Digital Documents

General information

• Promotional pamphlet for Smith's successful campaign for Seattle City Council (1967)


• Audio recording with selected excerpts from a June 29th, 1973 meeting of the Public Safety Committee, in which was discussed impending state legislation relating to gambling, as well as the possibility of the city taxing non-professional gambling, such as bingo and pull tabs.

City Council resolution expressing the Council and Mayor's sympathy and condolences to Sam Smith's family and friends upon his passing (November 20, 1995)

Smith's relationship with constitutents

• Letter to Smith from constituent Galie West about legal problems, along with Smith's response (May 6 & July 11, 1989)


• Letter to Smith from constitutent Nellie Flynn about concerns over her son's drug problem, along with Smith's rough draft response (December 4, 1990)

Issues of Open Housing and Race

• Human Rights Commission pamphlet summarizing the Open Housing Ordinance (1968)


• Minutes from a Council of the Whole meeting, during which the Open Housing Ordinance was passed (April 19, 1968)


• Exerpt from a report by Smith as Chariman of the Seminar Planning Committee for the Seminar on Equal Opportunity and Racial Harmony (May 20, 1968)

The South African Granite Controversy

• Letter to the Seattle Times by prominent African American politicians, Smith, Ron Sims, and Norm Rice concerning the South African granite issue (March 9, 1989)


• Letter to Smith from constitutent Cornell W. Acheson concerning South African granite issue, along with Smith's response (May 6 & June 20, 1989)

Images

• Smith with fellow Councilmember George Benson at the official opening of Bryant Playfield (May 4, 1978)


• Smith speaking at a microphone as part of the official opening of Bryant Playfield (May 4, 1978)


• Kathryn McGeary, Sam Smith, Ann Schultz, and Kynert Whittiker announcing Volunteer Week at the Seattle Municipal Building (April 19, 1974)


• Smith, in his office, speaks with a young guest during a photo shoot for a Veterans of Foreign Wars proclaimation (May 7, 1987)


• Smith shakes hands with Santa Claus, as part of a presentation of umbrellas for the City Council (December 12, 1977)