Finding Aid to the Downtown Association of San Francisco Records 1907-2004 SFH 440
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series 1 Historical Documents
Annual Report to Members 1960-1969
Annual Report of the Downtown Association 1971-1988
Articles of Incorporation 1935-1990
Business Plan for Downtown Association 1992
Downtown Association Office Manaul circa 1992
Pictorial Highlights of the Downtown Association 1907-1941
Series 2 Minutes
Library Record and Daily Highlights circa 1930-circa 1958
Directors Meetings Minutes 1944-1984
Minutes, First Meeting 1907
Minutes, Directors Meetings Annual Meeting 1985-1991
Minutes, Directors Meetings 1985-1990
Minutes, Downtown Association Meeting 1959
Minutes of Meetings, Board of Directors 1975
Series 3 Membership
Member of Downtown Association Plaque circa 1935
Membership, Member Surveys circa 1990
Membership, Luncheon Attendance, Financial Records 1924-1962
Membership Dues and Payment History 1973-1996
Member Contracts 2001-2002
Member Directory 1991
Members 1950-1956
Members, Impact Base Survey circa 1990
Members, Newsletters to Members 1994-2000
Membership 1986-2007
Membership Pending 1989
Membership Drive 1989
Membership Outreach, Board Contacts With City Officials 1992-2001
Pictorial Highlights of the Downtown Association and 1941 Objectives 1941
Policy and Procedure Guidelines for Committee Chairmen, Proposed by Charlotte Moore 1939-1951
Programs and Brochures 1927-1962
Bulletin to Members 1973-1985
DASF: News to You 1975-1985
Downtown Association Insider 1990-1991
Downtown: Greater San Francisco 1938
The Downtowner 1951-1960
The Downtowner Progress Report 1950-1964
Memo to Members 1959-1966
News Release 1975-1985
Series 5 Correspondence
Angel Island Acquisition 1949-1953
Bayshore Highway Day 1924
Beautification and Improvement of San Francisco Hills 1926-1938
Bomb-proofing Union Square Garage 1941
Bridge Celebration 1934-1939
Bridges 1916-1930
City Planning 1944-1945
Diamond Jubilee 1924-1925
Downtowner 1937-1955
Downtowner / Brochure 1939-1950
Earthquake Motion Picture "The Shock" 1919-1928
Exposition 1940: Golden Gate International Exposition 1940
Golden Gate Bridge Dinner 1921-1935
Japanese Evacuees 1943
Lighting, Chinatown 1924-1931
Lighting Path of Gold, Repainting 1935-1938
Lotta's Fountain Celebration 1924-1925
Market Street Lighting 1919-1922
Mexican Excursion 1925-1930
Olympic Games 1949
Path of Gold 1946-1963
Petrified Forest 1933-1934
Police Regulations 1922-1931
Shore Line Highway 1935-1936
Sketches of Various DTASF Projects 1937-1938
"Staggered Hours" San Francisco Rush Hour Traffic Plan 1924-1931
Tourist Information Bureau (Union Square) 1941-1961
Traffic Traction 1930-1940
Transportation: Jitney, Yellowcab 1957, 1981
Union Square Garage 1930-1983
U.S. Bureau of Census 1910-1930
U.S. Naval misc. 1920-1950
Victory Over Europe Day 1944-1957
West Coast Streel Shortage 1943-1944
Win the War Committee 1942-1943
Series 6 Subject Files
Agenda Board Luncheon, Correspondence circa 1995
An Invitation to San Francisco, Convention and Tourist Bureau Booklet 1937
Annual Reports, Background Files 1986-1988
Arts Commission circa 1995
BART 1985
BART, Airport Extension 1990-1997
BART, Short Range Transit Plan Draft 1985
Bay Area Conservation and Development 1986-1987
Bay Bridge, Clipping 1986
Bonds, Tax Exempt Developement 1985
Budget, DTASF 1972-1989
Budget Financials 1991-1996
Business Coalition 1992-1995
Business Coalition Budget and Planning 1993
Business Coalition Meetings with Mayor: Notes and Agendas circa 1995
Business Coalition Members List circa 1995
Business Coalition, Supervisors Meetings circa 1995
Business Coalition, Work Force Committee 1993
Business Improvement District circa 1995
Cable Cars 1997
Cable Cars "Cable Cars Centennial" 1972-1973
Cable Cars "Save the Cable Cars" 1982-1985
California Historical Society Letter of Separation 1985
Candlestick Park, Refurbish versus New Downtown Stadium 1962-1985
City Budget circa 1993
City Charter 1980-1995
City Planning 1978-1998
