Contents List

Container	Title
(Series 1)	Series: Board of Park Commissioners, 1908-1985 Scope and Contents Board of Park Commissioners records include correspondence (1911-1985), director’s reports (1960; 1962-1963), and meeting minutes (1908-1979). The meeting minutes make up a substantial part of this collection and tell much of the history of the board as well as the Park & Recreation Dept. as a whole. Most of the bulk of the other records within this collection fall within the date span of the minutes. An index to abstracts of these minutes is available.
Box 1   Folder 1-7	Correspondence, 1911-1985
Box 1   Folder 8	Director's reports, 1960-1963
Box 2 Box 3	Minutes, 1908-1979
Box 4	Index to abstracts of Board of Park Commissioners meeting minutes, 1908-1979
(Series 2)	Series: Park and Recreation Department, 1860-1992 Scope and Contents The Park and Recreation Department records are numerous and widely varied. Beginning with the Park department’s fiftieth anniversary (1958), these materials cover finance (1924-1979), planning (1978-1979), recreation (1963-1972), and trees and planting (1971-1973). The fiftieth anniversary materials include the official sticker and a picture of the 1958 Board of park Commissioners as well as program information and other items. The financial materials contain monthly expenditures, bill and payroll reports and various yearly reports. The planning information consists mostly of two project reports and project suggestion forms. Recreation records contain a few community and youth activity programs. The materials in trees and planting contain items regarding Dutch elm disease and flower planting, but considering that the Park and Recreation Department controls most of the trees and planting in the city, there is very little information found here. Also included in the Park and Recreation Department records are Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association materials from 1974, when their annual conference was held in La Crosse. The miscellaneous (1971-1979) file contains lease information, several undated resolutions, parks and playgrounds naming policy, as well as other materials. The rest of the Park and Recreation Department materials consist of site information. Most of the eighteen sites listed have very little information about them, except for Hixon Forest, Pettibone Park, and Riverside Park, which have a little more information than others. The single site with the most information is Campbell Cemetery (1860-1992). The cemetery information is divided into burial permits (1897-1979), financial journals (1860-1932), indexes, maps, and miscellaneous (1916-1992). Burial permits contain permits for burial and disinterment. Finance, which is contained in two volumes, has very early meeting minutes as well as information on who bought burial plots. There are several different indexes: deeds sold (alphabetical), tombstones read and tombstones read (alphabetical), and burial permits (alphabetical and chronological). All three maps plat the cemetery differently. One of the maps, dated 1931 and marked void is completely different from the others. It shows two circles containing burial plots in the middle of the cemetery. It could not be determined if the circles were actually still there or how that specific plat map fit into the mapping of the cemetery. Miscellaneous materials contain some genealogical inquiries and information and some copies of burial permits.	⇧
Box 5   Folder 1	Fiftieth anniversary, 1958
Box 5   Folder 2-4	Finance, 1924-1979
Box 5   Folder 5	Planning, 1978-1979
Box 5   Folder 6	Recreation, 1963-1972
Box 5   Folder 7	Trees and planting, 1971-1973
Box 5   Folder 8	Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association, 1974
Box 5   Folder 9	Miscellaneous, 1971-1979
	Sites
Box 5   Folder 10	Cameron Park, 1965
	Campbell Cemetery
Box 6   Folder 1-3	Burial permits, 1897-1979
Box 6   Folder 4-5	Financial journals, 1860-1932
Box 6   Folder 6	Indexes
	Maps
Oversize 1	Plat of cemetery, undated
Oversize 1	Plat, 1931
Oversize 1	Marking diagram, circa 1931
Box 6   Folder 7	Miscellaneous, 1916-1992
Box 7   Folder 1	City farm, 1986-1987
Box 7   Folder 2	Copeland Park, 1975
Box 7   Folder 3	Emerson Park (Crowley Park)
Box 7   Folder 4	Erickson Pool, 1970
Box 7   Folder 5	Fairchild Tot Lot, 1975
Box 7   Folder 6	Grandad Bluff, 1964
Box 7   Folder 7	Hixon Forest, 1972-1978
Box 7   Folder 8	Houska Park, 1979
Box 7   Folder 9	Memorial Field and Municipal Pool, 1972-1976
Box 7   Folder 10	Myrick Park, 1972-1976
Box 7   Folder 11	Pettibone Park, 1961-1979
Box 7   Folder 12	Powell Park, 1972-1979
Box 7   Folder 13	R.A.B.B.I.T. Trails, 1975-1978
Box 7   Folder 14	Riverside Park, 1962-1991
Box 7   Folder 15	Roeling Park
Box 7   Folder 16	Spence Park, 1973-1976
(Series 3)	Series: Zoo Association, 1949-1953 Scope and Contents Materials of the Zoo Association, a non-profit group, include administrative materials, which consist of the articles of incorporation and by-laws (1949) of the association and the meetings of directors’ minutes (1950-1953). Much of the history of this association can be found in the meeting of directors’ minutes. Other materials include correspondence (1951-1953), finance, which includes general (1949-1953) finance of the association and ticket sales (1951-1953) information, and some miscellaneous (1949-1953) items including brochures, contracts and newspaper items.	⇧
Box 8   Folder 1	Articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1949
Box 8   Folder 2	Minutes from Director's meetings, 1950-1953
Box 8   Folder 3	Correspondence, 1951-1953
	Finance
Box 8   Folder 4	General, 1949-1953
Box 8   Folder 5	Ticket sales, 1951-1953
Box 8   Folder 6	Miscellaneous, 1949-1953