Inventory of the Recreation Commission/Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Recreation Records
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Inventory of the Recreation Commission/Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Recreation Records
Inventory: F3588
California State Archives
Office of the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
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- 1020 "O" Street
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© 2000 California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Recreation Commission/Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Recreation Records
Inventory: F3588
Creator:
California. Recreation Commission
Creator/Collector:
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recreation
Extent: see Series Description
Repository:
California State Archives
Language:
English.
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State Archives.
Agency History
The state Recreation Commission, established by the 1947 legislature (Stats. 1947, Ch. 1239, Sec. 8600 - 8608) was authorized
to
- Regulate the State's resources in order to meet the expanding leisure time of people,
- Improve co-ordination in existing services of federal, state, and local agencies and
- To aid in the development of recreational facilities and programs for adults and children. Consisting of seven gubernatorial
appointees, serving without compensation, the Commission worked with the Director of Recreation in controlling State facilities.
However, in 1959, the Division of Recreation was added to the Department of Natural Resources (Stats. 1959, Ch. 1808). At
the same time, the Recreation Commission was continued as an Advisory body on recreation policy for the Director, Division
of Recreation. This Gubernatorial Reorganization Act of 1961 (Stats. 1961, Ch. 2037) created within the Resources Agency the
Department of Parks and Recreation, which inherited the responsibilities formerly vested in the following divisions of the
Department of Natural Resources: Beaches and Parks, Small Craft Harbors, and Recreation.
Folder F3588:1
History, Organization, Powers and Duties: 1947-1962
Scope and Content Note
Includes organizational charts, objectives of agency plan, duties and responsibilities relating to other State agencies. (2f)
II. Administration: 1948 - 1965
Folder F3588:2
General Staff Meeting: 1961
Scope and Content Note
Compilation of agency reports within the Department of Natural Resources. (1f)
Folder F3588:3-4
Minutes: 1962 - 1966
Scope and Content Note
Unbound Series dates from the 92nd to the 117th regular meeting of the Commission with corresponding member lists of those
in attendance, guests, individual reports and resolutions. Also included are minutes of special session and workshops.
Folder Library
Annual Reports: 1949 - 1960
Scope and Content Note
Annual statement to the Governor by the Commission on recreational needs, Commission services to communities, summer recreation
programs, budgetary statement and various charts and tables indicating workshops and funds budgeted. (13 V.)
Folder F3588:5-23
Monthly Reports: 1948 - 1959
Scope and Content Note
Activity Statements presented to the Governor on recreation legislation, approved district revenue, and meetings of the Commission.
(19 f)
Folder F3588:24-45
Monthly Reports of Chief and Specialists: 1952 - 1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes activity reports of the Director, Division of Recreation regarding personnel recruiting, imporved urban recreational
study programs, advice on fund raising events, advice on the organization of Statewide and regional recreation conferences,
etc. (22 f)
Folder F3588:46-56
Monthly Reports of Technical Services Rendered: July, 1953 - February, 1964
Scope and Content Note
Relates to conferences with recreation and urban district heads, budget and recreational programs for urban areas, administrative.
Folder F3588:57-59
Administrative Correspondence: 1959 - 1961
Scope and Content Note
Regarding State plans for reorganizing recreational facilities, personnel requests, and requests for State facilities inspection
etc. (3 f)
Folder F3588:60-68
Personnel Records: 1953 - 1965
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, biographical data, travel expense claims, press reports, appointments, and newspaper photographs of Mrs. Rollin
Brown, Rafer Johnson, Albert Diaz, G. W. Hank, Albert Marty, G. C. Fleharty, L. D. Hermle, W. O. Heard, A. K. Anderson. (9
f)
Folder F3588:69
Press Releases: 1954- 1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes appointments of administrative positions, meetings, hearings, reports of the Governor, Natural Resources, Division
of Recreation, and the Recreation Commission. (1 f)
Folder F3588:70-72
Proceedings of the California Recreation Conference: 1949-1961
Scope and Content Note
Programs, Committee reports and recommendations of California's recreation administrators. (3 f)
Folder F3588:73-74
Comparative Data on Finances and Personnel: 1949 - 1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes directories of Park and Recreation administrators and Public Recreation agencies in the state. (2 f)
Folder F3588:75-77
In-Service Training Institute: 1954 - 1955
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, workbooks, reports on recreational administration and agency operations. (3 f)
Folder F3588:78
Mailing Lists: 1957 - 1966
Scope and Content Note
Listing of recreation executives, schools, youth survey agencies, contributing organizations, etc. (1 f)
Folder F3588:79-163
Miscellaneous Subject-File of Reports and Publications: 1948-1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes Legislation affecting recreation, opinions issued by the Attorney General on recreation problems, reports of state
recreational facilities, various news letters issued by the Division of Recreation, hearings on Recreation and Park District
Law, White House Conferences on problems of the Aging, and State Recreation Bond issues, etc. (84 f)
III. Special Recreation and Park Districts, County and City Studies: 1950 - 1965
Folder F3588:164
Special Lists of Incorporated Cities, Mayors, and Park and Recreation districts: 1958- 1965
Physical Description: (1 f)
Folder F3588:165-241
Appraisal Studies of California Cities: 1951 - 1964
Scope and Content Note
Alphabetically arranged by cities with related correspondence and recommendations for recreation needs. (4 3/4 c.f.)
Folder F3588:242-272
Park and Recreation Districts: 1950 - 1965
Scope and Content Note
Alphabetically arranged by district with correspondence, news clippings, maps all relating to recreational districts and facility
improvements. (2 1/2 c.f.)
Folder F3588:273-287
Park and Recreation Urban Area Studies: 1953 - 1956
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, reports, maps relating to recreational facilities and personnel in California urban areas. (1 c.f.)
Folder F3588:288-295
School District Recreation Programs: 1950 -1962
Scope and Content Note
Alphabetically arranged by districts, file contains plans for improving recreational projects and correspondence relating
to recreation legislation and personnel. (1/2 c.f.)
Folder F3588:296-318
County Recreation Programs: 1960 - 1965
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, news clippings, county maps, proposed plans for recreational development, directories of Parks Advisory Commission,
lists of parks within respective counties, brochures, etc. Alphabetically arranged by County. (N-S in counties not accessioned
in Archives.) (22 f)
Folder F3588:319-320
Community Services Program: 1956 - 1965
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, news clippings, reports, recommendations, including Gallinas Valley, Kennington, Main City, Marinwood, San
Pamon, Pleaston, Salton, and San Leandro districts. (7 f)
IV. Legislative Committee Reports: 1953 - 1962
Scope and Content Note
(See Also Finding Aid on Assembly Office of Research - DR667 LP21:1A)
1. Senate Committee Reports
Folder Library
Senate - Committee on Housing and Recreational needs of Elderly Citizens: 1959
Scope and Content Note
Report printed in
Appendix to Journal of the Senate, Volume I.
Folder F3588:321
Senate Interim Committee on Child Welfare: 1953
Scope and Content Note
Report on development of recreational facilities for children throughout California. (1 v)
Folder F3588:322
Senate Interim Committee on Subdivision, Development and Planning: 1953
Scope and Content Note
-Partial report. (1 v)
2. Assembly Committee Reports
Folder F3588:323
Assembly Interim Committee on Conservation, Planning and Public Works: 1953
Scope and Content Note
Final Report includes proposals for Public Works Planning and Financing, California Planning Progress (1949-1952) and Proposed
re-organization of Natural Resources Administration. (1 V)
Folder F3588:324
Assembly Interim Committee on Natural Resources, Planning and Public Works: 1959 - 1960
Scope and Content Note
Report of Hearings in San Jose, Los Angeles, and San Diego. (2 V)
Folder F3588:325
Assembly Interim Committee on Special District Problems: 1959-1961
Scope and Content Note
Report of improvements in facilities and personnel involved in recreation districts. (1 V)
Folder F3588:326
Assembly Interim Committee on Youth Welfare: 1949
Scope and Content Note
Report on recreational needs for Children in California. (1 V)
Folder F3588:327
Assembly Interim Committee on Ways and Means: 1962
Scope and Content Note
Edited transcript of Hearings conducted by the Sub-Committee on Tourist Trade. (1 V)
Folder F3588:328-336
Assembly Interim Committee on Municipal and County Government: 1959 - 1962
Scope and Content Note
Transcript of Hearings in Los Angeles on special districts and distribution of assets upon dissolution or annexation. Also
includes similar case study relating to San Diego, Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento. (10 f)
V. Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recreation (In 1961, Department of Parks and Recreation was created in place of the Department of Natural Resources so that following files contain
records of both division and department).
Folder F3588:337
News Releases: 1965
Scope and Content Note
Division of Recreation reports verifying allocations for state-wide recreation projects and agency activity. (1 f)
Folder F3588:338
Plan for Development of Recreation in California Correctional Institutions: 1951
Scope and Content Note
Specific Suggestions submitted by Buford Bush, Assistant to Recreation Director, on recreational facilities at Folsom, San
Quentin, Soledad, Chino, and Lancaster. (1 f)
2. Reports and Publications
Folder F3588:339
Organization Plan for Recreation and Activity Therapy in a California Mental Hospital: 1950
Scope and Content Note
Report to Frank F. Tallman, Director of Department of Mental
Hygiene, on operating systems, personnel, and recreational needs for the mentally ill. (1 f)
Folder F3588:340
Report on the Role of California Colleges and Universities in the preparation of Professional Recreation and Park Personnel:
1965
Physical Description: (1 f).
Folder F3588:341
Digest of Major Federal and State Legislation relating to Parks and Recreation: 1963, 1965.
Physical Description: (1 f)
Folder F3588:342
Report on Titles and Salaries of Personnel in Local Governmental Jurisdictions: 1962 - 1963.
Physical Description: (1 f)
Folder F3588:343
Manual on Outdoor Recreation Local Grant Program: 1965
Scope and Content Note
Contains Fact Sheet on Land and Water Conservation Funds, Criteria for eligibility of projects, etc. as presented by the Resources
Agency. (1 f)
Folder F3588:344
Report on the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program: 1966
Scope and Content Note
Concerns budget items of Department of Parks and Recreation, Administration and maintenance of Recreation plans, and other
resource and recreation projects. (1 f)
Folder F3588:345
Procedures for State Agencies Applying for Land and Water Conservation Funds: 1966
Scope and Content Note
Includes details of allowable expenditures, and source of fund. (1 f)
VI. Department of Employment: 1952 - 1953
Folder F3588:346
Minutes of the Advisory Committee of the Social Workers Placement Service: 1952 - 1953
Physical Description: (1 f)
Folder F3588:347
Correspondence: 1952 - 1953
Scope and Content Note
Relating to applications for work positions pertaining to the general field of recreation - attached is basic application
form to be filled out by applicant. (1 f)
Folder F3588:348
Educational Institution List: 1953
Scope and Content Note
A Compilation of undergraduate recreation curriculums in forty-eight institutions of higher learing. (1 f)
Folder F3588:349
Mailing Lists: 1953
Scope and Content Note
Addresses include alphabetical arrangement from American Red Cross to Lester Wagner. Contains confidental information of all
private and public addresses. (1 f)
Folder F3588-350
1. Governor's Conference on the Aging
Folder F3588:350
- Background Report: 1960
Physical Description: (1 f)
- Proceedings: 1951 - Governor's Conference on the Aging
Physical Description: (1 V)
Folder F3588:350
- Recommendations from the Governor's Conference on Aging for the improvement, rehabilitation and recreation of California's
retired citizens: 1960
Physical Description: (1 V)
2. Governor's Conference on Youth & Welfare
Folder F3588:351
Preliminary Report: 1948
Scope and Content Note
Division of recreational projects throughout the state. (1 f)
3. Governor's Conference on Children and Youth
Folder F3588:352
Report: 1953
Scope and Content Note
Harold W. Kennedy, Chairman of Subcommittee on Use of Public Facilities, recommendations for improved Youth recreation programs.
(1 f)
Folder F3588:352
Report: 1954
Scope and Content Note
Discussion of family developments, recreational Services for the handicapped and the orphaned, children in rural and metropolitan
Areas, and Conferences Staff Committee. (1 V)
Folder F3588:352
Report: 1953
Scope and Content Note
Harold W. Kennedy, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Use of Public Facilities, presented the legal aspects of the reservation
and dedication of park and school sites. (1 f)
Folder F3588:352
Report: 1953
Scope and Content Note
Presented by Harold W. Kennedy on the Utilization and usefullness of Public Facilities. (1 f)
Folder F3588:352
Meeting: 1956
Scope and Content Note
Discussion of various age stages of youth and necessary community and recreational services to meet with this factor. (1 V)
4. Governor's Conference on Recreation Policy of the State of California
Folder F3588:353
Proceedings: 1962
Physical Description: (1 V)
5. Governor's Action Advisory Committee on California Beauty
Folder F3588:354
Report: 1966
Physical Description: (1 V)
6. Governor's Committee on the Organization of State Government
Folder F3588:355
Report on the Agency Plan for California: 1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes Charts for new organizational Structure. (1 V)
7. Co-ordinating Council on Urban Policy
Folder F3588:356
First Report: 1965
Scope and Content Note
California Urban Policy for Intergovernmental Action. (1 f)
Folder F3588:357
8. Sacramento River and Delta Recreation Study Committee: 1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes report of flood control, recreational use, and general proposals. (1 V)
Folder F3588:358
9. Governor's Conferences on Problems of the Aging: 1951
Scope and Content Note
Report
XIII. Special Committee Reports
1. Armed Forces State-wide Committee on Off-Post Recreation
Folder F3588:359
Directory of Members: 1960-1962
Scope and Content Note
Statewide roster of committee members on off post recreation project for the armed forces in California. (1 f)
Folder F3588:360-361
Minutes: 1956-1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes discussion of personnel, agencies, proposals relating to recreational facilities for servicemen in California. (1
f)
Folder F3588:362
Correspondence: 1958-1962
Physical Description: (2 f)
Scope and Content Note
Relates to recreational facilities and methods of improving those in existence for the armed forces in California.
Folder F3588:363-367
Miscellaneous: 1953-1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes Correspondence, Defence recreation bulletins, U.S.O. fact book, meeting agendas, applications, etc. (5 f)
2. California Public Outdoor Recreation Plan Committee
Scope and Content Note
Committee regarding Senate Bill #2 for Bond issue. (1 f)
Miscellaneous: 1958 - 1959
Scope and Content Note
Reports, inventories of outdoor recreational opportunities on Land and water areas, and recreation origin analysis by counties.
(3 f)
3. Citizen's Advisory Committee on Aging
Folder F3588:369
Directory for Community Leisure-Time Activities for Older People: 1960 - 1961
Physical Description: (1 V)
Folder F3588:370
Statewide Recreation Plan-Outdoor Recreation Outlook to 1968 for Sacramento Metropolitan Area: 1967.
