Seattle

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Index to Treasurer's Local Improvement District assessment rolls including districts for the annexed cities. Contains alphabetical listing of street or addition, district number, ordinance, and assessment roll volume number.

Correspondence, drawings, cost estimates, and photographs relating to the removal of street railway tracks and sale of equipment.

23 audio recordings of Mayor Uhlman's press conferences, radio appearances, and community meetings.

Proceedings and supporting documents of committee that reviews and recommends disposition of payroll and voucher claims and demands. Recommendations are made to City Council. There is a gap in the minutes between 1916 and 1921.

Records relating to the Seattle Pilots' short residence in the city, including maintenance files for Sick's Stadium and documents relating to various lawsuits after the team left Seattle.

Requisition ledger for blacksmith shop supplies. Arranged alphabetically by item requisitioned . Includes item, date, requisition number, amount, and supplier.

Annual reports of the Board of Adjustment.

Correspondence from the Board of Examiners relating to applications for examination, exam results, and notices of examination dates.

Proceedings of Board of Fire Commissioners meetings, 1890-1896.

Minutes of the Board of Health, 1890 to 1908.

Minutes of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1890 to 1991. Includes information on parks improvements, use of Parks lands, and budget information.

Series contains resolutions passed by the Commissioners authorizing the expenditure of funds, accepting donations of funds and gifts, expressing the Board's intent to undertake park improvements, granting permission for use of facilities, and conveying Board policy. Prior to 1922, the test of resolutions was included in the Board minutes.

Proceedings of Board of Police Commissioners meetings, 1890-1896.

Annual reports for the Seattle Board of Public Works. Reports provide statistical information, an overview of important areas of City development, and names of Board members.

Correspondence to departments and contractors especially regarding awards of contracts. Indexed by correspondent.

Correspondence, reports, applications, permits, petitions, and contracts relating to construction, condemnations, street use, franchises, and rights of way. This series is an artificial collection arranged alphabetically by subject.

Requests from the Board to the Corporation Council for legal opinions. Includes description of issue.

Newspaper clippings relating to construction and improvement projects, city planning, and downtown development. Especially interesting is information relating to post-World War II housing and economic development.

Ledger of supplies for Cedar River Watershed cook and bunkhouses. Includes type and amount of supplies, cost, date, and supplier.

Standardized reports filed by boards, commissions, committees, and task forces. Includes authorizing information such as dates established, ordinance authority, and appointment authority; administrative details such as membership requirements, terms, meeting dates, officers, subcommittees, members names, and attendance records; and program information such as current activities, planning for the following year, and historical information. Reports are arranged alphabetically by entity.

Brochures, guides, and flyers about the park system, programs, policies and specific parks and facilities. Also includes ephemera related to the Parks Department and its programs.

Informational pamphlets, mailings, brochures, and ephemera produced by the Office of the Mayor. Includes material from Wes Uhlman, Charles Royer, Norm Rice, Paul Schell, Greg Nickels, Mike McGinn, and Ed Murray.

Brochures, flyers, guides, and event schedules from the zoo. Also includes some zoo postcards, maps, and ephemera.

Committee records maintained by Jean Godden during her tenure leading the budget development process. Departments represented heavily in the records include City Light, Human Services, and the Police Department. Other topics include 2008 storm costs and the Rainy Day Fund Policy.

Annual reports of the Building Department, 1894 to 1977. The 1894-1895 reports are from the Dept. of Buildings, Bridges, and Wharves. Records include information on building construction and inspection, safety issues, and economic issues. Also included is information on permits, revenues, and buildings erected.

Instruction memoranda to employees relating to schedule changes, policies and procedures, etc. Includes bulletins of the Seattle Electric Company.

Slides and negatives of the Burke-Gilman Trail and other Seattle parks.

Working papers of Jim Hurd, cable communications coordinator when the office was part of the Board of Public Works. Includes correspondence, reports, reference materials, and citizen comments concerning the CATV ordinance, municipal ownership and other issues relating to the development and regulation of cable television in Seattle.

