Seattle (Wash.). Board of Park Commissioners

found: Its Annual report, 1948:t.p. (Board of Park Commissioners, Seattle, Washington)

found: NUCMC data from Seattle Municipal Archives for Its Minutes, 1890-1987(Board of Park Commissioners; Board acts in an advisory capacity to the Mayor, City Council, and Department of Parks and Recreation)

found: NUCMC data from Seattle Municipal Archives for Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation slide collection, 1958-1990(Seattle's first park was established in 1884 after David Denny donated land to the city for that purpose; at that time, a three-member park committee, with limited authority, was created to manage the park system; a Board of Park Commissioners was estab. in 1890 with control over all public parks and authority to appoint a Parks Supt.; the Parks Dept. became a separate entity in 1904; in 1948 the Board of Park Commissioners appointed a park superintendent to administer the department; in 1967, the Board was reconstituted as an advisory body to the Mayor and City Council, changed the agency name to Dept. of Parks and Recreation, and placed fiscal and operational administration under the superintendent)

found: LC database, July 16, 2012(hdg.: Seattle. Park commissioners. [from old catalog])