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Port of Seattle

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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Fire Department Central Files

 Series
Identifier: 2801-03
Scope and Contents note Central file maintained by Fire Department administration. Combined with other record series from the department, the records present a very complete history of the Department, including changing technology and its local and national context. The change from horse-driven wagons to motorized vehicles is documented as well as the Departments’ participation in the Puget Sound Urban Search and Rescue group which traveled throughout the country in the 1990s to assist with various disasters. The...
Dates: 1890-2003

James D. Braman, Jr. Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 1600-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and reference materials relating to DCD's activities, project, and mission. These are the Director's personal office files and include some materials of an administrative nature. Arranged alphabetically.

Dates: 1969-1974

Marine Fire Protection Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 2801-14
Abstract

Records documenting the Seattle Fire Department's Marine Fire Protection Project.

Dates: 1972-1980

Gordon S. Clinton Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5219-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and studies, financial papers, minutes, speeches, notes and memoranda, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Clinton's term as mayor. Includes departmental files and correspondence with agencies and individuals outside City government. Arranged alphabetically for each year.

Dates: 1953-1964

Richard McIver Records

 Series
Identifier: 1620-03
Abstract

Records from McIver's work as a program coordinator in the Department of Community Development.

Dates: 1971-1976

Office of Management and Budget Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 5001-01
Abstract

Records from Seattle's Office of Management and Budget.

Dates: 1973-1991

Plan of Seattle (Bogue Plan)

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 9359-01
Scope and Contents note

Comprehensive plan for the City prepared by Virgil C. Bogue, an engineering consultant from New York. Also known as the Bogue Plan, it recommended replanning along European boulevard lines, improved transportation system, adoption of the Olmsted Brothers parks plan, relocation of the Civic Center, and development of the Port of Seattle. Approved 18-3 by the Commission, the plan was rejected by Seattle voters in 1912.

Dates: 1911

Port Warden Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-C7
Abstract

Monthly reports of the Port Warden, 1900-1938.

Dates: 1900-1938

Norm Rice Subject Files

 Series — Box 5
Identifier: 5272-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and other materials to and from non-city government agencies, businesses, associations, and the general public. Includes records about King County, state and federal government agencies, public development authorities, Metro, and boards and commissions, as well as constituent correspondence. Topics include the Seattle Mariners, sister cities, the Pang warehouse fire, the 1990 education summit, Pike Place Market, the Seattle Jobs Initiative,...
Dates: 1978-1997

Charles T. Royer Subject Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5274-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and other records related to the issues, programs, and organizations that were part of the work of the Mayor's Office during Royer's tenure. Major topics covered include downtown issues, housing, the arts, community councils, transportation, KidsPlace, environmental issues, sports, Interstate 90, Metro, gay and minority issues, Pioneer Square, schools, and boards and commissions. Arranged alphabetically by subject for each year.

Dates: 1978-1989

Carol Lewis Records

 Series
Identifier: 5274-11
Scope and Contents note

Records of deputy mayor Carol Lewis, including correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating especially to housing, land use, and downtown development.

Dates: 1978-1987

Department of Neighborhoods Special Projects Records

 Series
Identifier: 5751-07
Abstract

Project files for Seattle harborfront and neighborhood projects.

Dates: 1974-1998

Seattle Lighting Department Records (Series I)

 Series
Identifier: 1200-01
Abstract

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

Dates: 1902-1960

George Benson Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4614-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.



Dates: 1972-1993

Clarence Massart Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4653-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and photographs collected by Massart while serving on City Council (1950-1967). Includes materials relating to Metro, Seattle Center, Century 21 Exposition, Pacific Science Center Foundation, and the Port of Seattle. Other subjects include transportation, city finances, housing, alcoholism, sports stadium, human rights, and urban renewal.

Dates: 1957-1968

Wesley C. Uhlman Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 5287-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, and other records related to the issues, programs, and organizations that were part of the work of the Mayor's Office during Uhlman's tenure. Topics range in scale from large transportation projects and the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial to individual parks and fire stations. The records include correspondence with and about local organizations, boards and commissions, and other governmental entities. The records also include routine mayoral correspondence such as thank you...
Dates: 1957-1977

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Seafair 5
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AIDS 4
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Transportation 4
Air pollution -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Alcoholism 3
Central Business District 3
Child Care 3
Civil Defense 3
Civil Rights 3
Convention Center 3
Duwamish Waterway 3
Floating Homes 3
Fort Lawton 3
Forward Thrust 3
Greenbelts 3
KidsPlace (Seattle, Wash.) 3
King County (Wash.). Jail 3
Kingdome (Seattle, Wash.) 3
Labor Relations 3
Mercer Street (Seattle, Wash.) 3
Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project 3
Pioneer Square 3
Public Transit 3
Ross Dam 3
Urban Renewal Program 3
Waterfront Streetcar (Seattle, Wash.) 3
African Americans 2
Airlines 2
Annexation 2
Arboretum - Washington Park 2
Arts -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Bumbershoot (Festival) 2
Cable Television 2
City planning 2
Drug Abuse 2
Duwamish (Fireboat) 2
Education 2
Environmental Protection 2
Environmental policy -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Fireworks 2
Garbage 2
Gays 2
Green Lake 2
Harbors -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Henry L. Stimson Center 2
Historic preservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
International District 2
Land Use Planning 2
Mass Transit 2
Monorail System 2
Native Americans 2
Neighborhood Plans 2
Noise 2
Northgate 2
Older people -- Housing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Parks 2
R.H. Thomson Freeway (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Racial and Ethnic Minorities 2
Railroads 2
School integration -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Sewers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Sick's Stadium 2
Solid Waste 2
Sports 2
Taxicabs 2
Television 2
Underground Wiring 2
University District 2
Waterfronts 2
Waterfronts -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
West Seattle Bridge (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Accidents -- Prevention -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Administrative Procedures 1
Affirmative Action 1
Air Raid Drills 1
Alaskan Way 1
American La France Fire Engines 1
Animal Control 1
Arboretum/Lakeside Bicycle Trail 1
Arcade Plaza 1
Arson 1
Asian Americans -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Asphalt plants -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Automatic Alarm Telephones 1
Baseball -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Bay Freeway 1
Beacon Avenue South 1
Bicycle trails -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Bicycles and bicycling -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Bogue Plan of Seattle 1
Bombings -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Bonds 1
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