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John R. Price papers, 1965-1997
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Price, John R. (John Richard)
- Title
- John R. Price papers
- Dates
- 1965-1997 (inclusive)19731980
- Quantity
- 0.99 cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 4999
- Summary
- Meeting notices, agenda, minutes, correspondence, reports and subject files related to chairman and member of the President's Advisory Committee on retirement and the Faculty Governance Committee
- 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
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
John R. Price was a University of Washington professor of law. Price taught in the University of Washington School of Law from 1969 until becoming professor emeritus in 1997. He also served as Dean of the School of Law from 1982-1989. He received a B.A. from the University of Florida in 1958, and an LL.B. from the New York University School of Law in 1961. Price's principal areas of practice included community property, trusts and estates, federal taxation and tax planning, and ethics and professional responsibility.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Meeting notices, agendas, minutes, correspondence, reports and subject files relating to Price's tenure as chairman and member of the President's Advisory Committee on Retirement, and the Faculty Governance Committee: 1973-1980. The President's Advisory Committee on Retirement was initially referred to as the Ad Hoc Committee on Retirement, a name that Price continued to use in labeling his files.
Also includes documents relating to the following topics: a memorial to Dr. Solomon Katz, transfer of the Sand Point Naval Air Station property to the City of Seattle, playground safety, school crossing safety, state inheritance tax policy, and opposition to a bill limiting the powers of the Washington Attorney General.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 4999-001, John R. Price papers, 1973-1980
- Accession No. 4999-002, John R. Price papers, 1965-1997
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 4999-001: John R. Price papers, 1973-1980Return to Top
Scope and Content: Meeting notices, agenda, minutes, correspondence, reports and subject files relating to Price's tenure as chairman and member of the President's Advisory Committee on Retirement, and the Faculty Governance Committee; 1973-1980. The President's Advisory Committee on Retirement was initially referred to as the Ad Hoc Committee on Retirement, a name that Price continued to use in labeling his files.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: John R. Price, 1997-03-10
Accession No. 4999-002: John R. Price papers, 1965-1997Return to Top
Scope and Content: Includes correspondence, reports, writings, and other documents relating to the following topics: creation of a memorial to Dr. Solomon Katz, transfer of the Sand Point Naval Air Station property to the City of Seattle, playground safety, and school crossing safety, state inheritance tax policy, and an open letter in opposition to a bill limiting the powers of the Washington Attorney General.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: John R. Price, 2010-11-30, 2010-12-02, and 2020-02-04
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 4999-002 | School Crossing Safety in Seattle |
1971-1979 |
Seattle Times article: "City
Councilman Tim Hill will bring safety proposals before the Council Public
Safety and Health Committee on January 15" |
December 1973 | ||
Statement submitted to City Council Public Safety and
Health Committee, John R. Price |
January 15, 1974 | ||
The Skandia Report: A report on children in
traffic |
September 1971 | ||
The Skandia Report II: Why are children injured in
traffic? Can we prevent child accidents in traffic? |
June 1974 | ||
Report, School Crossing Safety, Robert W. Hermer,
District Safety Coordinator |
July 15, 1976 | ||
Letter, Rune Ek, Editor of Skandia Reports |
February 1979 | ||
The Skandia Report III: Unprotected Road
Users |
January 1979 | ||
1/2-1/3 | 4999-002 | Transfer of Sand Point Naval Air Station to NOAA and the
City of Seattle |
1973-1974 |
Research documents—partial list |
August 1973 | ||
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Portion of the
Former Sand Point Naval Air Station |
August 30, 1973 | ||
Letter, A. R. Dammkoehler, Puget Sound Air Pollution
Control Agency, to V. L. Barnes, General Services Administration |
October 2, 1973 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to V. L. Barnes, enclosing
statement, GSA's Environmental Impact Statement on the Future of Sand
Point—Incomplete, Inaccurate and Unreliable |
October 5, 1973 | ||
Letter, George Coggins, University of Kansas to John
R. Price |
November 7, 1973 | ||
Brochure, Friends of Sand Point Park, "Vote No on
County Measure 3" |
undated | ||
Memo, Friends of Sand Point Park, Vote No King County
Measure 3 Fact Sheet |
undated | ||
Notes, "J. Price, Points for Debate on Future of Sand
Point NAS," used in one or more debates between John Price and Pete Bement and
Alf Collins, proponents of establishing a general aviation airport at Sand
