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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle

 Subject
Subject Source: Nwda

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Adjudication Committee Minutes

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5200-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1892-1911

Mayor's Office Audio Recordings

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5200-02
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1974-1978

Mayor's Office Brochures and Mailings

 Series
Identifier: 5200-06
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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.

Dates: 1970-2010

Citizen's Commission on Central America Records

 Series
Identifier: 4102-01
Abstract

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

Dates: 1983-1986

City Employee Newsletters

 Series
Identifier: 0002-01
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Newsletters published for city employees. Some contain general news, while others are specific to particular issues such as safety or diversity.

Dates: 1972-2002

Gordon Clinton Election Scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: 5219-05
Abstract

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

Dates: 1956-1960

Gordon Clinton Photographs

 Series
Identifier: 5219-04
Abstract

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

Dates: 1959

Robert Moran Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5255-01
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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.

Dates: 1889-1890

Mayoral Proclamations

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5210-03
Scope and Contents note

Proclamations issued by the Mayor honoring individuals or organizations, or declaring the City's support for issues outside the City's governance. Files include supporting materials and correspondence from organizations requesting proclamations.

Dates: 1950-1969

Gordon S. Clinton Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5219-01
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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

William Earl Millikin Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5252-01
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Correspondence, reports, studies and speeches relating to Millikin's term as Mayor. Subjects include national defense, censorship, wartime housing, shacktowns, and wartime labor relations. There are also records related to the internment of Japanese citizens and aliens during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1942

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

Mayor's Office Central Files

 Series
Identifier: 5200-07
Abstract

Central file created and maintained by the Office of the Mayor.

Dates: 1979-2002

Mayor's Reorganization Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 5005-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, issues papers, newspaper clippings, and presentation materials relating to Mayor Royer's departmental reorganization proposals in 1978-1979. Target areas included the Executive Department, transportation planning, utilities, land use, energy, internal or general services, and housing. Arranged into 14 sub-series by issue area and record type.

Dates: 1972-1980

Greg Nickels Subject Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5259-01
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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materials relating to City programs and services during the Nickels administration. Records are arranged by year and then grouped by City function: for example, transportation, public safety, economic development, parks, human services, and so on. Major topics covered include environmental issues, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, public utilities, civil rights, neighborhood issues, and Seattle Public Schools.

Dates: 2002-2009

Greg Nickels Mayoral Proclamations

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5259-02
Scope and Contents note

Ceremonial documents issued by the Mayor honoring individuals and organizations, and celebrating special events. Records include a copy of the proclamation and information about the honoree or the event being celebrated.

Dates: 2002-2009

Greg Nickels Weekly Reports

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5259-03
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Activity reports sent to the Mayor each week from executive department directors. The reports highlight issues needing attention and document progress on departmental projects and goals. Reports are filed chronologically.

Dates: 2002-2008

Greg Nickels Executive Team Meeting Packets

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5259-04
Scope and Contents note

Agendas and background materials for the Mayor's weekly meetings with the executive team, which was made up of City department heads.

Dates: 2002-2009

Greg Nickels Senior Staff Meeting Packets

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5259-05
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Agendas and background materials for the Mayor's regular meetings with his senior staff aides.

Dates: 2002-2009

Edsonya Charles Records

 Series
Identifier: 5259-06
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Charles served as legal counsel to Mayor Nickels. Her records focus largely on police issues and public safety, including racial profiling, police accountability, urban search and rescue, use of firearms and less lethal weapons, emergency preparedness, and marine fire protection. Other topics covered in the records include the Seattle Municipal Court, homelessness, alcohol impact areas, and children and youth issues.

Dates: 1990-2004; 2000-2002

Records of the Office of the Mayor

 Series
Identifier: 5210-01
Scope and Contents note Records from the Seattle Mayor's Office mainly from the files of Dorm Braman and Gordon Clinton, but also including material from Floyd Miller's brief term, as well as a small amount from the beginning of Wes Uhlman's time in office. The records reflect a wide variety of issues of public interest in the 1960s. Concerns relating to discrimination, open housing, and civil rights are documented at length. Specifically, photos of the 1964 CORE-sponsored demonstration at realtor office Picture...
Dates: 1956-1970

Norm Rice Weekly Department Reports

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5272-04
Scope and Contents note Activity reports filed with the Mayor each week by Executive Department directors and superintendents. The reports include items needing the attention of the Mayor, and progress reports on departmental and mayoral work program goals. The records are useful in establishing a chronology of departmental activities and for identifying high profile news events involving City agencies. The reports are arranged chronologically and then by City department. Reports exist only for the first two years...
Dates: 1990-1991

Norm Rice Mayoral Proclamations

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5272-05
Scope and Contents note

Ceremonial documents issued by the Mayor honoring individuals or organizations, or declaring the City's support for issues outside the City's governance. Records are arranged chronologically and without an index.

Dates: 1990-1997

Norm Rice Photographs

 Series
Identifier: 5272-07
Scope and Contents note Photographs, primarily informal, of Norman Rice's tenure as Seattle mayor and some from his years as Councilmember and before. Most are color photographs, but some black and white photographs are also included. Represented in the images are campaigns, city events, political events, meetings and conferences (including the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National Black Bar Association Conference), visits to Seattle by dignitaries and celebrities, and sister city events and travel. Events...
Dates: 1978-1997

Arlene Oki Records

 Series
Identifier: 5274-15
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports and studies relating primarily to Seattle Public Schools, the International District, and housing and neighborhood development issues.

Dates: 1978-1982