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Citizens' Planning Council records, 1959-1976
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Citizens' Planning Council (Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- Citizens' Planning Council records
- Dates
- 1959-1976 (inclusive)19591976
- Quantity
- 5.78 cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 folder)
- Collection Number
- 4543 (Accession No. 4543-001)
- Summary
- Records of a citizen action group whose goal was to inform citizens about planning and involve them in the process
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Citizens’ Planning Council was established on June 20, 1961. Its goals were to inform citizens about planning and to involve them in the planning process. It also functioned as a lobbying group, supporting citizens’ interests before local and regional planning agencies. Specific efforts were primarily directed at transit issues. The CPC strongly opposed the construction of new freeways including the I-90/3rd Lake Washington Bridge Projects, the R. H. Thomson Expressway, and the Bay Freeway. Kathleen Eyre was president of Citizens' Planning Council from 1965 to 1972.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, reports, newsletters, news releases, minutes, membership lists, writings, ephemera, photographs, clippings, publications, and related materials.
The accession also contains papers from several similar groups with which Eyre was involved (Citizens Against the R.H. Thomson, Citizens for Clean Air) which are in separate subgroups. Personal papers, many of which pertain to the 1965 White House Conference on Natural Beauty which Eyre attended at the invitation of President Johnson, comprise another subgroup.
Most of the clippings and photographs included in the accession come from the files of Anne Hauberg, a local arts supporter who was affiliated with numerous groups interested in the beautification of Seattle. Hauberg was one of the founding members of CPC but seems to have been actively involved for only a short time after the group began. However, her ideas about community aesthetics seem to have had a lasting influence on the group’s direction. Hauberg’s papers which are not directly linked to the CPC are filed in the Hauberg subgroup.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donated by Estate of Kathleen Eyre, 1/16/1996
Processing Note
These records were initially accessioned as Robert Eyre’s Papers. Eyre was president of the CPC from mid-1965 to 1972. The name change reflects the fact that many of the papers seem to have been inherited by Eyre and pre-date his involvement with the CPC.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Organization | 1961-1964 |
| 1/2-7 | Incoming Letters | 1961-1976 |
| 1/8-10 | Outgoing Letters | 1961-1972 |
| 1/11-12 | General Correspondence of Palmer Smith | 1961-1970 |
| 1/13 | Intraoffice Correspondence | 1961-1972 |
| 1/14-17 | Minutes | 1961-1972 |
| 1/18 | Financial Records | 1961 |
| 1/19 | Report of Comprehensive Plan for King County, Washington | 1964 |
| 1/20 | Report of Comprehensive Plan for King County, Washington | 1963 |
| 1/21 | Report of Seattle 2000 Commission | 1973 |
| 1/22-24 | Miscellaneous Reports | 1960-1967 |
| 1/25 | News Releases | 1961-1967 |
| 1/26 | Newsletters | 1961-1968 |
| 2/1 | Resolutions | 1962-1964 |
| 2/2-3 | Speeches and Writings | 1962-1964 |
| 2/4 | Conferences and Conventions - Symposium on Community Councils | 1971 |
| 2/5 | Notes | 1965-1972 |
| 2/6 | Notices | 1963-1970 |
| Box | ||
| 7 | Notices-Oversized | 1970 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/7 | Executive Committee Meeting | 1971-1972 |
| 2/8 | Membership Committee | 1962 |
| 2/9 | Planning Procedures Committee | 1964 |
| 2/10 | Program Committee | 1961-1962 |
| 2/11 | Projects Committee | 1961 |
| 2/12 | Transportation Committee | |
| 2/13 | Zoning Committee | |
| 2/14 | Air Pollution | 1965 |
| 2/15-17 | American Society of Planning Officials | 1967 |
| 2/18 | Bay Freeway | 1961-1973 |
| 2/19 | Billboards | 1961-1971 |
| 2/20 | Burke-Gilman Trail | 1971 |
| 2/21 | Core of Engineers Log Dump | 1966 |
| 2/22 | Downtown Program | 1963 |
| 2/23 | Eighth Avenue Plan | 1962 |
| 2/24 | Hexing | 1970-1971 |
| 2/25 | I-90/City Council | 1976 |
| 2/26 | I-90/War On Community Ugliness | 1966-1970 |
| 2/27 | I-90/Third Lake Bridge | 1966-1970 |
| 2/28 | General Correspondence | 1967-1971 |
| 2/29 | Speeches and Writings | 1967-1968 |
| 2/30 | Miscellany | 1967-1971 |
| 2/31-32 | Ephemera | 1967-1971 |
| Box | ||
| Oversize Vertical File | Oversized Ephemera | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/1-3 | Lake Union | 1962-1971 |
| 3/4 | Mercer Street Connection | 1959-1972 |
| 3/5 | Metro/Rapid Transit System | 1965-1972 |
| 3/6 | Newsletter Items | 1961 |
| 3/7 | Open Space | 1962-1963 |
| 3/8 | The Outdoor Circle | 1960-1961 |
| 3/9 | Pedestrian League | 1960-1961 |
| 3/10 | Petitions | 1970 |
| 3/11 | Philadelphia | 1957-1966 |
| 3/12 | Planning Enabling Act | 1964-1965 |
| 3/13 | Public market | 1961 |
| 3/14 | Puget Soundings article, “Seattle, Fading Utopia†| 1965-1967 |
| 3/15 | Seattle Council | 1961-1972 |
| 3/16 | Seattle Planning Commission | 1941-1966 |
| 3/17 | Seattle Crafts and WACA | 1961 |
