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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Ross, J. D. (James Delmage), 1872-1939

 Person

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

City Light Negatives

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1204-01
Scope and Contents note Both color and black and white photographic negatives documenting the development of Seattle’s public electric utility, including dam construction, water main installation, and facilities. Includes photos of dam construction in the Cedar River Watershed and the Skagit, and the Boundary Project; transmission lines and substations; City Light facilities, and employees. Subseries of images relate to Boundary Dam, Gorge High Dam, and Ross Dam. Other generating facilities depicted are Cedar...
Dates: 1914-1995

City Light News Clippings Scrapbooks

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1201-04
Scope and Contents note These scrapbooks are a collection of newspaper clippings in date order about Seattle City Light as well as national and international news regarding hydroelectric power and electricity. Some repeated topics include: City Light rates, wages, Works Progress Administration funding, advertisements, the proposed consolidation of City Light and Puget Sound Power and Light, promotions, retirements, and the Skagit River Project. Volume 1 contains clippings from 1935 to 1936. Volume 2 contains...
Dates: 1924-1970; 1935-1949

City Light Photographic Prints

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1204-02
Scope and Contents note

This series is comprised of prints and represents a small portion of the work done by Seattle City Light to electrify Seattle. One hundred and twenty-three prints are available for download on our digital platform; this includes 54 Real Estate Services photos of identified addresses. For a comprehensive look at the work of Seattle City Light, see the SCL negative collection (1204-01).

Dates: 1914 - 1995

Seattle Lighting Department Records (Series III)

 Series
Identifier: 1200-03
Scope and Contents Note

Correspondence, reports, legal records, speeches, and project files relating to early City Light activities. Key topics include the Skagit hydroelectric projects, the merger with Puget Sound Power and Light Company, and the Seattle-Rainier Valley Street Railway. These records were originally acquired by the University of Washington prior to creation of the Seattle Municipal Archives, with this series identified at UW as Accession 33-4.

Dates: 1911-1964

City Light Department History File

 Series
Identifier: 1200-11
Abstract

The Seattle City Light Department History File, 1894-1972, consists of correspondence, typed histories, reports, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets related to the history of Seattle City Light.

Dates: 1894-1972

City Light Employee Scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: 1201-08
Abstract

Scrapbooks assembled by a City Light employee, containing photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera related to the organization and its employees.

Dates: 1874-1959 1932-1959; 1932-1959

City Light Public Power Speeches and Radio Presentations

 Series
Identifier: 1201-14
Abstract

Radio talks and public presentations related to public power.

Dates: 1932-1938

City Light James D. Ross Reference Material

 Series
Identifier: 1200-14
Abstract

Writings and publications regarding J. D. Ross

Dates: 1911-1996

City Light Superintendent Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1200-13
Abstract

Records documenting the administration, activities and projects of Seattle City Light

Dates: 1918-2015

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

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Seattle 8
Seattle (Wash.) 8
Public Utilities 6
Ross Dam (Wash.) 5
Diablo Dam 4
Diablo Dam (Wash.) 4
Electric utilities -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Photographic prints 4
Ross Dam 4
Boundary Project 3
Cedar Falls Power Plant (Wash.) 3
Lake Union Steam Plant 3
Public utilities -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Skagit River Railway 3
Boundary Dam (Wash.) 2
Electric power -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Gorge Dam (Wash.) 2
Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State) 2
Skagit Project 2
Skagit River (B.C. and Wash.) 2
Skagit River Hydroelectric Project 2
Bonneville Dam (Or. and Wash.) 1
Clippings 1
Creston (Wash.) 1
Electric power distribution -- Washington (State) 1
Electric power plants -- Washington (State) -- Cedar Falls 1
Electric power production -- Washington (State) 1
Electric power transmission -- Washington (State) 1
Electric power--Washington (State)--Seattle 1
Electric substations -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Electric utilities--Rates--Washington (State)--Seattle 1
Electric utilities--Washington (State)--Seattle 1
Electricity in transportation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Employees -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Gorge Powerhouse (Wash.) 1
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) 1
Histories 1
Hydroelectric Power 1
Labor Relations 1
Lake Union Steam Plant (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Leaflets 1
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (Agency : U.S.) 1
Music -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Newhalem 1
Newhalem (Wash.) 1
Nuclear Energy 1
Pacific Northwest Power Pool 1
Pamphlets 1
Post-World War II Planning 1
Power Purchases 1
Power resources -- Washington (State) 1
Power resources--Washington (State) 1
Public Utility Districts 1
Railroads 1
Ross Dam (Wash.) -- Photographs 1
Scrapbooks 1
Seafair 1
Seattle (Wash.) -- Politics and government 1
Skagit River 1
Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
Street Lighting 1
Street-railroads -- Washington (State) 1
Thunder Creek 1
Timber 1
Transmission lines -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Underground Wiring 1
Washington (State) 1
Water-power -- Washington (State) 1
World Power Conference (1936) 1