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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle (Wash.). Civil Service Commission

 Organization

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Board of Medical Examiners Minutes

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 6010-09
Dates: 1896-1897

Civil Service Commission Administrative Records

 Series
Identifier: 1400-02
Abstract

Administrative records from the Civil Service Commission after the 1979 reorganization.

Dates: 1980-1998

Civil Service Commission Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-F7
Abstract

Annual reports for the Civil Service Commission, including Labor Commissioner reports, Office Early reports, and Civil Service reports. Appendices include more detailed information, such as statistics, rulings, and amendments.

Dates: 1894-2006

Civil Service Commission Classification Specifications

 Series
Identifier: 1802-A7
Scope and Contents note

Job classification specifications compiled by Public Administration Service for the Civil Service Commission. Includes a schematic list of civil service job titles and a set of classification specifications that defines, illustrates, and evaluates the duties of the positions in each class.

Dates: 1938

Civil Service Commission Findings

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1400-03
Abstract

Decisions of the Civil Service Commission on individual appeals.

Dates: 1979-1996

Civil Service Commission Scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: 6010-07
Abstract

Three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to employment with city government, 1934-1947, including information about civil service exams, employee training, job reclassification, salary changes, and retirement.

Dates: 1934-1947

Civil Service Commission Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 6010-11
Abstract

Topical collection kept by Seattle Civil Service Commission staff.

Dates: 1950-1961

Civil Service Commission Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6010-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and reports from the Civil Service Commission. Includes reports on personnel actions, answers to requests for information, and commission findings.

Dates: 1896-1906

Civil Service Commission Hearings

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 6010-06
Scope and Contents note

Report of findings and determinations in hearings before the Commission. Includes register of hearings with date, appellant, charge, and commission action.

Dates: 1964-1976

Civil Service Commission Incoming Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6010-03
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and reports relating to Commission activities and finances, policies and procedures, and personnel actions.

Dates: 1896-1901

Civil Service Commission Legal Opinions

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 6010-04
Scope and Contents note

Opinions of Corporation Counsel requested by the Civil Service Department regarding especially policies and rules for employment in the City's civil service. Topics include (but not exclusive to) age requirements, CSC authority, examination rules, veteran preference, temporary employment, sex equity in hiring, and retirement. Arranged chronologically. Series includes an index to opinions through 1943.

Dates: 1896-1961

Loyalty Oaths

 Series
Identifier: 1802-J6
Abstract

Oaths signed by city employees attesting that they were not members of subversive organizations.

Dates: 1951-1961; Majority of material found in 1951

Civil Service Commission Policy Statements

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 6010-08
Scope and Contents note

Summaries of Commission policies extracted from Commission minutes.

Dates: 1941-1973

Public Safety Civil Service Commission Women Firefighters Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 6802-01
Abstract

Materials relating to the formation and implementation of a Pre-Recruit Firefighter Program for women, 1976-1977.

Dates: 1976-1977

Civil Service Commission Minutes

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1400-01
Abstract

Proceedings from Seattle Civil Service Commission meetings.

Dates: 1979-2012

Civil Service Commission Minutes

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6010-01
Abstract

Proceedings of Seattle Civil Service Commission meetings.

Dates: 1902-1979