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Found in 1150 Collections and/or Records:

Index Clerk's Record of Local Improvement Rolls Received

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8003-05
Scope and Contents note

Register of all local improvement assessment rolls received by the Office of the Treasurer. Includes district number, ordinance number authorizing improvement, street name, nature of improvement, installment date, length of time for bond, percent, volume and page number, and date received. Arranged by district number.

Dates: 1892-1952

Index to City Officials and Employees

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1802-05
Scope and Contents note

Alphabetical index to Personal Record Files (Series 1802-06). Includes file number, name, and position.

Dates: 1890-1904

Index to Council Proceedings

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1801-13
Scope and Contents note

One volume is divided into five sections: three sections cross-reference Council Bill, Resolution, and Ordinance numbers to volumes and pages of the minutes; and two sections cross-reference by subject. The second volume indexes volumes 12-21 of the minutes chronologically by broad subject headings.

Dates: 1896-1910

Index to Council Resolutions

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1801-11
Scope and Contents note

Index to Resolutions in Series 1890 through Series 1904. This record indexes the bound volumes of Resolutions and is divided into four sections: 1) cross-references Resolution number to volume and page; 2) detailed subject index; 3) broad generic subject index; and 4) index to street improvements. Entries include subject term, resolution number, volume number, and page.

Dates: 1890-1906

Index to Deeds and Easements

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1803-05
Scope and Contents note An automated index is maintained by the Office of the City Clerk. It includes deed or easement number, date filed with the City Clerk, King County recording number, authorizing City ordinance number, name of grantor, and legal description of the property. The old manual back-up indexes (1884-1992) include volumes recording deeds alphabetically by plat or township/range coordinates. Entries include file number, grantor, type of instrument, property description, ordinance number, date, and...
Dates: 1884-2017

Index to Engineering Department Negatives

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2613-13
Scope and Contents note

Index to Engineering Department negatives. Includes a card index organized alphabetically by subject and proper name covering primarily the mid-1950s to 1996. Two volumes of Kroll Maps serve as a geographical index covering 1914 to 1968 (with large gaps). Negative numbers are entered on the maps at the site the photographs were taken.

Dates: 1914-1996

Index to the Board of Park Commissioners Minutes

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5800-03
Scope and Contents note This manual card file index to the proceedings of the Board of Park Commissioners is arranged alphabetically by topic. Broad categories such as Boulevards, Parks, and Playfields are arranged within the categories alphabetically by facility or site. Two systems of indexing were used in creating the index cards. The systems overlap chronologically and the cards are interspersed. The first format includes a brief entry of index data, a Minute volume page number, and the volume number listed in...
Dates: 1921-1963

Industrial Areas Zoning Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 4605-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, working papers, testimony, petitions, reports, recommendations, and draft legislation relating to a new industrial commercial areas zoning code.

Dates: 1984-1987

Interdepartmental Neighborhood Coordinating Committee Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5755-01
Scope and Contents note The Interdepartmental Neighborhood Coordinating Committee (INCC) was created in the Office of Neighborhoods in 1988 with a broad mission of coordinating departmental responses to neighborhood needs. The mission was later narrowed to focus on improving citizen access to City departments. The INCC was comprised primarily of public information officers and other public contact people from departments that interacted regularly with neighborhoods. The records include correspondence, schedules of...
Dates: 1988-1990

International Special Review District Board Minutes

 Series
Identifier: 5754-C1
Scope and Contents note The Office of Urban Conservation was created in 1975 as part of the Department of Community Development (DCD). It was founded in an era of citizen protests against a proposed urban renewal program that would have demolished Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market. The office’s mandate was to coordinate Seattle’s historic preservation programs and administer the city’s landmark boards and historic districts. When DCD was abolished in 1992, the office became the Historic Preservation Program in...
Dates: 1974-2024

International Special Review District Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 5754-C2
Scope and Contents note The Office of Urban Conservation was created in 1975 as part of the Department of Community Development (DCD). It was founded in an era of citizen protests against a proposed urban renewal program that would have demolished Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market. The office’s mandate was to coordinate Seattle’s historic preservation programs and administer the city’s landmark boards and historic districts. When DCD was abolished in 1992, the office became the Historic Preservation Program in...
Dates: 1973-2002

Neighborhood Architecture Photographs and Surveys

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1629-02
Abstract

Surveys, maps, and photographs documenting neighborhood architecture.