| 3/18 | Seattle Garden Club | 1962 |
| 3/19 | Seattle Street Trees | 1965-1966 |
| 3/20 | Second Lake Washington Bridge | 1962 |
| 3/21 | Studies by Private Individuals/Clubs | 1961 |
| 3/22 | Urban America | 1964-1968 |
| 3/23 | Urban Design Tour | 1966 |
| 3/24 | Urban Renewal | 1962 |
| 3/25 | Washington Highway Department | 1967 |
| 3/26 | Washington Legislature. Urban Area Government Joint Committee | 1962 |
| 3/27 | Washington Roadside Council | 1962 |
| 3/28 | Zoning Alert Service | 1961-1962 |
| 3/29 | Zoning and Rezoning | 1962 |
| 3/30 | Lists of CPC Membership | 1961-1971 |
| 3/31-34 | Lists of Other Organizations | 1961-1965 |
| 3/35 | CPC Ephemera | 1963-1971 |
| 3/36 | Ephemera of Other Organizations | 1959-1973 |
| 4/1 | Ephemera of Other Organizations | 1959-1973 |
| Box | ||
| Oversize Vertical File | Oversized Ephemera of Other Organizations | 1957 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/2 | Miscellany | 1961-1972 |
| 4/3 | Clippings of Freeways | 1961-1972 |
| 4/4 | Clippings of Reprints | 1961-1965 |
| 4/5-8 | Miscellaneous Clippings | 1951-1972 |
| Box | ||
| 7 | Oversized Scrapbook | 1951-1962 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/9 | Citizens Against the R. H. Thomson (CARTH) - Organization | 1970-1971 |
| 4/10 | Citizens Against the R. H. Thomson (CARTH) - General Correspondence | 1970-1971 |
| 4/11 | Citizens Against the R. H. Thomson (CARTH)-”Minutes | 1968-1970 |
| 4/12 | Citizens Against the R. H. Thomson (CARTH)-Speeches and Writings | 1970 |
| 4/13 | Citizens Against the R. H. Thomson (CARTH)-Newsletters | 1970-1977 |
| 4/14 | Citizens Against the R. H. Thomson (CARTH)-Ephemera | 1970-1977 |
| 4/15 | Citizens for Clean Air-General Correspondence | 1965 |
| 4/16 | Citizens for Clean Air-Minutes | 1963 |
| 4/17 | Citizens for Clean Air-Lists | |
| 4/18 | Citizens for Clean Air-Notes | 1964-1965 |
| 4/19 | Citizens for Clean Air-Ephemera | 1963-1965 |
| 4/20 | Citizens for Clean Air-Clippings | 1962-1965 |
| 4/21 | Robert Eyre-General Correspondence | 1964-1973 |
| 4/22 | Robert Eyre-Ephemera | 1961-1974 |
| 4/23 | Robert Eyre-Notes | 1965 |
| 4/24 | Governors Conference & White House Conference on Natural Beauty | 1965-1966 |
| 4/25 | Conferences and Conventions-Air Pollution | 1965 |
| 4/26 | Conferences and Conventions- Clippings | 1965 |
| 4/27 | Conference and Conventions-Invitations/Souvenirs | 1965 |
| 4/28 | Conference and Conventions- News Releases | 1965 |
| 4/29 | Conference and Conventions- News Releases on Parks and Open Spaces | 1965 |
| 4/30-31 | Conference and Conventions- Notes | 1965 |
| 4/32 | Conference and Conventions- "Reforesting the City" | 1965 |
| 4/33 | Conference and Conventions- Reports | 1965 |
| 4/34-35 | Conference and Conventions- Miscellaneous | 1965 |
| 5/1 | Chip Board | |
| 5/2 | Cleaner Air Week | 1964 |
| 5/3 | House Bill Number 389 | 1965 |
| 5/4 | Street Trees | 1963-1965 |
| 6/13 | Committee of 33 | 1960-1961 |
| 6/14 | Seattle Municipal Art Commission | 1960-1961 |
| 6/15 | Sunset Club | 1958-1961 |
| 5/5 | Anne Gould Hauberg--General Correspondence | 1961 |
| 5/6 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Lists | 1960-1962 |
| 5/7 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Guy Anderson | 1961 |
| 5/8 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Arboretum | 1961 |
| 5/9 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Billboards | 1961 |
| 5/10 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Creative Center | 1960-1961 |
| 5/11 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Fountains and Century 21 Art | 1960-1961 |
| 5/12 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Historical Sites and Buildings | 1961 |
| 5/13 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Pilot School | 1961-1962 |
| 5/14 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Pioneer Square and Ordinances | 1960-1961 |
| 5/15 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Quotes: What Seattle Needs | 1961 |
| 5/16 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Telephone Poles | 1961-1962 |
| 5/17 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Mark Tobey | 1961-1962 |
| 5/18 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Tourists | 1961-1962 |
| 5/19 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Visual Aids | 1961-1962 |
| 5/20-23 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Photographs | |
| 5/24-6/12 | Anne Gould Hauberg--Clippings | 1961-1964 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle--Citizen participation
- Lobbying--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Regional planning--Washington (State)--Seattle--Citizen participation
- Transportation--Washington (State)--Seattle--Planning
Corporate Names
- American Society of Planning Officials
- CARHT (Organization : Seattle, Wash.)
- Citizens for Clean Air, Inc
- Citizens' Planning Council (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
- Committee of 33
- I-90/War on Community Ugliness
- Seattle (Wash.). Municipal Art Commission
- Seattle Planning Commission
- Urban America
- Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Urban Area Government
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Eyre, Kathleen H (creator)
- Hauberg, Anne Gould (creator)
