Dewey Webster invites you," Mary Nagan to list, 2 pp.
11/18/2005, "***SPAM***Uncertain date in 2003 regarding removal of dead tree," Kay Smith email to Julie Coryell, and reply, 2 pp.
10/14/2005, description of Japanese Garden activities and request for assistance, Julie Coryell letter to Superintendent Kenneth R. Bounds, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, 2 pp.
9/28/2005, "Regarding the announcement of the Annual Meeting of Unit 86 for October 31, 2005," letter to Kathleen Blanchard from Julie Coryell.
2/27/2005, "Japanese Garden Self Tour Brochure," Julie Coryell to "Belinda, Kathleen, Royal, and David," 3 pp.
7/2/2004, "Your Tanabata volunteers," Mary Nagan to Lisa Cooper, email, 2 pp.
5/11/2004, "Japanese Garden Source Book/Notes from Mark Holborn, THE OCEAN in the SAND," handwritten in ink, 4 pp.
3/30/2004, "Talk 30 Mar 04," handwritten notes, 4 pp.
3/16/2004, "Haiku," handwritten notes, 2 pp.; clipped with "B. Engram. What Makes a Garden Japanese," handwritten notes, 3 pp., and pencil list of tasks.
3/13/2004, "Revisions to the Source Book 2003," handwritten, 14 pp.,
3/12/2004, "Nitschke, Gunter, Japanese Gardens, Right Angle and Natural Form," handwritten notes, 2 pp.
3/9/2004, notes from a meeting, handwritten.
2/10/2004, "Fran Richter  JAPANESE GARDENS," notes in red marker.
2004, list of events and tasks, handwritten.
2003, Kathleen Smith, Christmas card.
4/2/2002, notice of garden reopening, from Koichi Kobayashi, to long email list, 5 pp.
3/25/2001, notes from events, handwritten.
2/1/2001, notes for 100th anniversary, handwritten.
2001, draft notes.
1999?, events and task list, handwritten.
1999 or later, notes on Japanese history, handwritten.
11/19/1997, task list, 3 pp.
1997 or later, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology," handwritten, 2 pp.
1996?, Japanese garden vocabulary, in English and Japanese.
5/29/1995, "About the Seattle Japanese Garden," typed, 2 pp.
1995, Japanese garden vocabulary, in English and Japanese, 3 pp., plus 12 pp. in Japanese, pencil.
1995?, draft "JEC garden experience, 2 pp.
n.d., notes, handwritten, "David H. Engel."
n.d., letter from Kathleen to Julie with photo of stone turtle.
n.d., notes on Emily Haig, handwritten, 3x5" card.

Folder labelled "Garden Terms":
2/11/2020, "Re: Help, please! Japanese Terms," Shizue Prochaska to Julie, email.
2010, "Japanese Terms," (English and Japanese), 4 pp.
3/9/2006, "the mirror," Jesse Hiraoka to Julie Coryell, email.
5/14/2005, "Re: Japanese garden," Shizue P to Julie Coryell, email.
11/3/2004, Source Book revision, Julie Coryell letter to Belinda Gigliotti, Staff Liaison to the Japanese Garden, DOPAR.
8/31/2004, "Fire for lantern," handwritten note.
8/2004, "Strolling in the Garden with Japanese Garden Experts," 4 pp.
after 2001, "Origin of the term Emperor's Gate," Julie Coryell letter to 11 people.
3/1998, "Designer Iida's Principles," with 8/4/2005 corrections.
n.d., "SUIKINKUTSU."
n.d., "Just an interesting paragraph from 'Google,'" re: paulownia.

Folder labelled "Master - JEC - Historic Aspects  04":
3/15/2005, "Re: Essay: Historical Aspects of the Japanese Garden in Source Book 2003, Revised," memo to Mary Ann Cahill from Julie Coryell.
2004, "Historic Aspects of the Japanese Garden," typed, 5 pp.