General correspondence to and from the various cable companies operating in Seattle.

Applications and permit copies for construction of cable lines in Seattle. Includes name of applicant and proposed locations. Also included are two folders of correspondence, reports, legal documents, and testimony regarding rents paid for attaching cable lines to City Light poles.

Records documenting the activities of the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Service Center.

Two photographs of Carolyn Hamilton's father, Arthur Herman Vagts with a Wallingford streetcar in 1918.

Correspondence, bid tabulations, notices of bid openings, and invoices concerning construction on the Cedar River Water Supply project.

Correspondence of the assistant City Engineer relating to improvements, construction, and extension of the Seattle water supply system.

Agreements between SWD and government and corporate entities relating to cooperative resource use, protection and miantenance in the watershed. Agreements cover logging, fire protection, and road maintenance, among other topics. Files include signed agreements, correspondence, memoranda, and meeting minutes and notes.

Over 300 maps dating from the 1890s to the 1970s depicting land acquisition of property in the City's Cedar River Watershed and pipelines.

Official census compiled by the City of Southeast Seattle to verify its population prior to annexation by Seattle. Included only the names of the 4,282 residents.

Records documenting the activities of the Central District neighborhood coordinator.

Records documenting the activities of the Central Neighborhood Service Center.

Certificates identifying candidates nominated to run in city elections. Elections up through 1910 were partisan and certificates were filed by political parties. Following a charter amendment in 1910, all municipal elections were non-partisan.

Correspondence of Chauncey W. Ferris, the first Comptroller of Seattle. Also includes correspondence from Ferris' tenure as City Clerk (1889-1890).

Records relating to Seattle's first urban renewal project.

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, and studies relating to planning, routing, rehabilitation of the system, and trackage and equipment. These are the files of M.D Anderberg.

Correspondence and memoranda from the Fire Chief relating to personnel actions including reprimands, promotions, hiring and firing. Also includes memoranda to other departments and Fire Marshal's notices of fire code violations.

Correspondence to and from the Advisory Board relating to cable communications.

Proceedings of the Citizens Cable Communications Advisory Board.

Records of the Citizens' Commission on Central America (1983-1986), including meeting minutes, correspondence, and draft legislation.

Records from a committee formed to provide comments and recommendations to Seattle City Light regarding electric rate increases.

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, notes, and other materials related to the City Council's weekly briefings meetings. The meetings provide Council members the opportunity to apprise one another of issues that will be coming to the Council and to receive briefings from other City staff on programs, projects, and issues of concern for the Council. The meetings were formerly known as the City Council Business Meetings. Note that there are some years missing from the series.

Reports of suggested changes by the City Council to departmental proposed budgets during annual budget deliberations. For most years, this series includes summaries of votes by Councilmembers. Also includes reports of estimated city revenues.

Weekly listing of all City Council meetings, regular and special committee meetings, public hearings, and the schedule for Channel 28, the City-owned government access cable television station. First named the Hearings Calendar, the schedules were later called "Two-Week Look Ahead."

News releases issued by the City Council and its various committees covering the full range of issues that come before the Council, hearing dates and schedules, and resolutions.

Newsletters published for city employees. Some contain general news, while others are specific to particular issues such as safety or diversity.

Annual reports of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System.

The Board of Administration of the City Employees Retirement System (CERS) oversees the city's pension program for its employees. The retirement system, including its Board of Administration, was established by ordinance in 1929. Meeting minutes discuss benefits, insurance, investments, disability stipends, and program administration.

Correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and advertisements relating to the Skagit River, power rates, and City Light advertisements.

Narrative and statistical reports detailing the activities, projects, and programs of Seattle's public power utility. The reports provide broad outlines of the development of hydroelectric power systems and the extension of lighting services in the City.

Brochures, flyers, and other publications published by City Light. Also includes ephemera and Skagit postcards.

