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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Public works -- Washington (State) -- Seattle

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Local Improvement District Project Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1804-01
Scope and Contents note

Project files for street, sewer, and other improvements funded by assessments against property benefiting from improvement. Files include specifications, bids, contracts, notices of assessment, bonds, majority petitions, payment statements, affidavits of publication, estimates of cost, certificates of completion, protests against assessments, drawings, and City Council committee reports. Arranged by LID number after 1891 and alphabetically for earlier years.

Dates: 1881-1999

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

Specifications and Contracts

 Series
Identifier: 1802-E1
Scope and Contents note

Specifications and bid documents for public works projects in Seattle or on City owned land. Often includes plans and contracts. Includes materials on Skagit River Power Project, Cedar River Watershed, Woodland and Jefferson Parks, Seattle Center facilities, Seattle Public Library, Tolt River Watershed, selected City office buildings, Model City projects, and other City sites. Records have been sampled.

Dates: 1914-1978