City's Fiscal Crisis Task Force 1992-1993
Civil Grand Jury Reports 1992-1993
Civil Service Commission 1958-1984
Chief Administrative Officer 1981-1986
Clippings, Downtown Association 1972
Committee Rosters 1970-1975
Committees DASF 1989
Committees, DASF Working Committees 1992-1995
Committees, Executive Committees 1969
Committees, Executive Committee Meeting 1992-1999
Committees, Executive Committee Meetings 1998-2004
Commonwealth Club 1978
Concerned Advocates for Small Business 1993-1994
Constituion and By-Laws American Federation of Government Employees 1984
Controller 1985-1996
Convention Center, Moscone 1985-1989
Convention and Visitors Bureau 1985-1992
Courts, City and County 1971-1979
DeYoung Museum 1997
Directors, Board of Directors 1907-1999
Directors, Board of Directors Proposed 2002
Directors. Executive Directors. Carolyn Dee 1992
Directors Photos, Correspondence Relating to Photographs 1974-1984
District Attorney's Office, Terence Hallinan 1996
Downtown Association Leaflet, Founding and Mission Statement circa 1970
DTASF, Office Lease with Hearst Building 1995
Economy, San Francisco Economic Development Corp. 1989
Elections 1992-1997
Embarcadero Parkway Project, Citizens Advisory Committee 1988
Farm Workers Boycott 1985-1988
Federal Tax Deduction State and Local Taxes 1985
Fiftieth Anniversary 1957
Fire Department 1962-1992
Fisherman's Wharf Plan 1989
Forty-Nine Mile Scenic Drive Contest 1955-1969
Freeways, Embarcadero 1948-1990
Friends of the San Francisco Fire Department 1996-1999
Garbage 1983
Geary Transit Task Force 1987-1988
General Assistance Program 1987
Golden Gate Bridge Celebration 1987
Golden Gate National Recreation Area 1972
Governor Wilson, Correspondence 1992
Health Care, Prevailing Wage Ordinance 1990
High Rise Restrictions 1973-1975
Historic Trolley Festival 1983
Homeless 1985-195
Homeless Coalition 1999-2000
Hotel Tax Fund 1981-1988
Hotels, Brochures circa 1990
Human Rights Commission 1980-1987
Letterhead circa 1960
Living Wage 1999
Magazine Articles About San Francisco: New SF Magazine, The Argonaut, Holiday 1906-1954
Magazines, Pamphlets Promoting Tourism circa 1950
Map, Downtown San Francisco 1935
Marie Brooks, Correspondence 1992-1995
Market Street 1970-1989
Mayors. Brown, Jordan, Newsom 1993-1999
Mayors. Feinstein 1986-1994
Mergers: Market Street Association with DASF; Business and Property Owners with DASF 1950, 1964
Misc. 1935-2003
Mission Bay Project 1984-1991
News Releases 1982-2000
Newsracks 1985-1987
Old San Francisco (Prints of early SF Photographs) circa 1900
OSHA, Training Pamphlet circa 1985
Pan American World Airways 1965
Parking 1954-2000
Parking Authority Annual Report 1987-1988
Parking Garages 1980-1985
Parking Meters 1966-1973
Parking Task Force 1974-1984
Parking, Uptown Parking Corporation 1985
Planning Commission 1981-1992
Port Commission 1985-1999
Port of San Francisco, Pier 45 Shed A Fisherman's Wharf, Appendices 1999
Presdio of San Francisco 1986-1992
Public Bathrooms circa 1995
Public Service Kiosks 1995-1996
Public Utitlites Commission, City and County 1968-1998
Public Works Department 1985-1999
Redevelopement Agency, Meeting Agendas 1993-1998
Redevelopment Program, Fact Book 1986-1978
Republican National Convention 1956
Review of City's Infrastructure Report 1985
Salaries, City Officials 1986
San Francisco Art Commission 1995
San Franciscan's For Sensible Government 1995
San Francisco History Museum 1997
San Francisco Main Library, Environmental Impact Report Draft 1991
Schools, Junior Achievement 1993-1995
Secretary of State 1982-1989
Sidewalk Vendors 1982-1983
Small Business 1985-1988
Small Business Advisory Commission 1987-1995
South of Market Zoning 1986-1989
Stockton Street Tunnel 1982-1984
Streetlighting, Post Street Promenade 1972
Street Lighting Recommendations for San Francisco, General Electric (includes blueprints) 1927
Supervisors 1993-2001
Supervisors: Correspondence, Notes, Clippings, etc 1992-1994
Supervisors and Mayors Legislation 1994-1995
Supervisors Legislation 1996-1998