The survey was conducted by Seattle City Light in 1984 to gather economic and energy use characteristics of large industrial customers in the Seattle area. The survey, carried out by the Load Forecasting Section, covered two concerns: energy costs and plant characteristics, and economic characteristics. Among the customers surveyed were Bethlehem Steel, Olumpic Foundry, Seattle Times, Rainier Brewery, Aitron, and Darigold.

Various publications produced by City Light.

Summary personnel information for City Light employees. Includes name, job title, pay rate, dates of job changes or personnel action, and address. Arranged alphabetically.

Charts, figures, statistics, performance curves, schematics, diagrams, cost estimates, computations, graphs, property agreements, and reservoir capacity figures on the Skagit River Power Development Project and the Cedar Falls Power Plant. Includes data for the Gorge Powerhouse and Diablo Dam.

Proceedings of the Ballard City Council. Includes vote results by precinct of annual city elections.

Numerical listing of municipal laws passed by the Ballard City Council.

Numerical register of warrants issued by the City of Ballard. Includes warrant number, date, to whom issued, amount, and reason for issue.

Financial demands and claims against the City of Ballard for services rendered. Includes name of claimant, date of demand, service rendered, number of warrant issued, amount, and date.

Official files on local street and sewer improvements. Includes assessment rolls, majority petitions, bids, bonds, contracts, work completed, estimates, City Council reports, assessment collection statements, and hearing determinations. Arranged alphabetically by street and numerically by district.

Proceedings of the Georgetown City Council

Ordinances passed by the Georgetown City Council.

Administrative records of Georgetown filed with the City Clerk. Includes bids and proposals, specifications, correspondence, city officials' reports, franchises, petitions, and oaths of office. The bulk of records relate to local improvements, extension of city services, and franchise administration.

Financial demands against the city of Georgetown for services rendered. Includes name of claimant, date of claim, amount, reasons for demand, warrant number, date warrant issued, and amount. Volume Two is titled Synoptic Journal and Cash Book.

Official City of Seattle websites and related social media sites harvested through Archive-It beginning in July 2012.

Proceedings of the Southeast Seattle Town Council. Includes oaths of office, newspaper clippings regarding incorporation and movement toward annexation, and petitions and a resolution supporting annexation to the City of Seattle.

Ordinances passed by the Southeast Seattle Town Council.

Proceedings of the West Seattle City Council

Ordinances passed by the West Seattle City Council.

Administrative records of West Seattle filed with the City Clerk. Includes contracts, bonds, correspondence, city officials' reports, franchises, oaths of office, petitions, resolutions, and bids and proposals. Filed alphabetically by subject or record type.

This project was designed to compile lists of all department heads and elected officials, including dates of service, from creation of a City agency to the present. Completed lists include Mayors, City Council, City Attorney, Comptroller, Treasurer, Police Chief, Parks Superintendent, and Superintendent of Lighting. Also included are notes from City Charters relating to City officials and departments.

Committee agendas, voting records, background materials, and draft legislation relating to municipal utilities and other city-wide municipal operations.

Correspondence, copies of ordinances, newspaper articles, and graphic materials related to the official seal of the City of Seattle. Included are records of proposals for new official seals, previous seals, and the art work from a City-sponsored contest to create a new seal. The current official seal was adopted in 1937.

Record of 1892 city taxes collected between October 1892 and March 1893. Includes date collected, name of individual, and amount of city tax and grade tax.

Correspondence, minutes, salary schedules, and job descriptions related to "properly" classifying the positions in Seattle's civil service system. The commission met for nearly three years before submitting its final report.

Annual reports for the Civil Service Commission, including Labor Commissioner reports, Office Early reports, and Civil Service reports. Appendices include more detailed information, such as statistics, rulings, and amendments.

Job classification specifications compiled by Public Administration Service for the Civil Service Commission. Includes a schematic list of civil service job titles and a set of classification specifications that defines, illustrates, and evaluates the duties of the positions in each class.

Three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to employment with city government, 1934-1947, including information about civil service exams, employee training, job reclassification, salary changes, and retirement.

Correspondence and notices of personnel actions to and from the Civil Service Department.

