Parks Department

• Reference:GB 243 D-PK
• Dates of Creation:1876 - 1975
• Name of Creator:
  Parks Department
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  5.30 Linear Metres (4 boxes; 1 volume; 51 files; 3 items)

• Scope and Content

  Reports and papers, 1876 - 1911; Band programmes, 1928 - 1950; Meteorological reports, 1881 - 1975; Photographs of council inspections, c1918 - 1950; Plans of Glasgow Green, 1882 - 1963 and undated; Miscellanea, 1893 - 1970; Correspondence of Knightswood Park manager, 1930 - 1957; Photographs of parks, open spaces, burial grounds and crematoria, 1916 - 1996.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Glasgow Corporation Parks Department was responsible for the development and maintenance of the city's green spaces.

• Access Information

  Open

  Access restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives for further information.

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list available at Glasgow City Archives.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist

• Appraisal Information

  This material has been appraised in line with standard GB243 procedures.

• Accruals

  No further accruals expected.

• Related Material

  National Records of Scotland, BR/LIB/S/15/303, Glasgow District Council: Leaflets (7) relating to Glasgow Parks Department

• Bibliography

  Irene Maver, Glasgow's public parks and the community, 1850–1914: a case study in Scottish civic interventionism, Urban History Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3, Special Issue: Civil Society in Britain (December 1998), pp. 323-347