Finding Aids for Selected Collections
SMA has created finding aids for over 150 record series. These documents provide background on the individual and/or agency that created the records, information about what topics and issues are covered by the materials, and a full folder listing. (For more information, see What is a Finding Aid?) The finding aids are hosted on the Archives West consortium's website; links to them are arranged below by creating department.
Note that certain types of documents are filed with the City Clerk by various City departments. If you're looking for all finding aids related to a particular department, be sure to check the listings in the City Clerk category as well as those under the department itself.
Finding Aids
Finding Aids - Boards, Commissions, Task Forces, PDAs
- 6802-01: Public Safety Civil Service Commission Women Firefighters Project Records
- 9323-02: Design Commission Project Files
- 9377-02: Seattle 2000 Commission Task Force Meetings
- 9514-01: Citizens' Review Panel Study Materials
- 9547-01: Marijuana Policy Review Panel
- 9559-01: Pro Parks 2000 Committee Records
- 9560-01: Public Works Committee Records
- 9569-01: Citizens' Rate Advisory Committee Records
- 9580-01: Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee Public Relations Records
- 9583-01: Sick's Stadium Task Force Records
- 9710-01: Pike Place Market PDA Executive Director's Records
- 9710-02: Pike Place Market PDA Council Meeting Packets
- 9710-03: Pike Place Market PDA Executive Director's Monthly Reports
Finding Aids - City Auditor
Finding Aids - City Clerk
- 1802-04: General Files
- 1802-B3: Fire Marshall's Monthly Reports
- 1802-B9: Health Officer Reports
- 1802-C2: Mayors' Messages
- 1802-C4: Police Department Women's Division/Night Patrol Reports
- 1802-C7: Port Warden Reports
- 1802-D8: Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company Maps and Property Inventory
- 1802-E4: Riplinger Deficit Audits
- 1802-E5: Board of Theater Supervisors Documents
- 1802-F1: Department of Administrative Services and General Services Department Annual Reports
- 1802-F2: Board of Adjustment Annual Reports
- 1802-F3: Board of Public Works Annual Reports
- 1802-F4: Building Department Annual Reports
- 1802-F5: City Employees' Retirement System Annual Reports
- 1802-F6: Seattle City Light Annual Reports
- 1802-F7: Civil Service Commission Annual Reports
- 1802-F8: Department of Community Development Annual Reports
- 1802-G2: Engineering Department Annual Reports
- 1802-G4: Fire Department Annual Reports
- 1802-G5: Harbor Department Annual Reports
- 1802-G6: Seattle-King County Department of Public Health and Department of Health Annual Reports
- 1802-G7: Office of the Hearing Examiner Annual Reports
- 1802-G8: Department of Human Resources Annual Reports
- 1802-G9: Human Rights Department Annual Reports
- 1802-H1: Law Department Annual Reports
- 1802-H2: Licensing and Consumer Affairs Annual Reports
- 1802-H3: Motor Transportation Division Annual Reports
- 1802-H4: Municipal Street Railway System Annual Reports
- 1802-H5: Seattle-King County Office of the Ombudsman and Citizen Complaints Annual Reports
- 1802-H6: Department of Parks and Recreation Annual Reports
- 1802-H7: Planning Commission Annual Reports
- 1802-H8: Police Department Annual Reports
- 1802-H9: Public Utilities Department Annual Reports
- 1802-I1: Division of Purchases Annual Reports
- 1802-I2: Seattle Arts Commission and Municipal Art Commission Annual Reports
- 1802-I3: Seattle Center Annual Reports
- 1802-I4: Seattle Housing Authority Annual Reports
- 1802-I5: Seattle Public Library Annual Reports
- 1802-I6: Seattle Transit System Annual Reports
- 1802-I7: Department of Streets and Sewers Annual Reports
- 1802-I8: Suggestion Award Board Annual Reports
- 1802-J1: Treasurer Annual Reports
- 1802-J2: Water Department Annual Reports
- 1802-J3: Office of Women's Rights Annual Reports
- 1802-J4: Municipal Court Annual Reports
- 1802-J7: Office of the Comptroller Annual Financial Reports
- 1802-K4: Cedar River Watershed Cooperative Agreement Records
- 1802-L1: Air Pollution Control Advisory Board Minutes
- 1802-M5: Seattle-King County Youth Commission Minutes
- 1802-N2: Police Intelligence Audits
- 1802-N3: Charter Amendment Petitions and Requests
Finding Aids - City Light
- 1200-01: Seattle Lighting Department Records (Series I)
- 1200-02: Seattle Lighting Department Records (Series II)
- 1200-11: Department History File
- 1200-12: Electric Home and Farm Authority Contract Records
- 1200-13: Superintendents' Records
- 1200-14: James D. Ross Reference Material
- 1200-15: Regional Power Planning Records
- 1200-16: Central Files
- 1200-17: Accountability Reports
- 1201-03: Advertising Scrapbooks
- 1201-08: Employee Scrapbooks
- 1201-13: Video Program Records
- 1201-14: Public Power Speeches and Radio Presentations
- 1201-15: Community Relations Records
- 1202-03: General and Plant Ledgers
- 1202-05: Annual Reports of Public Electric Utilities
- 1202-06: Capital Improvement Project Management Team Records
- 1202-07: Property Management Records
- 1203-02: Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission Records
- 1204-01: Negatives
- 1204-03: Glass Lantern Slide Collection
- 1204-04: Slide Collection
- 1204-10: Newhalem and Diablo Dams Construction Photograph Albums
- 1204-11: Gorge Dam Development Project Photograph Albums
- 1204-12: Ross Dam Construction Photograph Albums
- 1204-14: Masonry Dam Construction Photograph Album
- 1204-15: Columbia Basin "Z" Canyon Photograph Album
- 1204-16: 2006 Windstorm Damage Digital Photograph Collection
- 1204-17: Lake Union Steam Plant Construction Photograph Album
- 1204-18: Field System Operations Digital Photograph Collection
- 1204-19: Communication and Public Affairs Digital Photograph Collection
- 1205-02: Customer Service Administration Records
- 1206-04: Power Management Records
- 1206-05: Operating Revenue Account Books
- 1206-06: Biomass Project Records
- 1206-07: Boundary Dam Project Records
- 1206-08: Cedar River Daily Reports of Water Conditions
- 1206-09: Copper Creek Dam Project Records
- 1206-10: Creston Coal Plant Project Records
- 1206-11: Load and Flow Data
- 1206-12: Skagit Hydroelectric Project Records
- 1206-13: Regional Power Management Records
- 1206-14: Snow Surveys
- 1206-15: Flood Control Records
- 1206-16: Millennium Legacy Lighting Project Records
- 1206-17: Weather Data
- 1206-18: Power Costs Reports
- 1207-02: Distribution Branch Director's Records
- 1208-03: Skagit Youth Camp Records
- 1208-06: Skagit Railway Reports
- 1209-01: Skagit Management Records
- 1209-02: Facility Maintenance and Operations Records
- 1215-01: Apprenticeship Program Records
- 1215-02: Equal Opportunity Program Records
- 1221-03: Employee Survey Records
Finding Aids - City-Wide Records
Finding Aids - Dept. of Community Development
- 1600-03: Director's Records
- 1605-01: Community Development Block Grant Administration Records
- 1605-02: Community Development Block Grant Project Records
- 1605-03: Community Development Block Grant Grantee Performance Reports
- 1611-01: Economic Development Administration Grant Project Records
- 1612-02: Economic Development Project Records
- 1612-03: Westlake Mall Project Proposals
- 1612-05: Rosemary Horwood Records
- 1612-07: Westlake Mall Project Records
- 1612-08: Downtown Projects Records
- 1612-09: Washington State Convention and Trade Center Project Records
- 1612-10: South Lake Union Planning Records
- 1612-11: Stadium Parking and Access (SPARC) Committee Records
- 1612-12: Coast Guard Property Development Records
- 1618-01: Office of Environmental Management Records
- 1620-01: Bill Vivian Records
- 1620-02: Housing and Neighborhood Development Central Files
- 1620-03: Richard McIver Records
- 1622-05: Seattle Senior Housing Program Records
- 1622-06: Housing Development Program Records
- 1622-07: Architectural Services Records
- 1622-08: Siting Assistance Program
- 1623-01: Neighborhood Planning Records
- 1623-02: Neighborhood Technology Program Records