Correspondence and civil service forms relating to promotions, notices of appointment, separations, misconduct reports, injury reports, requests for certification, and returns to service.

Copies of Civil Service examinations given to establish employment registers. Arranged chronologically. Most of the series dates from 1903-1934; there are a smaller number of later exams for positions in the Personnel Department.

Published laws and rules governing the City's civil service system.

Log maintained by City Council for claims against the City. Includes date, person or corporate entity filing claim, claim number, and nature of the claim. In some instances entry also includes notation of whether claim was allowed, Council Bill number of legislation authorizing payment, fund claim drawn on, and amount to be paid.

Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, publicity materials, and flyers relating to civilian defense activities during World War II. Haggen was Chief Air Raid Warden with the Civilian Protection Division, Seattle Civilian War Commission.

Monthly publication published by City Light and the Employee Association with departmental and employee news. Illustrated. The City Light Employees' Association (CLEA), began in 1937 as a non-profit organization administered by volunteer employees for the employees of City Light. Its purpose is to promote employee morale by offering activities and discount benefits to its members.

This numerical log beginning with CF number 1 (1895) includes number, description of the file, filing date, disposition of the file when City Council action is required, and, more recently, committee referrals. Formerly called Comptroller File Logbooks.

Publication for DPD customers explaining various issues of code compliance and permitting.

Two scrapbooks containing materials relating to Gordon Clinton's mayoral races in 1956 and 1960. Clinton won both elections.

Photographs documenting Mayor Gordon Clinton's visits to Manila, Philippines; Kobe, Japan; and Taipei, Taiwan.

Collection of various City codes filed with the City Clerk. Includes building, plumbing, electrical, fire, zoning, boiler, flammable liquid, and mechanical codes, among others. Also includes standard specifications and the 1936 compilation of general ordinances.

Summaries of civil and criminal cases heard in Justice Court for the City of Columbia Precinct before annexation to Seattle.

Proceedings of Columbia City Council.

Ordinances passed by the City Council and arranged in two numerical series. Ordinances 1-185 cover the period 1893-1906. A second series, numbered 1-61, was begun when Columbia achieved city of the third class status in 1906. Volume Two also contains Resolutions passed by City Council.

Register of demands against the City of Columbia. Includes date of demand, name of claimant, amount, reason for demand, warrant number, and date issued.

Numerical register of warrants issued by City of Columbia for services. Includes warrant number, amount paid, date, to whom issued, and reason for payment.

Majority petitions, assessment rolls, collection receipts, affidavits of publication, contracts, bonds, cost estimates, and work completed reports relating to local street and sewer improvements. Arranged numerically by district.

Background materials for City Council members for issues discussed at Committee of the Whole meetings. Includes summary of issues, proposals, draft legislation, calendar of meetings, and table of contents.

Records of the committee during Clark's tenure as chair.

Records documenting DCD's administration of Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Performance reports submitted to HUD regarding activities funded by Community Development Block Grants.

Correspondence, reports, program plans and project summaries, financial monitoring records, and letters of authority to expend funds for block grant funded programs. Seattle's block grant programs concentrate in low income neighborhoods and focus on housing rehabilitation; extension of human services such as child care, nutrition, victim advocacy, medical services, and employment and training; and neighborhood improvement through economic development.

Records documenting work on Community Development Block Grant projects in Seattle.

Land use and census data maps illustrating Seattle's housing and population characteristics during the early 1960s.

Records of Frank McChesney from his work with Seattle's Community Renewal Program (CRP). McChesney was the first project director of CRP and later served as Senior Urban Renewal Planner for the City.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, City Council briefings, and press clippings relating to issues before the Seattle City Council during Compton's tenure. Major topics of interest to Compton were technology and public safety.

Collection consists of two photo albums depicting images of amusement rides at Seattle Center's Fun Forest, aerial views of Seattle Center, and unidentified amusement park grounds.

Correspondence, statements of cost, petitions, ordinances, maps, and judgements on verdicts relating to property condemned by the City for municipal use. Also includes list of assessment roles filed 1908-1927. Files are arranged numerically from 1-377 and chronologically thereafter.

