Claims Division Photographs

Series

Identifier: 0209-01

Scope and Contents Note

Photographs associated with damage claims against the City. Claim numbers or case names are not always associated with images. Buses, street scenes, landslides and sidewalks are frequent subjects of images, as well as images of claims personnel. Photographs associated with claims can also be found in the Engineering Department Negatives and Seattle City Light negatives in the "C" series; search "claims" in Digital Collections. Less than ten images were scanned from this series and can be found by searching Digital Collections under the series number 0209-01. The Claims Division was traditionally within the finance division, later becoming part of risk management. In 2010, Risk Management and the Claims Division became part of the newly formed Finance and Adminsitrative Services (DAS).

Dates

Creation: 1910-1988

Conditions Governing Access

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

Finance and Administrative Services was formed in 2010, combining Fleets and Facilities (FFD), and functions of the Department of Finance and the Department of Executive Adminsitration. FFD managed and maintained municipal real property and facilities, as well as overseeing the City’s vehicle fleet. FFD was created in 2001 in a reorganization of the Executive Services Department, which was itself created from a merger between the Finance Department, the Personnel Department, and the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) in 1997. DAS was created in 1980 with the merger of certain functions of the General Services Department, Building Department, Division of Motor Transportation, and Office of Management and Budget.