Parks Department

This material is held atGlasgow City Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 243 D-PK
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1876 - 1975
  • Name of Creator
  • 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

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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