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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Public works -- Washington (State) -- Seattle

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Board File Indexes

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0600-04
Abstract

Cards indexing Record Series 0600-03.

Dates: 1915-1978

Board Files

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0600-03
Abstract

Correspondence and other documents relating to the work of the Board of Public Works.

Dates: 1915-1978

Board of Public Works Agendas

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 0600-02
Abstract

Agendas for Board of Public Works meetings.

Dates: 1971-1977

Board of Public Works Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-F3
Abstract

Annual reports for the Seattle Board of Public Works. Reports provide statistical information, an overview of important areas of City development, and names of Board members.

Dates: 1908-1991

Board of Public Works Miscellaneous Communications and Receipts

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 0603-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to departments and contractors especially regarding awards of contracts. Indexed by correspondent.

Dates: 1895-1901

Engineering Department Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-G2
Scope and Contents note Engineering Department annual reports date from 1899 to 1995. The 1909 report of Refuse Destructor No. 1 is also included in this series. This report includes information on composition of refuse, number of tons of refuse burned, temperature, and other statistics. The reports contain detailed information on paving, sewers, bridges, construction, arterial design, and many other types of work. For example, reports in the 1930s contain information on works Progress Administration projects and...
Dates: 1893-1995

Local Improvement District Project Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1804-01
Scope and Contents note

Project files for street, sewer, and other improvements funded by assessments against property benefiting from improvement. Files include specifications, bids, contracts, notices of assessment, bonds, majority petitions, payment statements, affidavits of publication, estimates of cost, certificates of completion, protests against assessments, drawings, and City Council committee reports. Arranged by LID number after 1891 and alphabetically for earlier years.

Dates: 1881-1999

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

Post-War Public Works and Improvements Advisory Committee Final Report

 Series
Identifier: 5210-02
Abstract

Report from a committee formed to prepare plans for public works projects to be undertaken following World War II.

Dates: 1945

Economic Development Administration Grant Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 1611-01
Abstract

The Economic Development Administration Grant Project Records document the funding allocation and coordination of the United States Economic Development Administration grant funding program .

Dates: 1976-1985

Damage Case Records

 Series
Identifier: 2608-03
Abstract

Legal case files, primarily concerning litigation over public and private property damages.

Dates: 1891-2003; 1914-1987

Engineering Department Director's Records

 Series
Identifier: 2600-05
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, budget materials, and notes related to administration of the Seattle Engineering Department. The records document SED projects and activities and its relationship with other City agencies. These records cover the period after SED stopped use of a central filing system.

Dates: 1984-1994

Public Works Committee Records

 Series
Identifier: 9560-01
Abstract

Records of a committee managing federal and state public works funds during the Depression.

Dates: 1933-1935

Specifications and Contracts

 Series
Identifier: 1802-E1
Scope and Contents note

Specifications and bid documents for public works projects in Seattle or on City owned land. Often includes plans and contracts. Includes materials on Skagit River Power Project, Cedar River Watershed, Woodland and Jefferson Parks, Seattle Center facilities, Seattle Public Library, Tolt River Watershed, selected City office buildings, Model City projects, and other City sites. Records have been sampled.

Dates: 1914-1978

University Bridge Construction and Widening Photograph Albums

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2613-32
Abstract

Two albums containing 110 and 344 photos, respectively, of the 1933 University Bridge reconstruction and widening.

Dates: 1932-1933