- 1623-03: Playground Project Records
- 1624-01: United States Postal Service Project Records
- 1624-02: University District Project Records
- 1624-03: University District Transportation Project Records
- 1624-04: Leschi Neighborhood Development Project Records
- 1624-05: Fremont Neighborhood Improvement Project Records
- 1624-06: Unity 71 Project Records
- 1624-07: South Park Neighborhood Development Project Records
- 1624-08: North Greenwood Neighborhood Development Project Records
- 1624-09: Neighborhood Development Project Applications
- 1624-11: Highland Park Neighborhood Improvement Project Records
- 1624-13: Neighborhood Development Program Records
- 1625-01: Northlake Urban Renewal Project Records
- 1626-01: South Seattle Redevelopment Project Records
- 1627-02: Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project Subject Files
- 1627-03: Yesler-Atlantic Parcel Appraisals
- 1627-04: Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project Survey Photographs
- 1628-01: Pike Place Market Records
- 1628-02: Pike Place Market Visual Images and Audiotapes
- 1628-03: Pike Place Project Hillclimb Corridor Records
- 1628-05: Pike Place Project Business Information
- 1629-01: Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection
- 1629-02: Neighborhood Architecture Photographs and Surveys
- 1640-01: Board of Adjustment Minutes
- 1640-04: Board of Adjustment Reports
- 1642-01: J.P. Willison Records
- 1642-02: Urban Renewal Program Subject Files
- 1642-04: Community Renewal Program Records
- 1642-08: Urban Renewal Program Relocation Services Records
- 1642-10: Seattle Urban Renewal Enterprise (SURE) Records
- 1642-11: Cherry Hill Urban Renewal Project Records
- 1642-12: Relocation Services Correspondence
- 1650-02: John D. Spaeth Records
- 1650-05: A.R. Redburn Records
- 1650-07: Seattle Planning Commission Reports and Studies
- 1650-14: Planning Commission Photographs
- 1650-15: Planning Commission Correspondence
- 1650-16: Planning Commission Subject Files
- 1650-17: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments
- 1650-18: Rezoning Records
- 1650-19: Planned Unit Development Applications
- 1650-21: Townhouse Proposal Records
- 1650-22: Building Department Joint Meeting Records
- 1651-01: Zoning Commission Minutes
- 1652-01: Municipal Art Commission Minutes
- 1652-02: Municipal Art Commission Subject Files
Finding Aids - Office of Economic Development
- 2100-02: Director's Records
- 2100-03: Business Assistance Center/Development Lending Company Project Records
- 2100-04: Business Development Project Records
- 2102-02: Economic Opportunity Task Force Records
- 2105-01: Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance Records
- 2105-02: South Lake Union Records
- 2105-03: KidsPlace Records
- 2105-04: Seattle Jobs Initiative Records
Finding Aids - Engineering Department
- 2600-08: Strategic Action Plan Task Force Records
- 2602-02: Unrecorded Subject Files
- 2606-01: Meteorological Summaries
- 2606-03: Local Climatological Data Monthly Summary
- 2606-04: Duwamish and Green Rivers Flood Control Studies
- 2606-05: Weather Data
- 2608-03: Damage Cases
- 2608-05: Court Engineering Records
- 2608-06: Property Ownership Lists and Abstracts
- 2609-01: Traffic Engineering Subject Files
- 2613-07: Negatives
- 2613-11: Lake Washington Floating Bridge Construction Album
- 2613-20: Vehicles and Equipment Photograph Albums
- 2613-21: Third Avenue Repaving Photograph Album
- 2613-22: Denny Hill Regrade Photograph Album
- 2613-23: Seattle Bridges Photograph Album
- 2613-24: Seattle Mayors' Portraits
- 2613-25: West Seattle Freeway Bridge Construction Photographs and Slides
- 2613-26: Safety Photographs
- 2613-27: Creek Photographs and Slides
- 2614-04: R.H. Thomson Freeway Records
- 2614-06: Bridge Records
- 2620-01: Street Trees and Landscaping Records
- 2623-02: Utility Franchise Records
- 2625-10: Department of Streets and Sewers Photographs
- 2630: Lake City Sewer District Records
Finding Aids - Ethics and Elections Commission
Finding Aids - Department of Finance
