WAUWashingtonRoadsideCouncil1366.xml Guide to the Washington Roadside Council Records 1958-1973 Washington Roadside Council Records Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 1366 (Accession No. 1366-003) Washington Roadside Council Washington Roadside Council records 1958-1973 15.42 cubic feet (16 boxes; one oversize folder) Collection materials are inEnglish. Materials concerning efforts of Washington Roadside Council, other roadside councils and other organizations on behalf of highway beautification. Primarily papers of Jack Robertson, but include papers of previous president, Jonathan Whetzel

The Washington Roadside Council was organized to encourage the conservation of the scenic beauty of cities, countryside and highways and to promote highway safety. They lobbied for laws governing billboards and also promoted underground wiring. The organization began as a committee of Allied Arts of Seattle. Presidents were Jonathan Whetzel and Jack Robertson.

Correspondence, legislation, minutes, newsletters, news releases, speeches and writings, ordinances, hearing transcripts, membership records, maps, ephemera, publications, clippings. Concerns efforts of Washington Roadside Council, other roadside councils and other organizations on behalf of highway beautification. Primarily papers of Jack Robertson, but include papers of previous president, Jonathan Whetzel.

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Literary rights of Jack Robertson, a past president, transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Donated by Jack Robertson., 6/6/1984.

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