WTO Staff Files

Series

Identifier: 5279-06

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Records created and collected by Mayor's Office staff relating to the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting and demonstrations. This set of records was compiled for public disclosure requests filed after the fact. Includes memos, correspondence, news clippings, and other types of materials relating to planning the conference and the city's response to the demonstrations. Some office-wide files are arranged by type (weekly reports, emergency orders, etc.), but most of the records are arranged by the staff member who compiled them.

Dates

Creation: 1999

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)
Schell, Paul, 1937- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

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

1.6 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Mayor Paul Schell, City of Seattle Website. 16 Nov 2001-. Internet Archive Wayback Machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20011116070852/http://www.pan.ci.seattle.wa.us/mayor/