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Laurelhurst Community Club records, 1922-1990
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Laurelhurst Community Club (Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- Laurelhurst Community Club records
- Dates
- 1922-1990 (inclusive)19221985
- Quantity
- 4.25 cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 3922 (Accession No. 3922-001)
- Summary
- Records of a neighborhood organization in northeast district of Seattle
- 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 original constitution, dated October 7, 1920, states that the object of the Laurelhurst Improvement Club will be "…The improvement, beautifying, and betterment of that part of the city known as the Laurelhurst District, which will comprise the Laurelhurst, Laurelhurst Heights and the Palisades Additions to Seattle." From the beginning, the standing committees reflect this objective as they included Street, Sidewalks, Lights, Water, Sewer, Fire, Municipal Legislation, Transportation, Parks and Beautification, Building Restrictions along with the usual ones of Reception, Entertainment, Program, and Membership. Membership was open to " …all residents of the Laurelhurst District who contributed to the bus fund." Monthly meetings were held on the second Monday of the month and annual election of officers were at the February meeting.
At the March 8, 1926 meeting, the name of the club was officially changed to the Laurelhurst Community Club, and the constitution dated September 13 of the same year describes the Laurelhurst District as comprised of Laurelhurst, Laurelhurst Heights, Palisades, Scottish Heights, Bellvoir. Additionally, the Laurelhurst Villas and the adjacent waterfront. Membership was then open to all residents or property owners.
Over the years, LCC has maintained an active interchange with the City of Seattle concerning streets, traffic, bus routes, crime, underground wiring, and parks. Youth activities including Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls and the Athletic Fund have also been of primary interest. Additional areas of interest have included the University of Washington Arboretum, the expansion of the University of Washington Hospital and stadium, Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and it's helipad, NOAA, the Coast Guard Property and others.
Information about LCC activities and meetings continues to be sent to members through a monthly newsletter.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection includes minutes, correspondence, reports, ephemera and related items of the Laurelhurst Community Club from 1920 to 1985 with gaps in the 1950s and 1960s
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
In the processing of this material, some items were discarded. The scrapbook after the the record had been removed, various ring binders and plastic sleeves that had also held records. Only one copy of duplicate newsletters, environmental impact statements and other miscellaneous papers were retained.
Original order has been preserved within all folders. Because the minutes, reports, and correspondence for the years 1920-39 were glued or stapled together into a scrapbook, sometimes back to back, they were left as such and filed chronologically. The bulk of the draft and final environmental impact statements concerning the various areas of interest were placed together and arranged chronologically by area of interest.
Acquisition Information
These records were donated to the Libraries by the Laurelhurst Community Club and were transferred to the Libraries on behalf of the club by Alan Hovland in 1988. Current records will be added when the club secretary judges them inactive.
Related Materials
The Laurelhurst Blog website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2014. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4224/*/http://www.thelaurelhurstblog.blogspot.com
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Minutes, Correspondence, and Related PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1-5 | Minutes, correspondence, and related papers (from
scrapbook) |
1922-1938 |
| 2/1 | Constitution/By-laws (including membership
list) |
1939-1949 |
| 2/2 | Minutes |
1939-1949 |
| 2/3 | Correspondence |
1939-1949 |
| 2/4 | Correspondence (includes newsletters,
bulletins) |
1945-1949 |
| 2/5 | Correspondence (includes clippings) |
1949-1953 |
| 2/6 | Correspondence (includes clippings) |
1951-1952 |
| 2/7 | Correspondence (includes clippings) |
1951-1953 |
| 2/8 | Financial records |
1953 |
| 2/9 | Correspondence |
1953-1954 |
| 2/10 | Correspondence |
1950-1955 |
| 3/1 | Minutes |
1966-1969 |
| 3/2 | Correspondence |
1967-1970 |
| 3/3 | Minutes |
1968-1969 |
| 3/4 | Correspondence |
1968-1969 |
| 3/5-11 | Minutes and correspondence |
1970-1975 |
| 3/12 | Minutes (including constitution, by-laws) |
1976 |
| 4/1-2 | Correspondence |
1976 |
| 4/3 | Minutes and correspondence (includes
newsletters) |
1974-1979 |
| 4/4 | Minutes and correspondence |
1975, 1977 |
| 4/5 | Minutes and correspondence |
1977 |
| 4/6 | Minutes |
1978 |
| 4/7 | Correspondence |
1978 |
| 4/8 | Outgoing letters |
1978 |
| 4/9 | Minutes |
1979 |
| 4/10 | Correspondence |
1979 |
| 4/11 | Correspondence and related papers |
1979-1981 |
| 4/12 | Minutes and correspondence |
1980 |
| 4/13 | Correspondence |
1982 |
| 5/1 | Correspondence re: Washington Retirement
Parks |
1982 |
| 5/2 | Minutes and correspondence (includes
constitution/by-laws, treasurer's report) |
1982-1983 |
| 5/3 | Minutes (includes by-laws) |
1983 |
| 5/4 | Correspondence |
1983 April-July |
| 5/5 | Correspondence (includes clippings) |
1983 August-September |
| 5/6 | Correspondence (includes clippings) |
1983 September-December |
| 5/7 | Minutes |
1983-1984 |
| 5/8 | Minutes and correspondence |
1983-1984 |
| 5/9 | Correspondence |
1984 |
| 6/1 | Constitution/By-laws |
1985 |
| 6/2 | Minutes |
1985 |
| 6/3 | Correspondence |
1985 |
| 6/4 | Correspondence re: COH/Helipad (includes
clippings) |
1985 |
| 6/5 | Minutes and correspondence (includes
constitution/by-laws) |
1985 |
| 6/6 | Correspondence |
1985 |
| 6/7 | Correspondence and related papers |
1985-1986 |
Series 2: Newsletters/BulletinsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6/8-12 | Newsletters |
1946-1979 |
| 6/13 | Newsletters |
1985 |
| 7/1 | Newsletter/Bulletin ideas |
1977 |
Series 3: ClippingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/2-3 | Clippings |
1974-1978 |
| 7/4 | Clippings re: COH/Helipad |
1977 |
Series 4: CommitteesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/5 | Reports |
1940-1951 |
| 7/6 | Committees |
1951-1953 |
| 7/7 | Publicity |
1951-1953 |
| 7/8 | Programs |
1952-1953 |
| 7/9 | Crime statistics |
1969-1973 |
| 7/10 | Athletic fund |
1974 |
| 7/11 | Community issues |
1976-1979 |
| 7/12 | Committees (includes Tree planting, Arboretum, Athletic
fund, Parks) |
1977 |
| 7/13 | Committees (includes Milfoil, Transportation, Sand
Point) |
1977 |
| 7/14 | Committees (includes NOAA, Crime Prevention, Seattle
schools) |
1977 |
| 7/15 | NOAA |
1977 |
| 7/16 | Underground Wiring |
1977 |
| 7/17 | Zoning |
1977 |
| 8/1 | Traffic |
1977 |
| 8/2 | Committees (includes Milfoil, St. Bridget's) |
1978 |
| 8/3 | Committees (includes St. Bridget's, Coast Guard site,
Sand Point, Carnation) |
1979 |
| 8/4 | Programs |
1979 |
| 8/5 | Beach Club |
1984 |
| 8/6 | Children's Orthopedic Hospital |
1985 |
| 8/7 | Traffic |
1985 |
Series 5: ProjectsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/8 | Fieldhouse blueprints and drawings |
1949 |
| 8/9 | Playfield improvement |
1956 |
| 8/10 | Union Bay Village |
1974-1977 |
| 9/1 | Energy conservation |
1977 |
| 9/2 | Washington Retirement Parks |
1977 |
| 9/3 | Viacom Cable TV |
1984 |
Sub-Groups |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/4 | North End Associated Clubs |
1951-1953 |
| 9/5 | Community Resources Center |
1977 |
| 9/6 | Capital improvements |
1976-1978 |
| 9/7 | Community Development Block Grant |
1977-1978 |
| 9/8 | City notices |
1983 |
Series 6: Reports and Other PublicationsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 10/1 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Land Use Administration
Report |
1978 |
| 10/2 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): National Commission on
Neighborhoods |
1978 |
| 10/3 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Final EIS - Land Use
Policies (single unit residential) |
1978 |
| 10/4 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Multi-Family
land-use |
1980 |
| 10/5 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Housing Assistance Plan -
Draft |
1980 |
| 10/6 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Neighborhood Land-Use Policy
- Commercial |
1981 |
| 10/7 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Shoreline Master
Program |
1976 |
| 10/8 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Seattle plan for eliminating
racial unbalance |
1977 |
| 10/9 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Superintendent's
Recommendations - Schools |
1979 |
| 10/10 | Municipal Policy (Seattle): Sea fair Program - Draft
EIS |
1974 |
| 10/11 | NOAA - Supplemental EIS - Final |
1978 |
| 10/12-13 | Arboretum - updated master plan |
1977-1978 |
| 10/14 | Arboretum - Draft EIS |
1978 |
| 10/15 | Arboretum - Final EIS |
1979 |
| 10/16 | Coast Guard - Site Analysis |
1979 |
| 10/17 | Coast Guard - New Community at Sand Point (survey and
responses) |
1979 |
| 10/18 | Coast Guard - Property Draft - working
papers |
1979 |
| 10/19 | Coast Guard - Project Discussion Paper |
1979 |
| 10/20 | Coast Guard - Draft EIS |
1981 |
| 10/20 | Coast Guard - Final EIS |
1981 |
| 10/21 | Washington Retirement Parks - Villa Neighbors Draft
EIS |
1982 |
| 10/22 | Washington Retirement Parks - Villa Neighbors LCC
Response |
1982 |
| 10/23 | Community Development |
1981 |
| 10/24 | University of Washington, Marine Studies Facility -
Draft EIS |
1978 |
| 10/25 | University of Washington, Union Bay Village Draft
EIS |
1978 |
| 10/26 | University of Washington, Union Bay Village LCC response
to Draft EIS |
1978 |
| 10/27 | University of Washington, Union Bay Village Amended
Draft EIS |
1979 |
| 10/28 | University of Washington, Union Bay Village Final
EIS |
1980 |
| 10/29 | University of Washington, Parking Consolidation and
Replacement Study |
1981 |
| 10/30 | University of Washington, University Hospital Expansion
Draft EIS |
1981 |
| 10/31 | University of Washington, University Hospital Expansion
Final EIS |
1982 |
| 10/32 | University of Washington, Stadium Expansion Draft
EIS |
1982 |
| 10/33 | University of Washington, Stadium Expansion Final
EIS |
1982 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Communities--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources
- Community leadership--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- Laurelhurst Community Club (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
- Laurelhurst Improvement Club (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
- University of Washington Arboretum
Geographical Names
- Laurelhurst (Seattle, Wash.)--History--Sources
