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

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

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.

Newsletters and brochures published by the Water 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.

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

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.