2700-01: Director's Records
2701-01: Budget Director's Records
Finding Aids - Fire Department
- 2800-01: Board of Fire Commissioners Minutes
- 2801-01: Chief's General Correspondence
- 2801-03: Central Files
- 2801-05: Station House Records
- 2801-14: Marine Fire Protection Records
- 2801-15: Public Information Officer Records
- 2802-02: Union Records
- 2802-06: Personnel Records
- 2805-01: Medic I and II Records
- 2810-04: Goodwill Games Records
- 2810-05: Accident Prevention and Incident Board Minutes
- 2810-06: Public Education and Fire Safety Records
- 2810-07: Building Code Revision Records
- 2810-08: Fire Marshal Subject Files
- 2810-09: Fire Code Violation Cards
- 2810-10: Fire Incident Cards
Finding Aids - Fleets and Facilities Department
Finding Aids - Health Department
3200-01: Board of Health Minutes
3204-01: Weekly and Monthly Health Indexes
Finding Aids - Hearing Examiner
Finding Aids - Human Services Department
- 3600-02: Director's Records
- 3601-01: Neighborhood Planning Records
- 3602-01: Grant Management Records
- 3605-01: Domestic And Sexual Violence Prevention Office Records
- 3610-01: Seattle-King County Advisory Council on Aging Minutes and Meeting Materials
- 3611-01: Division On Aging Director's Records
- 3611-02: Case Management Program Records
- 3618-01: Community Development Block Grant Administration Records
- 3618-03: Community Development Block Grant Grantee Performance Reports
- 3620-01: Children, Youth and Family Services Division Director's Records
- 3620-02: Families and Education Levy Oversight Committee Records
- 3620-03: SafeFutures Program Records
- 3621-02: Homeless Children's Network Records
- 3622-01: Family Support Unit Records
- 3623-01: Child Development Program Records
- 3623-02: Head Start/Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program Records
- 3623-03: Child Care Staffing Task Force Records
- 3624-01: Upward Bound Records
- 3625-01: Community Services Director's Records
- 3627-01: Weatherization Assistance Program Records
- 3627-02: Weatherization Assistance Program Outreach Records
- 3628-01: Homelessness and Hunger Annual Survey Reports
- 3628-02: Homelessness Policy and Programs Records
- 3628-03: Safe Harbors Records
- 3631-01: Seattle Veterans Action Center Records
- 3635-01: Office of Program Development and Management Support Records
- 3637-01: Sand Point Community Housing Project Records
Finding Aids - Office of Intergovernmental Relations
Finding Aids - Office of International Affairs
Finding Aids - Legislative Dept. (City Council)
- 4600-11: Legislative Department Digital Photograph Collection
- 4607-01: Legislative Audits and Special Project Reports
- 4616: Sally Clark Records
- 4620: Jim Compton Records
- 4621: Richard Conlin Records
- 4622: David Della Records
- 4624: Jan Drago Records
- 4630-02: Virginia Galle Subject Files
- 4636-02: Michael Hildt Subject Files
- 4647-02: Paul Kraabel Subject Files
- 4650: Nick Licata Records
- 4654: Richard McIver Records
- 4661: Judy Nicastro Records
- 4667: Margaret Pageler Records
- 4672: Tom Rasmussen Records
- 4674-02: Norm Rice Subject Files
- 4678-02: Alfred R. Rochester Scrapbooks
- 4681-02: Dolores Sibonga Subject Files
- 4682: Sam Smith Records
- 4683-02: Jim Street Subject Files
- 4684: Peter Steinbrueck Records
- 4693: Jeanette Williams Records
- 4695: Heidi Wills Records
Finding Aids - Mayor's Office
- 5200-03: Office of the Mayor Digital Photograph Collection
- 5200-07: Mayor's Office Central Files
- 5210-01: Records of the Office of the Mayor
- 5219-04: Gordon Clinton Photographs
- 5219-05: Gordon Clinton Election Scrapbooks
- 5259: Greg Nickels Mayoral Records
- 5267-01: Allan Pomeroy Records
- 5272: Norm Rice Mayoral Records
- 5274: Charles Royer Mayoral Records
- 5279: Paul Schell Mayoral Records
- 5287: Wesley C. (Wes) Uhlman Mayoral Records
- 5295-01: Harry White Mayor's Messages
Finding Aids - Model City Program
Finding Aids - Department of Neighborhoods
- 5750-04: Public Information Officer Records
- 5750-06: Community Issues