Applications for conditional use permits and variances, CPC committee recommendations, and Commission action. Includes correspondence and notices of hearings.

Reports to the Civil Service Department concerning conduct of men in each company. Filed monthly.

Newsletter for department employees covering projects, programs, and personnel news.

Correspondence and contracts for purchase of equipment, capital improvements, land acquisitions and extension of track. Includes some material from the Seattle Electric Company.

Correspondence and contracts let for rehabilitation of the city's transit system.

Correspondence, cost estimates, facility information sheets, reports, brochures, and lead sheets regarding negotiations and contracts for conventions at Seattle Center between 1974-1987. Includes conventions held and those not successfully negotiated or sold.

Correspondence and reports from the Civil Service Commission. Includes reports on personnel actions, answers to requests for information, and commission findings.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the SWC. Arranged chronologically.

Correspondence, certificates, deeds, petitions, and newspaper clippings relating to the Board of Eminent Domain Commissioners work in condemnation cases. Arranged alphabetically with case correspondence at the front.

Correspondence of Comptroller Will H. Parry in his capacity as City Clerk. Includes an index. Also included in the volume is an inventory of records and equipment stored in the City Clerk's records' vaults.

Mayoral correspondence dealing especially with fire protection services and equipment. Moran was mayor during and immediately after the fire that destroyed Seattle's commercial district in 1889.

Urban Renewal Program correspondence, arranged chronologically.

Correspondence of the Planning Commission.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and planning files relating to coordination of American Bicentennial activities in Seattle and King County.

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.

Drawings, cost estimates, correspondence, photographs, and copies of ordinances relating to purchases of equipment, laying track, and constructing facilities.

Numerical log or register of Council Bills arranged in three forms. Early logbooks (1898-1922) include Council Bill, title, and date of introduction. A card file (1906-1954) contains CB number, ordinance number if applicable, title, reference to City Council minutes, and disposition of the bill. Current logbooks (1955-present) include CB numbers and titles, ordinance number if applicable, committee referrals, reading dates, and disposition.

Correspondence, draft legislation, reports, notes, and staff analysis related to issues and legislation discussed by the Culture, Arts, and Parks Committee during Licata's tenure as chair.

Computer program and data files on 8 compact discs; ISO 9660 compliant. Discs include ARCview GIS software necessary for viewing data. Software and data files are designed to permit interactive thematic mapping; accompanying documentation includes user's guide and documentation. Data is from 1997.

Deeds to the City providing legal evidence of property ownership by the City. Includes quit claim deeds, warranty deeds, leases, easements, deeds of dedication, and other property instruments. Records are incomplete for deeds numbered 1-5900.

Roll of delinquent 1892 taxes for the City of Ballard. Includes name, property description, total valuation of real property, total delinquent tax, and if applicable, sewer fund tax, interest due, penalty for delinquency, and cost of advertising delinquency notice. Also includes date of payment. All outstanding delinquent taxes were forgiven in 1923 by Ordinance 45744.

Roll of delinquent assessments for local improvement districts created by Town of Columbia Ordinances 29, 31, 32. Includes property description, owner, frontage feet, per foot assessment, total cost, penalty interest, total delinquent charge, amount and date paid, and special notes.

Delinquent assessment roll for local improvement districts in South Park. Includes property description, owner name, frontage feet, assessment, penalties and interest, total due, date paid and name of payee.

Lists of delinquent City taxes turned over to the King County Treasurer for collection. Once collected, proceeds were returned to the City Clerk. Includes name of delinquent individual or business, description of property, assessed valuation, and taxes owed. One volume (1876-1877) includes a list of collections returned to the City.

Record of delinquent taxes on real property for the years 1873-1884 and 1889-1890. Includes owner's name, legal description, year assessed, original tax, total tax collected, and sales information when property was sold to satisfy delinquent taxes.

Rolls of delinquent City taxes and register of sales and redemptions. Includes property description, valuation, delinquent tax, name of purchaser (when relevant), amount paid, and date. Ordinance 29695 (1912) released all City claims to property liens recorded in volume 1 and Ordinance 45744 released claims from volume 2.