Supervisors Meetings, Agendas 1999-2000
Supervisors, Rules of Order 1987
Tax Increase 1989-1990
Tax Strategy Group 1992-1993
Taxes, Business 1985
Taxes, Employee Excise Tax 1994
Taxes, Small Buisiness 1990
Taxi Cabs 1986
Third Street Transit Task Force 1988
Tourism 1987
Traffic 1985
Traffic and Parking Management System Improvement Program Report 1986
Traffic and Transportation Conference 1992
Transit, Light Rail 1987-1988
Transportation 1970-1985
Transportation and Traffic, Reports City Planning 1993-1995
Transportation Authority, Public Transportation Commission, Notice of Meeting 1994-1998
Transportation: BART, Capital Improvement Plan, Five Year Plan 1989-2000
Transportation: Caltrans 1992-1998
Transportation: CCSF Congestion Management Program Draft 1991
Transportation: Citizens Advisory Committee on Transportation 1988-1989
Transportation: Downtown Extension 1987
Transportation: Metropolitan Transportation Commission 1987-1995
Transportation: Metropolitan Transportation District 1977
Transportation: MTC / Bay Bridge Test Project 1994-1995
Transportation: MTC Regional Transportation Plan 1988, 1998
Transportation: MUNI 1992-1997
Transportation: MUNI. Capital Improvement Plan 1987-1992
Transportation: MUNI Metro Turn-Around Project 1987-1989
Transportation: MUNI Municipal Railway 1973-1987
Transportation: MUNI, Short-Range Transit Plan 1985-1992
Transportation: MUNI Stakeholders 1985-1997
Transportation: MUNI Tax Force Report, Management Audit of the San Francisco Municpal Railway 1996
Tranportation Projects 1998
Tranportation Projects, Market Street Closure 1997-1998
Transportation Projects, Mint to Caltrans 1996
Transportation Projects, MUNI F Line circa 1995
Transportation Projects, Sansome Street Rerout 1996
Transportation, San Francisco Airport 1992-1999
Transportation, Strategic Plan Update, San Francisco Municipal Railway Report 1995
Transportation, Transit District 1991-1995
Treasure Island Reuse Planning Process 1995
UN 50 Committee, United Nations 1994-1995
United Nations Association 1987
Union Square 1994-1995
Union Square Clean-Up 1980-1983
Van Ness Avenue 1986-1994
Veterans War Memorial Building 1985-1986
Video Display Terminal Ordinance 1990-1991
Waterfront Projects 1990
Yerba Buena Center 1970-1973
Yerba Buena Center, Environmental Impact Report Draft 1991-1992
Yerba Buena Gardens 1984
Yerba Buena Redevelopment 1998-1999
Celebrity Waiters 1991
Dialogue with the City 1993
Handlery Roast 1989
Kopp Roast 1991
Luncheons 1948, 1958-1959
Luncheons, Board Luncheons 2000-2004
Luncheons, Honoring Bill Walsh 1989
Luncheons, Mayor Brown 2004
Luncheons, Stadium Luncheon 1982
Mayor Frank Jordan Roast 1992
Scrapbook of Events Sponsored by DTASF 1917-1920
Series 8 Graphic Materials
Sub-series 1 Original Artwork
Suggested Design for an Incandescent Lighting Standard for the Chinese Quarter San Francisco, California. April 3, 1925
Design for Proposed Light Ornamental Standards Triangle Business District San Francisco, Cal. circa 1916
Architectural Sketches and Prints of Proposed Structures
Fountain-Orpheum Theater, pen and charcoal on paper circa 1950
Sketch of Bridge Tunnel, signed W.G. Merchant. Shows on-ramp to bridge with large fountain and monument. circa 1938
Color Sketch of Bridge Tunnel, signed Merchant. Shows on-ramp to bridge with large fountain and monument 1938
Typical Cross Section Van Ness Avenue 1950
Elevation of News Stand showing both closed and open, signed William G. Merchant. 1934
Fifty Mile Scenic Drive of San Francisco 1938
Forty-Nine Mile Scenic Drive Map 1947
Market Street, Tentative Plan for Ferry Plaza Design. Pen and pencil circa 1935
Design for Water Pool and Fountain at Bridge Approach circa 1935
Water Feature at Fulton and Hyde behind Orpheum Theater circa 1935
Automobile Parking Station under Union Square. Print of Union Square parking lot floor plan circa 1950
Architectural Street Scene Showing Market Street print circa 1950
Sketch of Building Above Subsurface Terminal; signed Sydney Taylor Engineer, W.G. Merchant Architect. Charcoal on paper circa 1938
