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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Mayor's Messages

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

City of Ballard City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9106-03
Scope and Contents note Administrative records of Ballard filed with the City Clerk. Materials include audits, bids and proposals, financial statements, city officials' reports, contracts and bonds, political party nomination records, franchises, oaths of office, petitions, resolutions, specifications, and correspondence. Of particular interest are records relating to the city water system contracted from Seattle, local improvements, service franchises, election materials, activities of the West Coast Improvement...
Dates: 1890-1907
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

City of Georgetown City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9123-03
Scope and Contents note

Administrative records of Georgetown filed with the City Clerk. Includes bids and proposals, specifications, correspondence, city officials' reports, franchises, petitions, and oaths of office. The bulk of records relate to local improvements, extension of city services, and franchise administration.

Dates: 1904-1910
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

City of Columbia City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9112-03
Scope and Contents note Administrative records of the City of Columbia filed with the City Clerk. They cover the period from incorporation in 1893 to annexation in 1907 with a few records relating to completion of local improvements in 1913. Materials include Council resolutions, committee reports, City Attorney opinions, contracts, correspondence, franchises, city officials' reports, local improvement district bonds, mayor's messages, oaths of office, petitions, ordinances, bonds, and bills and receipts. Arranged...
Dates: 1893-1913
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

Gordon S. Clinton Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5219-01
Scope and Contents note

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
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

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
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

Charles T. Royer Mayor's Messages

 Series
Identifier: 5274-04
Scope and Contents note

Proclamations, vetoes, directives, executive orders, and other official messages of Mayor Royer.

Dates: 1978-1989
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

Charles T. Royer Speeches

 Series
Identifier: 5274-08
Scope and Contents note

Speeches delivered to local, regional, national, and international conferences, seminars, colloquia, and special meetings. Series consists primarily of speeches given between 1978 and 1982; also includes budget messages and State of the City speeches from 1978 to 1990.

Dates: 1978-1990; 1979-1982
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

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