Dates: 1975-1977

James D. Braman, Jr. Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 1600-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and memoranda of James Braman, director of Department of Community Development from 1969-1974.

Dates: 1969-1974

James D. Braman, Jr. Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 1600-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and reference materials relating to DCD's activities, project, and mission. These are the Director's personal office files and include some materials of an administrative nature. Arranged alphabetically.

Dates: 1969-1974

Jim Skinner Photograph Collection

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 9975-01
Scope and Contents note

57 color slides; subjects include 1951 aerials of Seattle and surrounding area, the 1959 Gold Cup Seafair hydroplane race, the 1962 Seattle World's Fair grounds and the Ice Follies, and 1963 shots of the Seattle Center.Aerials outside of Seattle include Deception Pass and the San Juan Islands. All photographs taken by Dr. Laurence Skinner, known as Jim.

Dates: 1959-1963

John J. Tobin Motion Picture Film Collection

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 9950-01
Scope and Contents note Six films documenting personal and government history in the Seattle area and beyond. Included are 16mm personal films of Our Lady Catholic Church at Ross Dam, I% freeway construction, the Canadian US border at Huntingon, the dedication of the King County Medical Service Corporation, Lud Kramer at his desk, and a flood in Lake City. Items are cataloged in ...
Dates: 1946-1964

John Riplinger Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1800-10
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence of John Riplinger, City Comptroller, related to city finances, investments, and city purchases. Riplinger fled Seattle in 1906 after defaulting on 68,000 dollars in City funds. These records do not relate the defalcation.

Dates: 1905-1906

Joint Seattle School Board/Seattle City Council Committee Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4623-07
Scope and Contents note

Agendas, correspondence, and reports of joint meetings between the City Council and the Seattle School Board. The Committee was established to strengthen the relationship between the City and the School District and to explores areas for building on the existing partnerships between the two. Among the many topics covered are the Families and Education Levy, joint use of school and Parks Department properties, and school-to-work issues.

Dates: 1998-1999

Journeyman Plumbers Examination Board Minutes

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6007-01
Scope and Contents note

Proceedings of board established in 1926 to examine plumbers. Includes lists of names, test scores, and individuals who passed exam.

Dates: 1926-1973

Justice Court Journal

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5603-04
Scope and Contents note

Court journal of Justice Robert R. George containing a log of civil and criminal cases heard by him in early 1901. It includes summary information: names of the plaintiff and defendant, names of attorneys, charged offense, plea, bail, name of witness(es), and judgment, but does not include case numbers. This series appears to be a record maintained by the judge during the course of hearings and trials.

Dates: 1901

Justice of the Peace Calendars

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5603-02
Scope and Contents note

Schedule of civil and criminal cases heard in Justice Court by Justice John B. Gordon. Includes case number, parties to the case, attorneys, time, and "court minutes" (offense, continuances, judgment). Case numbers do not correspond to the case numbers in the Criminal Dockets.

Dates: 1905-1923

Justice of the Peace Dockets

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5603-03
Scope and Contents note Summary of civil and criminal cases heard in Justice Court. Includes case number, date, names of parties to the case, offense, fees, and judgment. Each record also contains an account of the progression of the case, with dates of filings, subpoenas, hearings, and trials. Case numbers do not correspond to case numbers in the Criminal Dockets. Volume 15 contains cases in 1892 and 1893, and then was later used by a different judge for unnumbered cases from 1899 to 1900. The majority of civil...
Dates: 1890-1900

KidsPlace Records

 Series
Identifier: 2105-03
Abstract

Records documenting a project to make Seattle a child-friendly city.

Dates: 1984-1991

Kiehl-Mann Photograph Collection

 Series
Identifier: 9945-01
Scope and Contents note The original Kiehl negatives and photograph albums are at the University of Washington Special Collections. Most of Kiehl's photographs were taken while he was stationed at Fort Lawton although images include ones of his family at Fort Lawton, Port Townsend and other locations. Photographs of the family camping, the children posing, and automobile trips, are included with photographs of buildings and work at Fort Lawton. The material documenting Fort Lawton was collected and donated by Sara...
Dates: 1891-1987

King-Snohomish Manpower Consortium Records

 Series
Identifier: 4009-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, and reports relating to KSMC, the region's CETA coordinating agency. Included in the records are minutes of the KSMC executive board for 1979-1983.

Dates: 1978-1983