Point NAS |
undated | ||
Booklet, Washington State Airport System Plan,
prepared by The Aerospace Corporation, Seattle, Washington |
June 1973 | ||
Master's Thesis, by David L. Eastman candidate for
Master of Science Degree, University of Washington |
1974 | ||
1/4 | 4999-002 | Playground Safety in Seattle Public Schools |
1965-1975 |
Troubleshooter column, Seattle Times |
February 16, 1973 | ||
Minutes, Nathan Hale Area Citizens' School Advisory
Council (elective advisory councils were established in each high school
attendance area during the early 1970s); minutes include a resolution urging
"the Seattle School District promptly to take steps to eliminate asphalt,
concrete and other hard surfaces under climbing equipment and slides on school
playgrounds." |
February 21, 1973 | ||
Seattle Times article by Marcia Schultz based on her
interview with Ann Topping, Children's Orthopedic Hospital Injury
Unit |
August 16, 1973 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to Dr. Abraham
Bergman |
August 29, 1973 | ||
Letter, Judy Lowell, Seattle Public Schools Insurance
Management, to Anne Topping |
October 3, 1973 | ||
Note, Ann Topping to John Price attaching handwritten
tabulation of accidents from September 1971 through May 1972 |
undated | ||
Letter, John R. Price to James Shelton, Principal,
Maple Leaf School, Seattle |
November 9, 1973 | ||
Memo, Jim Hall, Specialist Health, Physical and
Recreational Education and Robert L. Nelson, Director of Business and Plant, re
Safety Surface under Playground Equipment |
November 21, 1973 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to Jim Hall |
November 30, 1973 | ||
Letter, James Hall to John R. Price, enclosing May 19,
1972 memos from John Hunt to Fred Breit re Climbing and swinging bars safety
and re Accident report on school playground equipment |
December 7, 1973 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to Loren Troxel, Superintendent
Seattle Public Schools |
December 14, 1973 | ||
Letter, James A. Hall to John R. Price |
December 21, 1973 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to Carver Gayton |
January 4, 1974 | ||
Letter, J. Loren Troxel to John R. Price |
January 22, 1974 | ||
Article, Puget Soundings, The Battle for Safer School
Playgrounds, Abraham B. Bergman and Ann H. Topping, |
April 1974 | ||
Course Description LA 548A, Schoolgrounds: A Total
Learning Environment, Autumn Quarter 1974, Instructor Pat A. Miller |
1974 | ||
Tentative Lecture Schedule, Landscape Architecture
498A, Autumn Quarter 1974 (December 3 lecture by Ann Topping and John
Price) |
1974 | ||
Flyer describing Playground Environment Seminar,
Landscape Architecture X498, Instructor Pat Miller |
undated | ||
Tentative Draft, Booklet, Procedures for
Implementation of "Self-Help" Playground Development Projects |
November 20, 1974 | ||
Memo, Robert T. Buchanan, Chairman Department of
Landscape Architecture to John R. Price |
October 21, 1975 | ||
Booklet, United States national Committee for Early
Childhood Education, Inc., "Playgrounds" and address by Lady Allen of
Hurtwood |
May 5, 1965 | ||
Article, Are Schools Safe? Analysis of 409 Student
Accidents in Elementary Schools |
May, 1969 | ||
Safety Education Data Sheets Nos. 69, Playground
Apparatus and 74, Playground Surfacing, National Safety Council |
undated | ||
Article, How to Have Safer Playgrounds |
undated | ||
Handbook, Intermediate School District 110, School
Safety Council |
February 15, 1973 | ||
Seminar Paper, Litigation as a Method of Achieving
Safe Public School Playgrounds, Peter Bacho |
June 1, 1974 | ||
1/5 | 4999-002 | Solomon Katz memorial |
1990-1996 |
Memo, John R. Price to William P. Gerberding,
President |
January 9, 1990 | ||
Memo, William P. Gerberding to John R.
Price |
January 19, 1990 | ||
Program, A Tribute to Solomon Katz |
March 8, 1990 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to Charles E. Odegaard, Ernest
Conrad & Robert Heilman |
February 5, 1992 | ||
Letter, Robert Heilman to John R. Price |
February 8, 1992 | ||
Memo, John R. Price to William P.
Gerberding |
February 28, 1992 | ||
Memo, William P. Gerberding to David Thorud, Chair
Campus Names Committee, Richard Andrews, Campus Art Committee |
March 12, 1992 | ||
Memo, John R. Price to Karen Zaugg, Assistant to the
President |
April 8, 1992 | ||
Memo, Karen Zaugg to John R. Price |
April 13, 1992 | ||
Memo, David B. Thorud to William P.
Gerberding |
June 10, 1992 | ||
Memo, William P. Gerberding to David B.
Thorud |
June 26, 1992 | ||
Memo, David B. Thorud to William P.
Gerberding |
July 7, 1993 | ||
Memo, John R. Price to Hubert Locke |
January 31, 1994 | ||
Memo, John R. Price to Hubert Locke |
February 10, 1994 | ||
Memo, Hubert Locke to David Thorud |
February 14, 1994 | ||
Memo, John R. Price to William P.
Gerberding |
February 24, 1994 | ||
Memo, Hubert Locke to John R. Price |
February 24, 1994 | ||
Memo, William P. Gerberding to John R.
Price |
March 3, 1994 | ||
Memo, William P. Gerberding to Richard O.
Andrews |
March 3, 1994 | ||
Memo, John R. Price to Neal Lessenger |
April 12, 1994 | ||
Memo (Draft), John R. Price and others to William P.
