Applications to construct and maintain areaways, along with an index listing areaways by street.

Cards indexing Record Series 0600-03.

Correspondence and other documents relating to the work of the Board of Public Works.

Agendas for Board of Public Works meetings.

Annual reports for the Seattle Board of Public Works. Reports provide statistical information, an overview of important areas of City development, and names of Board members.

Proceedings of the Board of Public Works. Includes date, members present, Board actions, correspondence and reports filed for Board action, and discussion.

Correspondence to departments and contractors especially regarding awards of contracts. Indexed by correspondent.

Correspondence, reports, applications, permits, petitions, and contracts relating to construction, condemnations, street use, franchises, and rights of way. This series is an artificial collection arranged alphabetically by subject.

Requests from the Board to the Corporation Council for legal opinions. Includes description of issue.

Newspaper clippings relating to construction and improvement projects, city planning, and downtown development. Especially interesting is information relating to post-World War II housing and economic development.

Building permits issued by the city of Seattle in the years 1899-1900. Permits are arranged sequentially.

Working papers of Jim Hurd, cable communications coordinator when the office was part of the Board of Public Works. Includes correspondence, reports, reference materials, and citizen comments concerning the CATV ordinance, municipal ownership and other issues relating to the development and regulation of cable television in Seattle.

Correspondence, bid tabulations, notices of bid openings, and invoices concerning construction on the Cedar River Water Supply project.

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.

Cards indexing local improvement district projects by street.

Correspondence relating primarily to Council support functions of the City Clerk. The bulk of the material is outgoing correspondence reporting on actions taken by City Council. Principal correspondents include the Board of Public Works, City Comptroller, Corporation Counsel, and Reginald H. Thomson, then City Engineer.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, copies of legislation, and City Attorney opinions relating to City-involved litigation, ordinances and codes, and subjects of a legal nature. Also included are some records from Mayor Wes Uhlman's legal staff. Primarily the records of Hugh Spitzer. Topics covered include personnel issues, Westlake Mall, Interstate 90, police intelligence, affirmative action, gay issues, and condo conversions.

Records of the Seattle Department of Engineering consisting of correspondence between the Department and grantees of utility franchises. Also included are agreements, maps, drawings, and photographs.

Seattle City Light agency history, including files from longtime superintendent J.D. Ross.

Volume of applications to build and maintain sidewalk elevators within the city of Seattle.