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1.1.07.1u.Arboretum Foundation scrapbook

Date statement: 1975-1977
Summary:
1 large album
Description:
Original album containing these pages:
5/16/1975, [no title], Seattle Today: University.  On same page: 4/8/1975, "Arboretum/plans war/on weeds," Mercer Island Reporter; 4/2/1975, "War on Weeds," West Seattle Herald, South District Journal, Beacon Hill News.
4/2/1975, "Prizes for crazy hats/Annual 'war on weeds'/April 19 at Arboretum," White Center News.  On same page: 4/9/1975, "Arboretum group plans/annual war on weeds," Seattle Today: University; 4/9/1975, "Make war,/not crabgrass," Magnolia News; 4/9/1975, "Arboretum work day," Seattle Times.
4/27/1975, [no title], Seattle Times.  On same page: 5/25/1975, "New Arboretum Directors," P-I; 5/28/1975, "Work for Arboretum," Seattle Today: University.
5/27/1975, "A bit crowded," Seattle Times.
6/5/1975, "Islanders active/in Arboretum group," Mercer Island Reporter. On same page: 6/12/1975, "Ruby Williams/to serve/Arboretum," Renton Record/Chronicle; 6/12/1975, "Islander re-elected to board," Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber; 6/11/1975, "Dr. C. Simons/on UW board," Lynnwood Enterprise. 
6/18/1975, "Tour Arboretum," Seattle Today: Northgate, Seattle Today: Lake City, Seattle Today: Queen Anne-Magnolia; Seattle Today: Shoreline, Seattle Today: University. On same page: "Bellevue residents trained to lead/tours through UW Arboretum," Bellevue American.
6/18/1975, "Plan Arboretum tours," Seattle Today: Northgate, Seattle Today: Lake City.  On same page: 6/22/1975, "The Japanese Garden," P-I.
6/29/975, "Take a Garden Tour/Of the Northwest," P-I.  On same page: 6/20/1975, "New teahouse price: $100,000," Seattle Times.
6/25/1975, "UW Unveils $122-million/Major Building Program," P-I.
7/7/1975, "New hopes for Arboretum," Seattle Times.  On same page: 7/2/1975, "Interest in plants and people/spells Arboretum volunteer," East Side Journal.
6/30/1975, "Holding pattern at Arboretum to end," Seattle Times.
7/2/1975, "Arboretum guides are professionals," Mercer Island Reporter.  On same page: [no title, no date], P-I; 7/17/1975, "Emmett Watson/Elliott Bay Window," P-I.
7/2/1975, "Arboretum guides are professionals," Mercer Island Reporter. On same page: 7/9/1975, "Rentonite elected to/arboretum board," Greater Renton News; 9/11/1975, "Samena Sunrise/schedules/Arboretum tour," Bellevue American; 7/9/1975, "Bob Kildall," Seattle Today: Queen Anne/Magnolia; 9/7/1975, Chinook District/distributes awards," Auburn Globe-News.
9/22/1975, "Cold weather is hurting/W. Washington farms, too," Walla Walla Union Bulletin. On same page: 10/9/1975, "Bella Floras to go on tour," Bellevue American; [no date], "Guides for/tours trained," [no source]; 10/6/1975, "Training for/Arboretum/tour guides," Seattle Times; 10/8/1975, "Arboretum/to train/tour guides," Seattle Today: South Snohomish Co, Federal Way News-Advertiser, Des Moines News-Advertiser; 10/15/1975, "Walk through/Arboretum set," Seattle Today: Queen Anne-Magnolia, Capitol Hill Times, The Facts, Seattle Today: Ballard, Seattle Today: University, Magnolia News, Mercer Island Reporter, Lynnwood Enterprise, Seattle Today: Wallingford-Green Lake; 10/20/1975, "Walk planned," Seattle Times.
10/1/1975, "Euell Gibbons in the/Arboretum? Uh-oh!," Seattle Times.  On same page: 10/17/1975, "Garden chores, tips:," Seattle Times.
10/23/1975, "Lake Washington Boulevard may be official bikeway," Seattle Times.  On same page: 10/15/1975, "Things to do," Seattle Today: Queen Anne-Magnolia; [no date, no title, no source, re: tours]; 10/15/1975, "Free tour of Arboretum," South District Journal; 10/31/1975, "UW Plans Arboretum At New Site," P-I.
11/2/1977[?], "New arboretum recommended for U.W. fill site," Seattle Times. On same page: 11/1975, "Arboretum planned," Ellensburg Record; 11/5/1975, "Holiday/Crafts/Shown," Seattle Today: University, Mercer Island Reporter, Seattle Today: Queen Anne-Magnolia; 10/31/1975, "Multi-purpose/ arboretum set/for U dime-lot," UW Daily.
11/20/1975, "Arboretum/walk set," Mercer Island Reporter.  On same page and next page:  10/25/1975, "A fall picnic/for nature watching," Seattle Times.
11/4/1975, "'New' gate center of battle," Seattle Times.
11/15/1975, "A Gate Without a Road," P-I.  On same page: 11/19/1975, "Gate illegal," Seattle Today: University; 11/5/1975, "Arboretum/proposal/$3.4 million," Seattle Today: University; 11/12/1975, "Quesions gate," Seattle Today: University.
11/26/1975, "Nature may win back Union Bay swamp," Seattle Times.  On same page: 12/21/1975, "Arboretum/Offers Class," no source; 10/15/1975, "Free tour of Arboretum," Beacon Hill News; 12/112/1975, "A Tree Grows/In Arboretum," P-I.
10/15/1975, "Arboretum needs guides," Sammamish Valley News.  On same page: 11/5/1975, "UW ponders/arboretum," Seattle Sun; 11/14/1975, "Proposed Arboretum/gates ruled illegal," Seattle Times; 12/11/1975, "Japan gives/cherry trees/to Seattle," Daily Journal of Commerce.
11/11/1975, "Arboretum for the price of a garbage dump?," UW Daily.  On same page: 11/21/1975, "Park Board supports/horse patrol, hears/complaints on races," Seattle Times.
11/18/1975, "Traffic accelerates/Arboretum worry," UW Daily.  On same page: 11/19/1975, "Returning city parks to hoodlums," Seattle Times.
11/24/1975, "Explain arboretum plan," Seattle Today: University, 2 pp.
11/16/1975, "Wildlife would have more room/under new Arboretum proposal," Seattle Times.  On same page: 12/25/1975, "Botany class offered," Bellevue American.
11/18/1975, "A gate of entry, not closure," Seattle Times.  On same page: 12/18/1975, "Street Closure Top Issue/At Park Traffic Hearing," P-I; 11/19/1975, "New Arboretum waterscape," Seattle Today: Wallingford-Green Lake.
12/10/1975, "Japanese Pledge 1,000/Cherry Trees to City," P-I.  On same page: 12/10/1975, "Friendship Blossoms," P-I; 1/1/1976, "Coterie/plants tree," Seattle Today: University; 1/1/1976, "Increases traffic," Seattle Today: University; 1/1/1976, "Arboretum/slates classes," Seattle Today: University; 1/15/1975 [?], "Arboretum/Foundation/unit to meet," Federal Way News-Advertiser.
1/9/1976, "'Fence' UW In--Critics," P-I.  On same page: 1/8/1976, no title, Bellevue American; 1/31/1976, "Gift," Seattle Times; 1/25,1976, "Generous gestures from Japan," Seattle Times.
1/15/1976, "Breathe on Green Things," P-I.  On same page: before 1/15/1976, "Plant specialist/to speak here," no source.
1/22/1976, "Arboretum walk scheduled Wednesday," Seattle Today: Northgate, Bellevue American, 3/25/1976, East Side Journal.
1/21/1976, "Arboretum trips given," Seattle Today: University, South District Journal, Seattle Today: Lake City. On same page: 1/28/1976, "Arboretum is second career," Beacon Hill News.
1/28/1976, "Arboretum is second career," Beacon Hill  News, South District Journal.  On same page: no date, "Gifts to Arboretum," Seattle Times: University.
2/24/1976, "Local Arboretum Unit is Active in Plant Education," Capitol Hill Times.  On same page: 3/3/1976, "Mini-sale to/precede annual/Arboretum sale," Seattle Times; 3/10/1976, Camellia sale/aids arboretum," Seattle Today: South Snohomish Co.; 3/7/1976, "Garden club to discuss project," Seattle Times; 3/10/1976, "Program on Arboretum," P-I; 3/21/1976, "35 Seattle-area 'amigos'/gear for Latin health stint," Seattle Times.
3/3/1976, "Environmental Science teacher/knows plants for Native walks," Issaquah Press.
3/6/1976, "Life, Death at the Arboretum," P-I.
3/24/1976, "Arboretum has spring walks too," Queen Anne News.  On same page: 4/8/1976, "Arboretum groups/will blast weeds," Mercer Island Reporter; 4/15/1976, "Arboretum clean-up /Thursday," Bellevue American, East Side Journal; 4/11/1976, "Club Calendar," P-I.
4/7/1976, "Arboretum volunteers to attack/weeds April 15," Seattle Today: Queen Anne-Magnolia.  On same page: 4/35/1976, "Arboretum," Seattle Times; 4/7/1976, "Montlake P-Patch purchase sought," Seattle Times; 4/28/1976, "Local managers work/in Arboretum sale," Issaquah Press.
4/24/1976, "There is," Seattle Times.  On same page: 5/5/1976, "Approve additions to park," Seattle Today: University.
4/8/1976, "Blooms Are Bustin' Out," P-I.  On same page: 5/19/1976, "Montlake girds to fight/for Arboretum again," Seattle Sun; 4//25/1976, "Arboretum/group/to meet," Renton News-Chronicle, Kent News-Journal; 5/28/1976, no title, P-I.
6/4/1976, "Decision to rebuild burned/teahouse hangs fire," Seattle Times.  On same page: 5/29/1976, "Late rhody show," East Side Journal; 6/16/1976, "Arboretum/group elects," Seattle Today: University; 6/12/1976, "Arboretum/officers/announced," East Side Journal; 6/4/1976, "Arboretum's Future Discussed," P-I; 6/21/1976, "Arboretum offers/Wednesday tours," UW Daily.
6/13/1976, "Arboretum," P-I. On same page: 6/16/1976, "Bonsai Garden Tour/To Benefit Arboretum," Bremerton Sun; 6/23/1976, "Arboretum sponsoring/Japan tour," no source; 7/21/1976, "Japanese tour slated," Seattle Today: Ballard.
7/4/1976, "Capt. Moen/and a sting/in the ear," Seattle Times.
7/7/1976, "Editor named for/Arboretum Bulletin," White Center News, West Seattle Herald, Seattle Today: Unversity, Seattle Today: Northgate.  On same page: 7/14/1976, "Local woman named/to editorial board," Seattle Today: Lake City.
7/7/1976, "Residents edit Arboretum Bulletin," Seattle Today: University.
7/1/1976, "Five East Siders on Bulletin staff," Bellevue American, East Side Journal.  On same page: 9/15/1976, " Arboretum," South District Journal; 7/31/1976, "Final member named/to Arboretum committee," Seattle Times; 8/11/1976, "Japanese Garden in the University of Washington arboretum," Medium.
8/19/1976, "Relief is just a bush away at the Arboretum," UW Daily.  On same page: 9/2/1976, "Arboretum/guides sought," Bremerton Daily Journal American, Bellevue Daily Journal American; 9/19/1976, "Explorers walk," Seattle Times; 9/19/1976, "The Arboretum Foundation," P-I; 10/24/1976, "Local Arboretum/chapter meets," Kent News-Journal, Auburn Globe-News, Renton Record-Chronicle.
11/9/1976, "Gate that never closes," Seattle Times.  On same page: 10/15/1976, "Arboretum  walk," Queen Anne News; 11/24/1976, "Arboretum Bridge," Portland Ore Daily Journal of Commerce.
10/3/1976, "Velvet glove has firm grip," Seattle Times, 2 pp.  On same page: 11/9/1976, "Foster Island/bridge replace/slated by UW," Daily Journal of Commerce; 11/10/1976, "Arboretum-panel/member named," Seattle Times; 12/16/1976, "Arboretum," Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber; 12/16/1976, "Arboretum unit/to offer basic/botany course," Seattle Times.
12/18/1976, "U.W. to update plan for Arboretum," Seattle Times.  On same page: 1/23/1977, "Arboretum is/club focus," Renton Record-Chronicle; 1/7/1977, "Consultants to be/named for study/of Arboretum," UW Daily.
Record ID # 842  ·  Accession date: 2025-08-26  ·  Last updated: 2026-09-06 18:56 PDT
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum -- history, Seattle Japanese Garden, Arboretum Foundation, Seattle Garden Club
Names: Jones & Jones : Architects & Landscape Architects, Morgan, Phyllis Hyde, Moses, Elizabeth, Sorrells, Ken, Abellera, Pablo, Graham, Donald G., Graham, Juanita, Meeuse, Bastian, Mulligan, Brian O., Sr. , Vorobik, Ruth, Pirzio-Biroli, Jan, Moen, Carl Henry ("Cap"), Hunt, Glen, Gardiner, Jeanne, Putnam, Robert C., Behnke, Robert J., Ballard, Nan, Tsutakawa, George, Krause, Fayette, Walker, Richard B., Witt, Joseph A., Docter, Diggs, Baird, Marjorie Wetherill, Hume, Ed
LocationNote
Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Archives workroom closed cupboard [1, : unspecified]near supply cabinet