Records relating to the search, evaluation, selection, and appointment of candidates for department director positions. Includes appointments, oaths of office, resumes and references, background checks, search committee records, organization charts, public disclosure forms, and other materials related to searches.

Newsletters published by the Department of General Services and the Department of Administrative Services. Includes publications for both employees and customers.

Annual reports for the Department of Administrative Services and its predecessor, the General Services Department. Iincluded are brief narratives regarding divisions, statistical information, and an overview of the City's data processing services.

Annual reports of the Department of Community Development.

Newsletters and brochures produced by DCD relating to topics such as urban renewal, block grants, and business development.

Working papers, correspondence, and subject files of Department of Community Development directors. Includes memoranda, notes, and reports relating to project and program development and City planning. Major issues covered include housing, economic development, neighborhood revitalization, urban renewal, and downtown planning.

Grant applications, financial plans, guidelines, correspondence, and reports relating to renewal projects and neighborhood improvements. Non-cash grants in aid represent non-project funds and are considered the City's share of project costs.

Correspondence, reports, minutes, and maps relating to the Unity 71 Project, an urban development project in Seattle's Central Area, 1970-1972.

Agendas, minutes, correspondence, and audio tapes of meetings of the City Neighborhood Council. Records reflect important issues, including neighborhood planning, the role of the Council, the Neighborhood Matching Fund, and district boundaries.

Contents include various parks and P-patches in Seattle.

Images document public works projects, including sewer construction, and document a large number of landslides within the City.

Correspondence, reports, organization charts, mission statements, and proposed models regarding the dissolution of the Department of Community Development and the reorganization of its functions into the Department of Neighborhoods and the Department of Housing and Human Services.

Newsletters and brochures produced by the department.

Newsletters published by the Police Department as well as the Seattle Police Officers' Guild. Also includes brochures and several informational packets produced by the department.

Publications produced by SDOT, including employee newsletters, project updates, and brochures.

Newsletters and brochures published by SPU. Includes some electronic copies.

Newsletters and brochures published by the Water Department.

Newsletters and brochures published by the Office for Women's Rights, the Seattle Women's Commission, and the Seattle Commission for Lesbians and Gays.

Various newsletters and statistical reports published by the department. Also includes some brochures.

Newsletters published by the department as well as the union, the officers' association, a fire buff society, and others. Also includes brochures and Fire Department ephemera.

Newsletters and brochures produced by the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Housing and Human Services, and the Human Services Department.

Publications produced by the department, including informational brochures about City Council, employee newsletters, materials sent out by individual Councilmembers, and publications of the Office of the City Clerk, including the City Records Management Program and the Seattle Municipal Archives.

Publications produced by the office, including several newsletters reporting on legislation in Olympia that had implications for Seattle.

Register of guests and visitors to the Engineer's Camp during the construction of the Diablo Dam. Contains signatures, the city or country from which the guest was visiting, and the date of the visit. Most of the guests were from Seattle or Portland, but some did visit from Chicago, Washington DC, the U.S.S.R., and Japan.

The Disaster Management Committee was made up of representatives from multiple city departments, including Engineering, City Light, Parks, Law, Police, and Fire. The committee worked on various issues related to the city's disaster preparedness, including equipment, preparedness exercises, communications, supplies, and training. These records document the committee's discussions and recommendations.

Employment and housing discrimination complaints filed with the Office for Civil Rights (previously the Human Rights Department). Complaints are investigated and attempts are made to reach a settlement between the parties in order to avoid taking the complaint to the courts. Records include the charge or complaint, the investigator's activity log, witness statements, findings of facts, conciliation statements, pre-determination statements, file closure memoranda, and appeal statements.

Record of payments for equipment and supplies, building repair and maintenance, utilities, payroll, and other department expenses. Includes voucher number, name of payer, service or account type, and amount paid. Annual recapitulations are arranged by engine company and totaled by month.

