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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

World Trade Organization

 Organization

Staff Only

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

WTO Staff Files

 Series
Identifier: 5279-06
Scope and Contents note Records created and collected by Mayor's Office staff relating to the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting and demonstrations. This set of records was compiled for public disclosure requests filed after the fact. Includes memos, correspondence, news clippings, and other types of materials relating to planning the conference and the city's response to the demonstrations. Some office-wide files are arranged by type (weekly reports, emergency orders, etc.), but most of the records are...
Dates: 1999
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

WTO Citizen Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5279-07
Scope and Contents note

Emails and letters sent by citizens to the Mayor during and after the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting and demonstrations. Dating from November 28 through December 29, 1999, the correspondence expressed both support and condemnation of the Mayor's and Police Department's actions. Seattle residents as well as national and international correspondents are represented. Series also includes some transcribed phone messages.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

Mayor Paul Schell Moving Images

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5279-08
Scope and Contents note

Videotapes of press conferences held by Mayor Schell regarding the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting and demonstrations in 1999, Transfer of Development Rights and Census 2000. The nine VHS tapes date from November 1998 to July 2000, and are cataloged separately in the Digital Collections.

Dates: 1998-2000
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

Peter Steinbrueck Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4684-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and staff analysis related to Steinbrueck's work on City Council. A substantial portion of the records deal with urban planning, development, design, environmental issues, and comprehensive planning, and reflect his concerns about sustainability and quality of life as affected by the built environment. Also significant in this series are records related to his work on low and moderate income housing, human services, homelessness, neighborhood...
Dates: 1979-2007
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

WTO Accountability Review Committee Document Catalog

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1802-K1
Scope and Contents note The catalog contains detailed information on over 13,500 documents assembled by the staff of the Seattle City Council WTO accountability Review Committee concerning the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Seattle in November and December, 1999. Over sixty percent of the documents have been digitized from microfiche and are available online through the SMA Digital...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1999-2000; 1977-2004
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

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