{"id":350,"date":"2018-05-11T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T22:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2022-12-27T14:49:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T22:49:06","slug":"wpa-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/hours-and-contacts\/history\/wpa-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: A History of the Washington Park Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"75thCelebrate the long history of the Washington Park Arboretum by taking a stroll down memory lane. Learn about turn of the twentieth century movers and shakers at UW who created the living museum we love today.<\/p>\n

See also Audio Clips<\/a><\/strong> from an Oral History of the Washington Park Arboretum and the Center for Urban Horticulture. Additional historic documents are linked from the UW Botanic Gardens’ Master Plans and History<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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\"panel1\"<\/a>A System of Botanical Sequences: Taxonomy in the Arboretum <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel2\"<\/a>Prophet, Agitator, Statesman: Edmond S. Meany<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel3\"<\/a>False Starts: Early Development of an Arboretum<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel4\"<\/a>Humble Roots: The Arboretum’s Shaky Beginnings<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel5\"<\/a>Why Not the Arboretum? The Works Progress Administration<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel6\"<\/a> Your Gain Would Be Our Loss: Brian O. Mulligan <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel7\"<\/a>A Legacy of Learning: The Elisabeth C. Miller Library<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel8\"<\/a> The Ditch and the Cut: History of Washington Park<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel9\"<\/a> Horses, Cars, & Guns: Sport in the Arboretum<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel10\"<\/a>City, State, & Community: The Arboretum Agreement<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel11\"<\/a>A Vision of the Future Arboretum: Investigating a Library Archive Mystery from 1930<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel12\"<\/a> Ordered Urban Wilderness: The Olmsted Brothers<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"panel13\"<\/a> New Directions: Recent Developments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Researched, designed and written by Taylor Felt<\/a><\/strong>, MA Museology
\nImages from the UW Special Collections<\/em>, Museum of History and Industry<\/em> and City of Seattle Municipal Archives<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrate the long history of the Washington Park Arboretum by taking a stroll down memory lane. Learn about turn of the twentieth century movers and shakers at UW who created the living museum we love today. See also Audio Clips from an Oral History of the Washington Park Arboretum and the Center for Urban Horticulture. Additional historic documents are linked from the UW Botanic Gardens’ Master Plans and History page. Researched, designed and written by Taylor Felt, MA Museology Images…<\/p>\n

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