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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle

 Subject
Subject Source: Nwda

Found in 1150 Collections and/or Records:

Committee of the Whole Briefing Books

 Series
Identifier: 4600-12
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1990-2009

Committee on Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4616-06
Abstract

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

Dates: 2012-2014

Community Development Block Grant Administration Records

 Series
Identifier: 1605-01
Abstract

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

Dates: 1975-1989

Community Development Block Grant Grantee Performance Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1605-03
Abstract

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

Dates: 1976-1987

Community Development Block Grant Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 3618-02
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1981-1991

Community Development Block Grant Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 1605-02
Abstract

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

Dates: 1971-1988; 1975-1988

Community Renewal Program Atlases

 Series — Box 0
Identifier: 1642-16
Abstract

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

Dates: 1960-1963

Community Renewal Program Records

 Series
Identifier: 1642-04
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1959-1971

Jim Compton Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4620-02
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1995-2006

Seattle Center Concessions and Amusement Rides Photograph Albums

 Series
Identifier: 7613-05
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1967-1990

Board of Eminent Domain Commissioners Condemnation Case Files

 Series
Identifier: 9326-02
Scope and Contents note

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 rolls filed 1908-1927. Files are arranged numerically from 1-377 and chronologically thereafter.

Dates: 1907-1950

Condemnation Files

 Series
Identifier: 4403-04
Scope and Contents note Court documents, correspondence, condemnation maps, title reports, deeds, property appraisals, and photographs relating to the condemnation of property for use in constructing and improving streets, boulevards, regrading projects, sewers, water supply systems, electric generation and transmission facilities, garbage disposal sites, parks, playfields, and municipal buildings. Also includes files for condemnations of City property and easements by the State of Washington, King County and other...
Dates: 1897-1982; 1901-1981

Conditional Use/Variance Hearings

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1650-08
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1951-1969

Fire Department Conduct Reports

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 2802-04
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1904-1914

Connections (Newsletter)

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 3600-04
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1990-2000

Seattle Transportation Commission Contracts

 Series
Identifier: 9380-04
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1939-1942

Municipal Street Railway System Contracts

 Series
Identifier: 5702-01
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1903-1950

Seattle Center Convention Agreement Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7610-02
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1959-1990

Seattle Women's Commission Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8410-02
Scope and Contents note

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the SWC. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1972-1999

Board of Eminent Domain Commissioners Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 9326-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1895-1920

Robert Moran Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5255-01
Scope and Contents note

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

Clerical Department Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1810-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1896

Urban Renewal Program Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1642-09
Scope and Contents note

Urban Renewal Program correspondence, arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1958-1968

Planning Commission Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1650-15
Abstract

Correspondence of the Planning Commission.

Dates: 1968-1972

Civil Service Commission Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6010-02
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1896-1906