Affirmative Action Task Force Records
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, agendas, background materials, and work products of the Affirmative Action Task Force. The group included representatives from departments including Women's Rights, Human Rights, Police, and Health and Human Services, as well as from the mayor's office. It worked on issues including anti-harassment training, accommodation for employees with disabilities, and diversity plans.
Dates
- Creation: 1993-1997
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Personnel Dept. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Personnel Department was created in 1979. It administers the employee selection system, labor relations and negotiations, benefit programs, and the classification/compensation plan. The Department also manages employee records, implements affirmative action, and coordinates other personnel related programs. The City Charter of 1896 created the Civil Service system and established the Civil Service Commission and Civil Service Department to administer the system. The reorganization in 1979 abolished the Civil Service Department, replacing it with the Personnel Department, and established the Civil Service Commission as a separate City agency. In 1997, the Personnel Department was incorporated as a division within the Executive Services Department. In 2001, a departmental reorganization reestablished Personnel as a separate and independent department. The bulk of records in this record group are from the old Civil Service Department.
Extent
0.4 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of the Personnel Department's Affirmative Action Task Force.
Separated Materials note
Publications were pulled from the collection and are cataloged separately in the Published Documents Index.
Subject
- Affirmative Action Task Force (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Personnel Dept. (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle Affirmative Action Task Force Records 1993-1997
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen
- Date
- Š 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74639
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository