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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle

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Subject Source: Nwda

Found in 1150 Collections and/or Records:

Cherry Hill Urban Renewal Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 1642-11
Abstract

Records relating to Seattle's first urban renewal project.

Dates: 1959-1976

Municipal Street Railway System Chief Engineer's Records

 Series
Identifier: 5701-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1920-1942

Fire Chief's General Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 2801-01
Scope and Contents note Correspondence relating to Fire Department activities. Includes information on equipment needs and purchases, department budget, code violations, assessments of station sites, equipment and apparatus evaluations, and personnel matters. The first two boxes contain outgoing correspondence in bound volumes for the years 1894 to 1928. Outgoing and incoming correspondence overlaps with the volumes and dates from 1903 to 1951. Included is correspondence from Chief Stetson with his son Horatio,...
Dates: 1894-1951

Fire Chief's Intradepartmental Memoranda

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2801-02
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1895-1917

Citizens Cable Communications Advisory Board Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0810-02
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1971-1985

Citizens Cable Communications Advisory Board Minutes

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0810-01
Scope and Contents note

Proceedings of the Citizens Cable Communications Advisory Board.

Dates: 1971-1985

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

Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records

 Series
Identifier: 9569-01
Abstract

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

Dates: 1980-1988

City Council Bill Books

 Series
Identifier: 1801-77
Scope and Contents note Council Bill Books are materials before Council during Full Council Meetings to assist in the decision making process. The Bill Books can contain lists of council bills for introduction and referral, copies of council bills, exhibits for council bills, and analyses prepared by central staff on specific issues. Background materials for Clerk Files and Resolutions can also be included. Additional non-legislative items may be included as well, depending on the agenda; biographical data on...
Dates: 1997-2020

City Council Briefing Meeting Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4600-07
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1985-2022

City Council Budget Reports and Actions

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4604-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1975-1992

City Council Committee Agendas

 Series
Identifier: 4600-10
Scope and Contents note The agendas document the date, time, and topics for meetings of City Council regular and special committees. Committees are organized around core City functions. They hear briefings from City department representatives and consider legislation to be forwarded to the full City Council for vote. Each agenda includes the name of the committee, a list of committee members, staff to the committee, contact information for the committee chair, a brief statement of each agenda item, recommended...
Dates: 1964-2013

City Council Meeting Agendas

 Series
Identifier: 4600-05
Scope and Contents note Agendas for the weekly meetings of the City Council. The Agendas include legislation titles and Committee recommendations regarding passage of items. For some years there are lists of legislation passed at each meeting. Agendas can be found in three different locations. Paper hard copies of agendas are available for the years 1964 to 1992, although before 1976 agendas are incomplete. After 1992, agendas are compiled annually as a Clerk File from 1996-2012. Researchers can search in the ...
Dates: 1964-2017

City Council Meeting Schedules

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4600-03
Scope and Contents note

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."

Dates: 1974-2009

City Council News Releases

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4600-08
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1973-1991

City Employee Newsletters

 Series
Identifier: 0002-01
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1972-2002

City Employees' Retirement System Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-F5
Abstract

Annual reports of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System.

Dates: 1930-2012

City Employees Retirement System Board of Administration Minutes

 Series
Identifier: 1802-L5
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1953-1992

City Light Advertising Graphics

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1210-02
Scope and Contents note This collection is a group of materials which appear to have come from the advertising or graphic design department. The collection consists of finished advertisements, as well as incomplete designs. Of note are a reproduction of the Seattle City Light building's frieze, titled The Evolution of Light; elevation drawings of the Yesler substation; a pen and ink drawing of a power house by City employee Walt Williams; and drawings of a Ross turbine. Also included is a scrapbook, dated 1958,...
Dates: 1958-1977

City Light Advertising Materials

 Series
Identifier: 1210-01
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1939-1995

City Light Annual Reports

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1200-08
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1911-2003

City Light Brochures

 Series
Identifier: 1201-12
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1929-2008

City Light Large Industrial Customers Survey

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1205-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1984

City Light Miscellaneous Newsletters

 Series
Identifier: 1201-11
Scope and Contents note

Various publications produced by City Light.

Dates: 1939-2005

City Light Moving Images

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1204-05
Scope and Contents note Moving images created by or for Seattle City Light depicts various activities and facilities at the department. The footage includes finished productions, raw footage, and outtakes. Public service announcements are also included and cover subjects about electricity conservation and safety, and City Light's apprenticeship training program.Other content documents the history of Seattle City Light along with the planning and construction of various projects including substations,...
Dates: 1925-2011