Paul Schell Departmental Correspondence
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and notes related to all City functions during Mayor Paul Schell's administration. Records are organized by City agency responsible for the specific issue addressed in the correspondence. Major topics covered in the materials include transportation, public safety, education, housing and human services, utilities, economic development, the arts, parks, and neighborhoods.
Dates
- Creation: 1998-2001
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)
- Schell, Paul, 1937- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public. Electronic material is available for use onsite in the SMA reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
Records are available for use onsite in the SMA reading room, including electronic records through the electronic records search.
Biographical Note
Paul Schell was elected Seattle's 50th mayor for the term beginning January 1, 1998. He subsequently was defeated in the primary election in a run for a second term. Schell received a law degree from Columbia University in 1963 and moved to Seattle in 1967. He served as the director of the City's Department of Community Development (1975-1977) before establishing a private development company. He entered the political arena in 1989 when he was elected to the Port of Seattle Commission. From 1992-1995 he was Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Washington.
Extent
33.8 Cubic Feet
8261 digital files (265 MB)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The folder structure of the electronic files consists of correspondence by year and subject. Transition documents created by the Schell administration are in a separate folder. Original subfolder names and order have been maintained. Materials from Schell's adminstration of multi-administration staffer Jordon Royer were separated from Nickels records and included in a separate folder.
Location of Records
SMA
Subject
- Seattle (Wash.). Mayor (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Police Dept. (Organization)
- Schell, Paul, 1937- (Person)
Geographic
Topical
- Aquariums -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Art -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- City Light
- Civil rights
- Comprehensive Plan
- Economic development
- Education
- Environmental policy -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Ethics
- Health
- Historic preservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Housing
- Human Resources Planning
- Intergovernmental Relations
- Land Use Planning
- Libraries
- Municipal Court
- Neighborhood Plans
- Neighborhoods
- Parks
- Public Utilities
- Public safety -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Regional Transit Authority
- Seattle Center
- Solid Waste
- Traffic
- Transportation Planning
- Water Supply
- Woodland Park Zoo
- Title
- Guide to the Paul Schell Mayoral Records 1998-2001
- Author
- Revised by Sarah Shipley, 9/15/2015.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv85278
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository