Law Department Correspondence (Series II)
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.
Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.
Dates
- Creation: 1939-1977
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Law Dept. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Law Department represents the City in all legal matters and litigation, provides legal advice and opinions to City departments and agencies, and is responsible for prosecuting violations of City ordinances in Municipal Court. The position of City Attorney was established in 1875. The 1890 City Charter created the Law Department headed by the Corporation Counsel. The title was changed to City Attorney in 1977.
Full Extent
46.8 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Location of Records
SMA
Subject
- Seattle (Wash.). Police Dept. (Organization)
- Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Fire Dept. (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Office of the Treasurer (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Board of Public Works (Organization)
- Seattle Transit System (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Law Dept. (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept. (Organization)
- Seattle City Light (Organization)
- Central Association of Seattle (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (U.S.) (Organization)
- Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Organization)
- Washington (State). Office of the Attorney General (Organization)
- Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Council (Organization)
- Association of Washington Cities (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Prosecutor (Organization)
- United States. Federal Power Commission (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Human Rights Dept. (Organization)
- Seattle City Employees' Retirement System (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Water Dept. (Organization)
- Seattle Public Library (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Building Dept. (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Comptroller's Office (Organization)
- Seattle Model City Program (Organization)
- Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (Organization)
- Neighborhood Youth Corps (U.S.) (Organization)
- Mobile Intensive/Coronary Care Unit (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Administrative Procedures
- Air pollution
- Alki Treatment Plant (Seattle, Wash.)
- Beautification
- Boundary Project
- Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)
- City Charter
- Civic Auditorium
- Civic Centers
- Civil defense
- Civil service
- Cumulative Reserve Fund
- Fair Campaign Practices
- Fire Codes
- Floating Homes
- Fort Lawton
- Garbage
- Gorge Dam
- Health care
- Licenses
- Local Improvement Districts
- Mass Transit
- Minimum wage
- Monorail System
- Official Streets Plan (1952-1958)
- Oil Spill Disaster Planning
- Open Space Land
- Pedestrian areas -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project
- Rationing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Seattle Transit System Property
- Sewers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Shorelands
- Skagit Project
- Telephone Systems
- Urban Renewal Program
- Veterans hospitals -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Victory Tax
- Vocational Education
- Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project (Seattle, Wash.)
- Zoning
- Title
- Guide to the Correspondence (Series II) 1939-1977
- Author
- This finding aid was prepared by the Seattle Municipal Archives
- Date
- (c)2012
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository