Harbor Department Annual Reports

Series

Identifier: 1802-G5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Annual reports for the Harbor Department, sometimes called Port Warden reports, date from 1894 to 1958; there are gaps between 1922 and 1944. The early reports contain statistics on steam and sail departures and arrivals, foreign imports and exports and inbound and outbound passengers. They also contain reports on waterfront activity and some contain detailed information on type and quantity of imports and exports. Recommendations for the waterfront... are also included, such as the need for a harbor patrol, the necessity of a seawall and the replacement of wood buoys with steel ones. The 1922 report is in the "Official Port Book" and contains photographs and other information about the harbor. The reports dating from 1944 to 1958 are brief and contain information on the operations of the department.

Dates

Creation: 1894-1950

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). Harbor Dept. (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

The City Clerk maintains the City's legislative records, official filings, and the Seattle Municipal Archives; keeps the minutes of City Council meetings; and provides information services to City agencies and the public. Seattle's first City Charter allowed for a Clerk of the Common Council to be elected by the Council. In 1875 the position of City Clerk became elective and remained so until 1896 when the new Charter designated the Comptroller ex-officio... City Clerk. The Comptroller served as City Clerk through 1992. A 1991 City Charter amendment transferred the Comptroller's function to the Department of Finance and the City Clerk's Office became a division of the Legislative Department effective in 1993.

Extent

0.6 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

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Additional Description

Location of Records

SMA

General Note

A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports, petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been placed on file with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily permanent records, but also include routine material which was periodically purged. Certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed, arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC.