Correspondence and specifications on the 16th Avenue Southwest Bridge. Arranged alphabetically by type.

Also known as the Hannukkah Eve Windstorm, this weather event caused wide-spread power outages and significant damage throughout the City of Seattle and the surrounding areas.

Property title abstracts for parcels condemned by City for municipal use. Includes ownership histories. Arranged numerically. Numbers assigned to abstracts do not correspond to case file numbers.

Lists of supplies and equipment purchased by the City for the Civilian War Commission and register of materials issued to various agencies by the Commission. Includes fire fighting equipment, medical supplies and defense materials such as gas masks and helmets.

Notices regarding parcels in North Greenwood NDP, Leschi NDP, Pike Place Project, South Park Project, and Yesler-Atlantic NIP. Acquisition notices include legal description, address, name of owner, acquisition date, occupancy status and price paid. Disposition notices include parcel numbers, address, purchaser, bid opening date, contract and closing dates, price and net income to City, and intended development use. Arranged chronologically and by project.

Proceedings of a three member committee hearing protests, claims, and offers regarding adjustments of assessment taxes for local improvements. Includes meeting minutes, resolutions, and determinations.

Departmental policies and plans for implementation of the City's Affirmative Action program for hiring and promoting minority and women employees.

Meeting minutes from the Air Pollution Control Advisory Board, which served in an advisory capacity to the City Council on air pollution issues.

Each volume is divided into sections, each engine company in its own section. Within each company section is a chronological list of alarms to which the company responded. Includes date, name and address of building or structure and Fire Department officer on duty.

Certification by the Secretary of State that abstracts of proceedings relating to annexation have been filed with the State. Includes abstracts of Seattle City Council meetings, petitions, resolutions, ordinances, and votes cast in annexation elections.

Annual recapitulation of expenditures for acquisition, maintenance and operation, and improvements for parks, boulevards, playfields, bathing beaches, and recreation centers. Also includes notes on how property was acquired, type of funds used for expenditures, size of property, and total expenditures prior to 1909.

Annual reports for the Office of Women's Rights, documenting each year's activities. The report for 1976 is missing from the series.

Annual reports detailing departmental activities including a recapitulation of cases, claims, condemnations, and legal opinions.

Annual report of department activities including statistical reports on construction projects and financial recapitulations.

Statistical and narrative reports including birth, death, and disease information correlated by variables. The 1932-1935 report traces most statistics from 1901 to 1935. The 1939-1943 report is a 433 page history and survey of public health in Seattle and includes a brief history of the city. The 19th Century reports are photocopies; location of the originals is unknown.

Annual narrative, statistical, and financial report of the Civil Service Department and Civil Service Commission. Includes reports of the secretary to the Commission and the Chief Examiner; exam results; dismissals and investigations; engineers licenses issued; digests of amendments to Civil Service rules and Official Opinions; and reports of the Public Employment Office.

Annual financial and narrative report of department activities. Includes 1891, 1894-1968, 1975-1976, and 1978-1985.

Reports filed by City Light to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Applications for City positions. Include position, applicants name, address, citizenship, birthplace and date, age, marital status, sex, height and weight, work history, and references. Arranged alphabetically by year.

Samples of appointments and oaths of office for officials, employees, and board/commission members whose positions required this formal process. About half the oaths are for "special policemen," who were often people who worked in amusement places or taverns, or who handled money or valuables as part of their jobs. Large numbers of special policeman and emergency patrolman appointments were made during periods of labor unrest such as the 1919 general strike.

Notices of Appointment, Reports of Employment, Reports of Discharge, and Reports of Separation documenting personnel actions. Information generally includes name of employee, job title, date of action, wage paid for appointments, and reasons for discharges. Also includes a few transcripts and summaries of hearings over disputed discharges. Arranged by department and then chronologically.

Appraisals of the value and usability of equipment and facilities following the 1939 rehabilitation of the City's Municipal Street Railway System and subsequent organization of Seattle Transit.

Architectural drawings of commercial buildings in Seattle. Includes drawings of public buildings, hospitals, schools, churches, and significant retail and manufacturing establishments. These are permit and design change drawings.

Reports of assessed valuations and tax rates for cities, towns, and special taxing districts in King County; and certificates of assessed valuations for the City of Seattle.