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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

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

 Person

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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 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

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

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Ross Dam (Wash.) 4
Seattle 4
Seattle (Wash.) 4
Cedar Falls Power Plant (Wash.) 3
Diablo Dam 3
Diablo Dam (Wash.) 3
Public Utilities 3
Ross Dam 3
Skagit River Railway 3
Boundary Dam (Wash.) 2
Boundary Project 2
Electric utilities -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Gorge Dam (Wash.) 2
Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State) 2
Lake Union Steam Plant 2
Photographic prints 2
Skagit River (B.C. and Wash.) 2
Skagit River Hydroelectric Project 2
Bonneville Dam (Or. and Wash.) 1
Creston (Wash.) 1
Electric power -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 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
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
Seafair 1
Seattle (Wash.) -- Politics and government 1
Skagit Project 1
Skagit River 1
Street Lighting 1
Street-railroads -- Washington (State) 1
Thunder Creek 1
Timber 1
Underground Wiring 1
Washington (State) 1
Water-power -- Washington (State) 1
World Power Conference (1936) 1