Folder labelled "Historical Info - JEC":
2/18/2003, presentation plans and slides, handwritten notes on lavender paper, 6 pp., plus one page with 4 Japanese terms in red ink.
2003, "Japanese Garden Tour Stations," map, projection transparency.
2003, "Japanese Garden Plant and  Landscape Features," projection transparency.
2003, "Three Forms of Japanese Writing/Romaji, Hiragana, Katakana," projection transparency.
2003, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology, 1904-2002," projection transparency.
2003, untitled garden map with Japanese lantern photos, projection transparency.
2000, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology 1904-2000."
1998, "Corrections and Additions to/The Japanese Garden Training Manual/1998," 2 pp.
after 1985, "Japanese Garden Volunteers," by Jim Thomas.
after 1981, "City of Seattle/Department of Parks and Recreation," connection to Japanese Garden.
after 1970, "Gallery Guide/Museum of Fine Arts Boston/Japanese and Chinese Robes,"  printed folder, 4 pp.
after 1969, "Data On Japanese Tea Garden."
after 1960, "Japanese Tea Garden History/Arboretum Archives, UW Library."
1/1/1960, "Japanese Tea Garden - Progress Report," typed, 2 pp.
1/7/1959, Announcement of gift of tea house, letter to Mr. O. Mulligan from Seicho Yasui, Governor of Tokyo Metropolis, projection transparency and paper copy.
12/6/1934, "Agreement Relating to Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Washington Park," 4 pp.
n.d., page of terms in Japanese.
n.d., "Map of Japan," projection transparency.
n.d., "Chronology of History Relating to Gardens of Japan."
n.d., "Japanese Garden," map, projection transparency and paper copy.
n.d., note with Nancy Davidson Short address.
n.d., "Garden Imagery in Japanese literati ptrs.," "at SAAM JEC note," handwritten 3x5" card.

Folder labelled "Seattle Japanese Garden history":
5/2021, "Seattle Japanese Garden," SP [Shizue Prochaska] notes, 2 pp.
4/7/2010, North American Post article in Japanese with 1960 photo in Arboretum Japanese Garden.
4/29/1998, "U.W. Arboretum Records/Guide,"  4 pp.
6/30/1985, IRS Form 1083, "Application for Recognition of Exemption," 4 pp.
7/3/1973, "Japanese-garden designer 'disappointed,'" Seattle Times, clipped with 8/1/1973, Joseph A. Witt letter to Dale Cole.
5/1965, "The Japanese Garden," typed, 7 pp.
1965 or later, "Japan - her culture," Seattle Public Library brochure, photocopy, 4 pp.
2/5/1962, Brian O. Mulligan letter to Ormond Hamilton, 2 pp.
1960 or later, "Our New Japanese Garden," B.O.M., typed, 2 pp., clipped with 11/30/1967, "Our Japanese Garden," B.O.M., carbon copy, 2 pp.
6/2/1960, "Acknowledgment," list of donors.
Winter/1960, "Our Japanese Garden," UW Arboretum Bulletin, photocopy, 7 pp., stapled with Fall/1977, "Juki IIda,"  UW Arboretum Bulletin, photocopy; first page of "Our Japanese Garden" article, clipped with typed draft and edits, 4 pp.
9/22/1960, Joseph. A. Witt letter to Chief Kanz re: Crown Prince of Japan visit.
8/31/1960, "Transportation of Goldfish - Carp," memo from Kenneth W. Sorrells to Peter Ohtaki c/o Japan Airlines.
6/5/1960, "Tea Garden Dedication To Be Held," newspaper clipping, photocopy.
6/1960, "Brief History of Japanese Gardens," Juki Iida and others, 7 pp., draft with corrections for Winter 1960 Arboretum Bulletin article.
4/1/1960-10/30/1970, Japanese Tea Garden correspondence to and from William S. Yoruzo, Yoruzo Gardening Co., 10 pp.
12/20/1959, "Japanese Tea Garden/for/University of Washington Arboretum/Seattle/Series II," architectural drawings, 15 pp.
3/4/1959-12/18/1959, announcements and correspondence about Japanese Garden construction, 5 pp. clipped.
10/30/1958-9/10/1959, letters re: construction of Japanese garden, to and from Kenneth W. Sorrells, 7 pp.
n.d., "Floor Plan of Japanese Tea House," photocopy.
n.d., "Japanese Tea House," leaflet by Japan-American Society of Seattle, photocopy.
n.d., "University of Washington Arboretum Garden," by Juki Iida, printed photocopy.
n.d., "The University of Washington/The Japanese Garden," typed.

Folder labelled "Japanese Garden Chronology - 2005":
7/7/2019, "Re: Julie Coryell's SJG Timeline," email chain with Julie Coryell and Peggy Garber and Steve Garber.
7/7/2014,  "Goals for Archive," handwritten, clipped with 8/13/2014, "Committee:," list and handwritten notes; 2014, "Statement of Purpose," "Official Stature," typed, 2 pp.;  n.d., "Why are we doing this?," handwritten; and n.d., "Original Archive," handwritten.
3/9/2010, "The Japanese Garden in Washington Park Arboretum: History Told, Untold, and Unfolding," typed, 8 pp.
3/9/2010, "Beginnings of the Seattle Japanese Garden," projection transparency copies, 5 pp.
3/2010, "Ways to love the garden," handwritten.
2/15/2010, "Japanese Garden in Washington Park Arboretum," handwritten notes.
2010, "Creation Chronology - 1909-2010," typed, 5 pp.
4/11/2006, notes for chronology, handwritten.
2006 or later, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology," typed with handwritten edits.
2005, "Seattle Japanese Garden Chronology, 1904-2002," [last entry 2004], 1 copy with 2005 handwritten addition, second copy clean.
11/6/2004, "Re: The Eitokuji-lantern in Seattle Japanese Garden," email from Keiko Page to Toru Tanaka.
n.d., 1868-1937 chronology, Meiji Imperial Restoration in Japan to Review of Foster Island site.
n.d., "Contents," [Japanese Garden guides information?], typed.
n.d., "JG June 12 Talk v 2," typed.
n.d., "Endings," typed, 4 pp.

Folder labelled "Coryell correspondence re: gatehouse":
4/7/2009, "Reply to your kind notes written and emailed," Julie Coryell to and from Mary Ann Wiley, 2 emails.
5/1/2006,  "Re: Additional Comments from Dick Yamasaki," Julie Coryell to Bob Hoshide, Kenichi Nagano, and Cathy Tuttle, email. Plus 4/30/2006 copy with edits.
4/25/2006, "letter to Cathy Tuttle, Hoshide, Kenichi Nagano from Dick Yamasaki," handwritten notes, 3 pp.
2/28/2006, Julie Coryell letter to Hoshide and Williams re: copy and translation of NIWA article.
2/19/2006, Julie Coryell letter to Mary Ann [Wiley] re: "Park Department lines of power and control."
2/17/2006, Mary Ann Wiley letter to Julie Coryell re: "wanting to move faster to implement to entry structure."
2/17/2006, "Re: Next meeting for Japanese Garden entry," David Goldberg email to Julie Coryell.
2/16/2006, "Points re: Japanese Garden Entry Design," Julie Coryell email to David Goldberg and Cathy Tuttle, 2 pp.
2/16/2006, "Fwd: Entry Structure, Japanese Garden," M Wiley to Julie Coryell, forwarded email  2/14/2006, M Wiley to David Goldberg, 2 pp.
2/16/2006, "Fwd: Japanese Garden Entry Team Meeting #3, M Wiley to Julie Coryell, forwarded email 2/15/2006, email from David Goldberg to M Wiley and others, 2 pp.
2/13/2006, "Introducing Dick Yamasaki," Julie Coryell email to Bob Hoshide.

Record ID # 662
Accession date: 2022-08-29 Last updated: 2025-03-31 14:35:28
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

Names	Role	Function
Coryell, Julie E.		Source

Location	Note
Archives workroom shelving

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1.1.10.S42a Seattle Japanese Garden planning and construction

1.1.10.S42b Seattle Japanese Garden: Iida Scroll information

1.1.10.S42c Seattle Japanese Garden in the news

1.1.10.S42d Seattle Japanese Garden publications and programs

1.1.10.S42d large Seattle Japanese Garden flat large-format items

1.1.10.S42dposter Seattle Japanese Garden posters

1.1.10.S42e Plants of the Seattle Japanese Garden

1.1.10.S42f 4f Seattle Japanese Garden renovation: New Gatehouse plans

1.1.10.S42f 4h Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation: Kobayashi drawings for pond shoreline renovation

1.1.10.S42f box 1 Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation

1.1.10.S42f box 2 Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation, box 2: Rock, Water, Plant Papers (part 1)

1.1.10.S42f box 3 Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation: Rock, Water, Plant papers (part 2: authors)

1.1.10.S42f box 4 Seattle Japanese Garden construction photos

1.1.10.S42g Seattle Japanese Garden photos

1.1.10.S42h Seattle Japanese Garden master plans and vision quests

1.1.10.S42i Seattle Japanese Garden supporting organizations

1.1.10.S42j Seattle Japanese Garden Guide Volunteer training materials and Source Books

1.1.10.S42k Seattle Japanese Garden: Kathleen Smith photo albums

1.1.15.05 Washington Park Arboretum Gardens, planting groups, and collections - design documents

1.1.15.25 Washington Park Arboretum Landscape Plans - Older Projects

1.4.0. Elisabeth C. Miller Library policies and procedures

1.4.02. Elisabeth C. Miller Library events and programs

2.00.98.00 Pacific Northwest gardens and organizations (other)

4.0.0.C67 People in Pacific Northwest horticulture: Julie Coryell

4.0.0.M59 People in Pacific Northwest horticulture: Masa Mizuno

4.0.0.S67 People in Pacific Northwest horticulture: Ken Sorrells

4.0.0.Y26 People in Pacific Northwest horticulture: Dick Yamasaki

Names	Role	Function
Coryell, Julie E.		Source
Hiraoka, Jesse		Creator
Iida, Juuki, (Iida, Juki)		Subject
Yamasaki, Dick		Source
Yamasaki, Dick		Subject