Gerberding |
June 22, 1994 | ||
Memo, Hubert Locke to William P. Gerberding enclosing
memo dated June 22, 1994 signed by John R. Price, Hubert Locke, Richard Johnson
(Chair of History), Neal Lessenger, Carol Thomas and Ernest Conrad |
November 5, 1994 | ||
Memo, John R. Price to Carol Thomas, Richard Johnson,
Hubert Locke and Neal Lessenger |
December 7, 1994 | ||
Resolution adopted by University of Washington
Retirement Association supporting creating memorial to Dr. Solomon
Katz |
December 7, 1994 | ||
E-mail, Neal F. Lessenger to Carol Thomas, Hubert
Locke, John R. Price and Richard Johnson; ccs to Tallman Trask, Marilyn Batt
Dunn, Suzanne Metcalf and Richard Andrews |
December 27, 1994 | ||
E-mail, Carol Thomas to Neal Lessenger, ccs to John R.
Price, Richard R. Johnson, Tallman Trask, Marilyn Batt Dunn, Suzanne Metcalfe
and Richard Andrews |
December 28, 1994 | ||
E-mail, Hubert Locke to Carol Thomas, ccs to Neal
Lessenger, John Price and Richard Johnson |
December 28, 1994 | ||
E-mail, Marilyn Dunn to Carol Thomas, ccs to Neal
Lessenger, Hubert G. Locke, John R. Price, Richard R. Johnson, Tallman Trask,
Suzanne Metcalf and Richard Andrews |
December 28, 1994 | ||
E-mail, Richard Johnson to Neal Lessenger, ccs to
Carol Thomas, Hubert G. Locke, John R. Price, Tallman Trask, Marilyn Batt Dunn,
Suzanne Metcalf, Richard Andrews |
December 28, 1994 | ||
Letter, William P. Gerberding to Coryell Berry,
President, University of Washington Retirement Association |
January 12, 1995 | ||
E-mail, Neal Lessenger to Carol Thomas, Hubert Locke,
John R. Price and Richard R. Johnson |
January 26, 1995 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to Jonathan Bridge |
February 7, 1995 | ||
Letter, Jon Bridge to Barbara Hurst, American Jewish
Committee |
February 8, 1995 | ||
E-mail, John Price to Neal Lessenger, ccs to Hubert
Locke, Richard Johnson and Carol Thomas |
February 9, 1995 | ||
E-mail, Carol Thomas to John Price, ccs to Neal
Lessenger, Hubert Locke, Richard Johnson |
February 10, 1995 | ||
E-mail, Richard Johnson to Neal Lessenger, ccs Carol
Thomas, Hubert Locke, John R. Price |
February 10, 1995 | ||
E-mail, Hubert Locke to John Price, ccs to Carol
Thomas, Neal Lessenger and Richard Johnson |
February 10, 1995 | ||
E-mail, John Price to Hubert Locke, ccs to carol
Thomas, Richard Johnson and Neal Lessenger |
February 13, 1995 | ||
E-mail, Carol Thomas to John Price, ccs to Hubert
Locke, Richard Johnson and Neal Lessenger |
February 14, 1995 | ||
E-mail, Carol Thomas to John Price, cc to Hubert Locke
(attaching copy of e-mail, August 14, 1995, John Price to group) |
August 14, 1995 | ||
E-mail, Carol Thomas to John R. Price (attaching copy
of e-mail, February 22, 1996, Bill Talley to Carol Thomas and e-mail, February
22, 1996, Carol Thomas to Bill Talley) |
February 26, 1996 | ||
Susan Black & Associates, Meeting Agenda, Art
Courtyard/Katz Memorial Garden Project |
May 9, 1996 | ||
Susan Black & Associates, Summary Meeting
Minutes |
May 29, 1996 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to Susan Black (with
enclosures) |
June 3, 1996 | ||
Memo, Robin Carnes to "distribution list", Capital
Projects Manager, Sol Katz Memorial Garden, Art Building Courtyard
Project-Program, includes description of the program, notice of meeting,
etc. |
September 5, 1996 | ||
Memo, Robin Carnes to "distribution list", enclosing
copy of Susan Black & Associates' Design Development Drawings, Outline
Specifications, etc. |
September 19, 1996 | ||
E-mail, Carol Thomas to Neal Lessenger, John R. Price
and Hubert Locke |
October 30, 1996 | ||
Letter, John R. Price to William P.
Gerberding |
November 25, 1996 | ||
Program, Dedication of Sol Katz Memorial
Garden |
August 17, 1997 | ||
U.W. Daily Photograph of Solomon Katz Memorial
Garden |
October 2, 1997 | ||
1/6 | 4999-002 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
1/7 | 4999-002 | Memorandum and Open Letter |
1970-1977 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Law teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Law--Study and teaching
- Playgrounds--Washington (State)--Seattle--Safety measures
- Traffic safety and children--Washington (State)--Seattle
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Katz, Solomon, 1909-
- Price, John R. (John Richard)--Archives
Corporate Names
- Seattle Public Schools
- University of Washington. School of Law--Faculty
Geographical Names
- Warren G. Magnuson Park (Seattle, Wash.)
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives