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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Mayor's Messages

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Gordon S. Clinton Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5219-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and studies, financial papers, minutes, speeches, notes and memoranda, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Clinton's term as mayor. Includes departmental files and correspondence with agencies and individuals outside City government. Arranged alphabetically for each year.

Dates: 1953-1964

Mayors' Messages

 Series
Identifier: 1802-C2
Scope and Contents note Consisting primarily of vetoes of Council Bills, the Mayor's Messages also include annual messages to City Council, budget messages, executive orders, proclamations, and other various communications. The annual messages summarize accomplishments for specific years and also identify key issues for the Mayor in the coming year. Vetoes make up the bulk of the messages and illustrate significant issues dividing the Mayor and City Council. Liquor licenses, for example, were a frequent subject of...
Dates: 1896-1988

Charles T. Royer Mayor's Messages

 Series
Identifier: 5274-04
Scope and Contents note

Proclamations, vetoes, directives, executive orders, and other official messages of Mayor Royer.

Dates: 1978-1989

Charles T. Royer Speeches

 Series
Identifier: 5274-08
Scope and Contents note

Speeches delivered to local, regional, national, and international conferences, seminars, colloquia, and special meetings. Series consists primarily of speeches given between 1978 and 1982; also includes budget messages and State of the City speeches from 1978 to 1990.

Dates: 1978-1990; 1979-1982