Tourist Information Bureau at Union Square, Architectural Street Scene print circa 1950
San Francisco Skyline, print of photograph circa 1950
Sub-series 2 Photographs
Aerial View of Downtown San Francisco circa 1939-1950
Cable Car Memorabilia 1980
City Hall Retrofit circa 1995
City Skylines, Diane Feinstein, Union Square, Cable Car circa 1990
Directors. Ray Barnett (KCBS News Radio) circa 1990
Directors. Allan Blumenfeld circa 1990
Directors. Tom Bolles Circa 1990
Directors. Robert Brewer (Southern Pacific Land Company) circa 1990
Directors. James Bronkema (Embarcadero Center) circa 1990
Directors. Marie Brooks (Ellis Brooks Chevrolet) circa 1990
Directors. Peter J. Cahill circa 1990
Directors. Don Cashman (IBM Corporation) circa 1990
Directors. Francis Chilberto (Security Pacific National Bank) circa 1990
Directors. James Claffee (Bank of America) circa 1990
Directors. Richard Clayton (Emporium Capwell) circa 1990
Directors. Arthur Cooke (Bank of America) circa 1990
Directors. Charles Farrow circa 1980
Directors. William Gaede circa 1990
Directors. Milton Gilmore circa 1980
Directors. Lloyd Graybiel (Long and Levit Attorneys at Law) circa 1980
Directors. Mardikian Haig (Mardikian Enterprises) circa 1990
Directors. Vance Huckins circa 1990
Directors. Russell Keil circa 1980
Directors. Theodore Kolb (Sullivan, Roche and Johnson) circa 1980
Directors. Philip Lasky circa 1980
Directors. Pius Lee (Salon Studio) circa 1980
Directors. Edgar Lion (Fireman's Fund Insurance Company) circa 1980
Directors. James Lockhart (Transamerica Corporations) circa 1990
Directors. James Moore circa 1980
Directors. Gerald Napier circa 1990
Directors. Joe Narcisso circa 1980
Directors. Jack Podesta circa 1990
Directors. Jeffrey Pollack (The Pollack Group) circa 1980
Directors. Andrew Regalia circa 1990
Directors. William Rentchler (San Francisco Progress) circa 1990
Directors. Richard Rossi circa 1990
Directors. Elvin Stendell circa 1970
Directors. John Thomas circa 1970
Directors. Anthony Tiano (KQED) circa 1980
Directors. Unidentified circa 1990
Directors. Bill Walbrecher (First National Savings) circa 1990
Directors. Weinmann, Teller (AMFAC, Inc.) circa 1970
Directors. Robert Werbe (The Gray Line) circa 1990
Directors. Robert Wilhelm (Westin Saint Francis) circa 1990
Directors. David Wisnom circa 1980
Downtown San Francisco Skyline circa 1980
DTASF Downtown Improvement Projects, Street Vendors, News Racks circa 1960
DTASF's Various Projects circa 1980
Exposition 1940, Golden Gate International Exposition 1940
Forty-Nine Mile Scenic Drive 1955
Freeways, Embarcadero Parkway Projects 1986
Functions, Mayor Frank Jordan Roast 1997
Garages. Union Square Garage 1942
Golden Gate Bridge Celebration 1987
Historic Photos, DTASF Projects, Traffic, Union Square, Christmas Decorations 1947-1959
Lighting, Chinatown 1924
Lighting, Path of Gold Repainting 1938
Luncheons and Members 1920-circa 1940
Mexican Excursion 1925
Model of San Francisco and Marina Auditorium and Coliseum Rendition circa 1937
Nordstrom Department Store circa 1988
Pan American World Airways circa 1945
Path of Gold 1946-1963
Pictorial Highlights of Downtown Association of San Francisco 1938-1951
Portraits, Headshots for Performers circa 1960
San Francisco Naval Shipyard circa 1945
San Francisco Skyline 1939
Shipyard, Downtown Stadium Proposed Sketch, City of Paris circa 1960
Sidewalk Vendors circa 1985-circa 1995
Stockton Street Tunnel circa 1995
Street Lighting Recomendations for San Francisco, General Electric 1927
Transportation. Caltrans 1992
Unidentified Negatives of Directors 1988
Unidentified Event, Includes Dianne Feinstein circa 1980
Union Square, and DTASF Decorations 1951-1958
Series 9 Scrapbooks
Newspaper Clippings 1910-1921
Newspaper Clippings 1922-1929
Newspaper Clippings 1930-1940
Newspaper Clippings 1940-1948
Newspaper Clippings 1948-1954
Newspaper Clippings 1954-1958
Newspaper Clippings 1958-1964
Advertising and Promotional Materials 1918-1942
Newspaper Clippings 1977-1986