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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle City Light

 Organization

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

City Light Video Program Records

 Series
Identifier: 1201-13
Abstract

Video and slide show production files

Dates: 1977-1995; 1982-1984

City Light Weather Data

 Series
Identifier: 1206-17
Abstract

Climatological data and studies.

Dates: 1931-1984; 1952-1983

City Light Cedar River Daily Reports of Water Conditions

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1206-08
Abstract

Hydrographic reports of the Cedar River

Dates: 1920-1922

City Light Operating Revenue Account Books

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1206-05
Abstract

Financial records of Seattle Lighting Department

Dates: 1935-1964

Utility Franchise Records

 Series
Identifier: 2623-02
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1896-1983; 1908-1973

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

Seattle Lighting Department Records (Series II)

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1200-02
Abstract

Mid-20th century records from the Seattle Lighting Department, now known as Seattle City Light.

Dates: 1920-1962

Weatherization Assistance Program Outreach Records

 Series
Identifier: 3627-02
Abstract

Records promoting a program that assisted low-income households with weatherization services.

Dates: 1980-1994

Select Committee Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4660-03
Abstract

Records of select committees chaired by Teresa Mosqueda.

Dates: 2018-2023

Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission Records

 Series
Identifier: 1203-02
Abstract

Records of an international commission.

Dates: 1985-1998

Skagit Management Records

 Series
Identifier: 1209-01
Scope and Contents note Records of Director of Electrical Generation and the Director/Superintendent of Operations at the Skagit River hydroelectric projects, including correspondence, reports, photographs and maps . Records concern the management of City Light facilities on the Skagit, including Skagit powerhouses, logging, and services for City Light employees and community at Diablo and Newhalem, including housing, water supply, schools, ambulance, fire fighting and swimming pool. Also included are files...
Dates: 1949-1997 1966-1995; 1966-1995

Skagit Project Scrapbooks

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1208-05
Scope and Contents note These scrapbooks are a collection of newspaper clippings from daily newspapers, as well as engineering and construction journals, regarding the Skagit River dam projects. They were compiled by William B. Wolfendale, the principal engineer for City Light on the dam projects. The articles are primarily about construction progress and issues, including some technical articles. Repeated topics include: Diablo Dam, Ross Dam, dam designer John Savage, Yangtze River dam, and Wolfendale's retirement...
Dates: 1929-1952; Majority of material found within 1936-1948

Skagit Static (Newsletter)

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1208-02
Scope and Contents note

Weekly newsletter serving personnel and their families at Diablo and Newhalem. Includes news of social activities, school sports and activities, cultural events, and items related to the comings and goings of employees and their families.

Dates: 1946-1951

Skagit Tour Records

 Series
Identifier: 1208-01
Scope and Contents note Records of City Light's Skagit Project Tours from Rockport to Diablo Dam including brochures, excursion reservation forms, correspondences (private, groups, and clubs), tour itineraries, tour write-ups, trip narratives, visitor's lists and impressions, tour music, Newhalem trail and list of trees and shrubs. Also includes documents also pertaining to tour accounting, classification, work orders, employee positions and duties, purchases and annual reports, and files from Edward M. Kemoe, City...
Dates: 1911-1942; Majority of material found within 1929-1942

Steam Plant Scrapbook

 Series — Volume 1
Identifier: 1209-05
Abstract

Scrapbook with clippings and photos relating to Seattle City Light's Georgetown and Lake Union steam plants.

Dates: 1973

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

Margaret Pageler Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4667-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, studies, staff reports, and newspaper clippings related primarily to public safety and public utilities issues. Major topics include zoning for adult cabarets, drug traffic loitering, fireworks, weed and seed, gun control, police/community relations, internal investigations, specific complaints against the police from the public, electricity rates, Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities management, environmental policies and conservation, water quality,...
Dates: 1987-2003

City Light Toxics Advisory Group Records

 Series
Identifier: 1203-01
Scope and Contents note

Minutes, agendas, reports, memoranda, budget materials, and distribution lists for group established to discuss environmental hazards. The group compiled and disseminated information on hazards, such as electromagnetic field radiation, and generated reports on its findings.

Dates: 1991-1992

Transportation and Utilities Committee Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4669-03
Abstract

Records from the committee during Pedersen's tenure as chair.

Dates: 2020

Utilities and Environmental Management Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4667-03
Scope and Contents note

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation related to the issues and work of the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee.

Dates: 1996-1999

Water Rights Inventory

 Series — Volume 1
Identifier: 1206-21
Abstract

Compilation of water rights documentation for Seattle City Light projects.

Dates: 2000

Additional filters:

Subject
Seattle (Wash.) 82
Seattle 67
Public Utilities 44
Photographic prints 17
Electric power -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 16
Electric utilities -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 15
Diablo Dam (Wash.) 13
Diablo Dam 12
Ross Dam (Wash.) 12
Skagit River Hydroelectric Project 11
Boundary Project 10
Cedar Falls Power Plant (Wash.) 10
Ross Dam 10
Skagit River (B.C. and Wash.) 10
Skagit Project 9
Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State) 8
Lake Union Steam Plant (Seattle, Wash.) 8
Public utilities -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 8
Washington (State) 8
Homelessness -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 7
Labor unions -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 7
Lake Union Steam Plant 7
Public safety -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 7
Vocational Education 7
Water-power -- Washington (State) 7
Apprenticeship programs -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Boundary Dam (Wash.) 6
Cedar River Watershed (King County, Wash.) 6
Dams -- Washington (State) 6
Energy conservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Gorge Dam (Wash.) 6
Housing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Transportation -- Planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Cedar River (King County, Wash.) 5
Electric power production -- Washington (State) 5
Gorge Dam 5
Newsletters 5
Occupational training -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Parks -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Dams 4
Electric lighting -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Electric power distribution -- Washington (State) 4
Electric power transmission -- Washington (State) 4
Electric substations -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Express highways -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) 4
Labor-management committees -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Nuclear energy -- Washington (State) 4
Photograph albums 4
Photographs 4
Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.) 4
Public works 4
Seattle (Wash.) -- Politics and government 4
Skagit County (Wash.) 4
Taxicabs -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Transmission lines -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Weather -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Alaskan Way Viaduct (Seattle, Wash.) 3
Bicycles and bicycling -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Civil rights -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Electric heating -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Electric power conservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Electric power transmission--Washington (State) 3
Electric utilities -- Rates -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Electric utilities--Rates--Washington (State)--Seattle 3
Electric utilities--Washington (State)--Seattle 3
Family violence -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Legal Opinions 3
Maps 3
Monorail railroads -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Newhalem 3
Newhalem (Wash.) 3
Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project 3
Police internal investigation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Signs and Billboards 3
Skagit River Railway 3
South Lake Union (Seattle, Wash.) 3
Steam power plants -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Transportation 3
Transportation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Water and water rights 3
Water-power -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Waterfronts -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Ackerley Arena (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Advertising 2
Aerial photographs 2
Alaskan Way 2
Benaroya Hall (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Burke Gilman Trail (Wash.) 2
Cedar Falls (Wash.) 2
Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) 2
Children -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
City planning 2
Clippings 2
Comprehensive Plan 2
Construction workers -- Washington (State) 2
Creston (Wash.) 2
Dams -- Design and construction -- Washington (State) 2
Dams -- Design and construction -- Washington (State) -- Photographs 2