The bulk of the annual reports for the Division of Purchases date from 1937 to 1950, with a few from the 1970s. The earliest report, for 1922, appears to be a draft. The reports summarize work done during the year and list savings.

Created in May 1971, the Division on Aging developed and maintained a comprehensive and coordinated planning and service delivery system for older citizens of Seattle and King County. It is sponsored by the City of Seattle, King County and United Way of King County and administers the Mayor's Office For Senior Citizens. In 1998 its name changed to the Division of Aging and Disability Services.

Records and photographs relating to Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, 1876-1979, compiled by Don Sherwood.

Correspondence, publications, and promotional materials relating to the City's attempt to lure Chiyoda Chemical and Engineering Construction Company of Japan to build a plant in Seattle.

Customer newsletter from the Department of Planning and Development with updates on planning, permits, and zoning. From 1985-2002 the publication was titled "DCLUInfo." In 2010, it began being published in electronic format only.

Agendas, correspondence, background materials, reports, and draft legislation relating to taxation, grants, public corporations, and a wide variety of business issues.

Committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, draft legislation, and notes related to issues before the Business, Economic and Community Development Committee.

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, notes, and other materials related to issues before the City Council's Finance, Budget and Economic Development Committee.

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, agendas, draft legislation, and other materials related to municipal finances and business matters that came before the committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

Agendas, correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, draft legislation, and other materials related to general government business matters and labor issues that came before the committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and staff notes relating to pedestrian safety issues referred to the Committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

Records relating to economic development planning.

Agendas for City Council's Education Committee. Agendas include number and title of legislation, resolutions, and comptroller files.

Tabulations and official certifications of municipal primary, general, and special elections. Includes oversized tabulations by ward and precinct for 1910-1922. Canvasses by City Council include official vote counts for candidates, and certifications by City Council and King County Elections are official designations of election winners. Also included are sample ballots and a sheet with instructions for voting.

The Electrical Code Review Board was established by ordinance in 1964; its name was changed to the Electrical Code Advisory Board in 1969. It provided the City Council with research and recommendations for proposed changes to the building code. The board merged with the Building Code Advisory Board in 1992 to become the Construction Codes Advisory Board. Meeting minutes discuss issues including electrical equipment, inspections, and enforcement issues.

Register of individuals eligible to work as laborers on Seattle's public works projects. Includes name, address, ward, age, type of work sought, and general examination average and rank. Also includes date certified for employment, employing department, position, wage, and other comments. This register was replaced by a card file in 1905.

Evaluation reports, correspondence, administrative documents and 1.44 MB hard disks recording the exercises. The files date from 1991 to 2000. Subjects include Soundshake 95 (a county-wide earthquake drill), Seattle Disaster Aid and Response Teams neighborhood drills from 1996, and 1998 and 2000 Weapons of Mass Destruction response drills.

Administrative records from Seattle's Emergency Operations Center.

Departmental policies and procedures for response to emergencies affecting the City and the water system. Outlines general plan and specific responses to earthquakes, contamination, chemical spills, power failures, communication failures, civil and employee disturbances, landslides, floods, and nuclear disaster.

Official job announcements published by the Personnel Department

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, reports, notes, and agendas for the Energy and Environmental Policy Committee during Will's tenure as committee chair.

Committee records maintained by Jean Godden during her tenure as committee chair. These records include committee calendars with rosters of issues, correspondence, reports, presentations and draft legislation relating to Seattle City Light, environmental policy, information technology planning, telecommunications and the City's website. This committee was formerly known as the Energy and Environmental Policy Committee, but changed in early 2006.

Records include committee agendas, staff reports, correspondence, notes, and draft legislation relating to energy issues during Rice's tenure as chair of the Energy Committee.

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, staff reports, and other committee records from Harrell's tenure as committee chair. Issues addressed include broadband service, energy risk management, the digital television transition, body-mounted cameras for police officers, streetlight repair, and the city's response to the winter 2008 storm. From 2008 through 2009, the body was named the Energy and Technology Committee.