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Record Series 5600PC-10, Minutes of the Park and Tree Commission, 1896-1972, no date

Minutes of the Commission’s regular and special meetings from 1896-1972 that include: names of commissioners; copies of the act of creation; oaths; financial reports; resolutions; reports on parks and squares; cemetery reports; personnel and payroll; committee reports; authorizations; and annual reports.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1896/1972

Subject
City planning--Georgia--Savannah
Civil rights--Georgia--Savannah
Landscape design--Georgia--Savannah
African Americans--Segregation--Georgia--Savannah
Convict labor--Georgia--Savannah
Community organization--Georgia--Savannah
Urban forestry
Parks--Georgia--Savannah--History
Corporate minutes
Savannah (Ga.)--Parks
Trees in cities--Law and legislation--Georgia--Savannah
Cemeteries
Bonaventure Cemetery (Savannah, Ga.)
Landscape architecture
Landscape gardening
Trees
African American cemeteries
City planning
Laurel Grove Cemetery (Savannah, Ga.)
Colonial Park (Cemetery : Savannah, Ga.)
Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Ga.)

Location
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983

Medium
minutes (administrative records)

Type
Text

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/gsg_5600pc-10

Language
eng

Holding Institution
City of Savannah Municipal Archives

Rights

1. Minutes of the Park and Tree Commission Volume 2

Creator:: City of Savannah Park and Tree Commission
Date of Original:: 1909/1929
Collection:: Record Series 5600PC-10, Minutes of the Park and Tree Commission, 1896-1972, no date
Holding Institution:: City of Savannah Municipal Archives

2. Minutes of the Park and Tree Commission Volume 1

Creator:: City of Savannah Park and Tree Commission
Date of Original:: 1896/1908
Collection:: Record Series 5600PC-10, Minutes of the Park and Tree Commission, 1896-1972, no date
Holding Institution:: City of Savannah Municipal Archives