Campaign Finance Reports

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1802-A6

Scope and Contents note

Financial and public interest reports filed by candidates for political office, PACs, or other organizations actively working in political campaigns. Reports are arranged chronologically by election and then alphabetically by candidate name. The only substantial gap in records is from 1908-1913. Prior to 1976, candidates were required to file statements of campaign expenses immediately following the election. Later reports are under jurisdiction of the Ethics and Elections Commission and are filed in record series 2202-02.

Dates

Creation: 1907-1967

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

The City Clerk maintains the City's legislative records, official filings, and the Seattle Municipal Archives; keeps the minutes of City Council meetings; and provides information services to City agencies and the public. Seattle's first City Charter allowed for a Clerk of the Common Council to be elected by the Council. In 1875 the position of City Clerk became elective and remained so until 1896 when the new Charter designated the Comptroller ex-officio City Clerk. The Comptroller served as City Clerk through 1992. A 1991 City Charter amendment transferred the Comptroller's function to the Department of Finance and the City Clerk's Office became a division of the Legislative Department effective in 1993.

Full Extent

2 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custody Note

On 2/15/1991 nine cubic feet of records were transferred from the Office of the City Clerk to the Puget Sound Branch-Washington State Archives (91-PS-0048). Records were returned to the Seattle Municipal Archives on 4/9/2004 (ra04-07).

General Note

A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports, petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been placed "on file" with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily permanent records, but also include routine material which was periodically purged. Certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed, arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC.