Donald S. Voorhees papers 1968-1986

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Donald S. Voorhees papers 1968-1986

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.

1.83 cubic feet

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6381686

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Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation.

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The Department of Parks and Recreation maintains the City's parks, shorelines, and boulevards; and administers community centers, public golf courses, and other athletic and cultural facilities. Seattle's first park was established in 1884 after David Denny donated land to the City for that purpose. At that time, a three-member park committee, with limited authority, was created to manage the nadcent park system. A Board of Parks Commissioners was established in 1890 with control over all public...

Voorhees, Donald S.

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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. From the description of Donald S. Voorhees papers, 1968-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74671...

Friends of Discovery Park (Seattle, Wash.)

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Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989

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Warren Grant Magnuson (b. April 12, 1905, Moorhead, Minn.-d. May 20, 1989, Seattle, Wash.), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, graduated from the University of Washington law school in 1929 and served in several local and state-wide political posts until 1936 when he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress. During the Second World War he served in the U.S. Navy attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. He was a member of the Senate from 1944 to 1981, se...

Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983

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Jackson's tenure in the House was briefly interrupted by service in the U.S. Army. He enlisted in 1943, but was recalled by President Roosevelt to congressional service after basic training. Jackson was assigned to the Government Operations Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, a position which quickly put him at the center of the un-American activities controversies and in the national spotlight. He won recognition ...