University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
4456 (Accession No. 4456-001)
Voorhees, Donald S
Donald S. Voorhees
papers
1968-1986
1.83 cubic feet
Collection materials are
in English.
Papers of a
Seattle attorney and civic activist who was a leader in the effort to acquire a
site for the city's Discovery Park.
Donald S. Voorhees was a civic activist; an attorney in the Seattle
law firm of Riddell, Williams, Voorhees, Ivie and Bullitt; and a U.S. District
Court judge. He was a member of the Seattle Board of Park Commissioners
(pre-1974) and chaired Citizens for Fort Lawton Park (1968-1970) and the
Seattle mayor’s Fort Lawton Park Citizens’ Advisory Committee (1970-1973).
Voorhees died in 1989.
The papers are arranged into two series:
- Personal papers
- Fort Lawton Park Citizens' Advisory Committee
The papers concern Vorhees's leadership in an effort to acquire the
site of a former Army post in metropolitan Seattle for a city park that later
became Discovery Park. Included are correspondence, minutes, reports, speeches
and writings, news releases, newsletters, legislation, maps, photographs, plans
and proposals, publications, and clippings, 1968-1986.
The papers are open to all users.
Request at UW
The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University
of Washington Libraries.
Donald S. Voorhees Papers. Special Collections, University of
Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
The Voorhees papers were donated to the University of Washington
Libraries by Anne Voorhees, March 3, 1994.
The papers were processed by Scott Sartorius in 1995.
Voorhees, Donald S.--Archives
Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983
Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989
Friends of Discovery Park (Seattle, Wash.)
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Discovery Park (Seattle, Wash.)
Fort Lawton (Seattle, Wash.)
Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Lawyers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle--Planning--Citizen participation
Abandoned military reservations--Washington (State)--Seattle
Public lands--Recreational use--Washington (State)--Seattle
Land use--Washington (State)--Seattle--Planning
City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle--Citizen participation
correspondence
minutes
proposals
writings
Newsletters
Photographs
Maps
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Seattle
Photographs
Civic Activism
City Planning
Parks and Playgrounds
Maps
Laws and Legislation
Personal papers
Historical information
1/1
Discovery Park
1969-1974
1/2
Fort Lawton
1970-1985
General correspondence
1/3
Adams, Brock
1968-1972
1/4
Citizens Committee for Fort Lawton Park
1968-1970
1/5
Friends of Discovery Park
1974-1986
1/6
Jackson, Henry M.
1968-1972
1/7
Magnuson, Warren G.
1968-1970
1/8
Seattle Parks and Recreation Department
1969-1986
1/9
Uhlman, Wes C.
1970-1971
1/10-20
Miscellaneous chronological
1968-1986
Minutes
1/21
Magnolia Community Club, Parks Committee
1969
1/22
Seattle Park Commissioners Board
1973
1/23
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Board of
Trustees
1897
1/24
Notecards - speeches
undated
1/25
News releases
1972-1973
1/26
Campaign materials - Jackson, Henry M.
1982
1/27
By-laws, Friends of Discovery Park
1974
1/28
Speeches and writings
undated
1/29
Writings of others
1969-1982
Newsletters
2/1
Between Friends
1977-1986
2/2
Lawton Park News
1972-1973
2/3
Miscellaneous chronological
1968-1993
2/4
Mailing lists
1968-1970
2/5
Court papers
undated
2/6
Legislation
1969-1971
2/7
Maps
1970-1979
2/8-9
Plans and proposals
1969-1986
2/10
Photographs -Discovery Park opening/aerial views of Fort
Lawton
1973, undated
3/1
Subject series - access routes to Fort Lawton
Park
1973
3/2
Ephemera
1970-1971
3/3-6
Clippings
1969-1986
3/7
Fort Lawton Park Citizens' Advisory Committee
1970-1971