- 5751-01: City Neighborhood Council Records
- 5751-02: Involving All Neighbors Project Records
- 5751-03: Central Area Special Projects Records
- 5751-04: Programs Division Administrative Records
- 5751-05: African American Museum Project Records
- 5751-06: Neighborhood Street Fund Records
- 5751-07: Special Projects Records
- 5751-08: Pike/Pine Project Records
- 5751-09: P-Patch Surveys
- 5752-01: Neighborhood Service Centers Director's Records
- 5752-02: Neighborhood Service Centers Reports
- 5752-03: Citizens Service Bureau Records
- 5752-04: Downtown Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-05: Fremont Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-06: Greenwood Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-07: Queen Anne/Magnolia Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-08: Capitol Hill Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-09: Central Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-10: Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-11: West Seattle Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-12: East District Neighborhood Service Center Records
- 5752-13: Central Area Neighborhood District Coordinator Records
- 5752-15: Lake City Neighborhood District Coordinator Records
- 5753-01: Office of Education Records
- 5754-01: Office of Urban Conservation Subject Files
- 5754-10: Section 106 Coordinator Digital Photographs
- 5754-A: Landmarks Preservation Board Records
- 5754-B: Ballard Avenue Landmark District Records
- 5754-C: International Special Review District Records
- 5754-D: Pike Place Market Historical District Records
- 5754-E: Pioneer Square Preservation District Records
- 5756-01: Neighborhood Matching Fund Administrative Records
- 5756-02: Neighborhood Matching Fund Project Records
- 5756-03: Neighborhood Matching Fund Small and Simple Grant Project Records
- 5756-04: Tree Fund Records
- 5756-05: External Beautification Fund Records
- 5756-06: Small Sparks Fund Records
- 5756-07: Youth and Anti-Violence Grant Records
- 5756-08: Neighborhood Outreach and Development Fund Records
- 5756-09: Race and Social Justice Project Records
- 5757-01: Neighborhood Preservation and Development Director’s Records
- 5757-02: Neighborhood Development Managers Records
- 5757-03: City/University of Washington Community Advisory Committee Records
- 5757-04: 12th Avenue Development Plan Records
- 5757-05: Neighborhood Planning Implementation Records
- 5760-01: Neighborhood Planning Office Director's Records
- 5760-05: Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee Records
- 5761-01: Public Information Officer's Records
- 5761-03: Neighborhood Planning Tool Kit
- 5762-02: Neighborhood Planning Project Records
- 5762-03: Neighborhood Planning Office Community Profiles
Finding Aids - Dept. of Parks and Recreation
- 5800-01: Board of Park Commissioners Minutes
- 5800-04: Board of Park Commissioners Solicited Legal Opinions
- 5800-06: Board of Park Commissioners Agendas and Meeting Materials
- 5800-07: Board of Park Commissioners Subject Files
- 5801-01: Don Sherwood Parks History Collection
- 5801-02: Ben Evans Recreation Program Collection
- 5801-03: Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks Collection
- 5801-04: Fort Lawton History Collection
- 5802-01: Superintendent's Subject Files
- 5802-07: Public Information Officer's Records
- 5802-09: Slides
- 5802-12: Monthly Reports
- 5802-13: Burke-Gilman Trail Photographs
- 5802-15: Digital Photographs
- 5802-16: Park Employee Association Records
- 5802-17: Audit Reports
- 5804-04: Forward Thrust Photograph Collection
- 5804-05: Construction and Maintenance Records
- 5804-07: Property Acquisition Records
- 5804-10: Open Space Acquisition Records
- 5804-13: Millennium Woods Legacy Project Records
- 5804-14: Model City Project Records
- 5804-16: Open Space Program Records
- 5805-02: Aquarium Public Information Officer Records
- 5807-01: Works Progress Administration Recreation Project Reports
- 5807-03: Dance Advisory Council Records
- 5807-05: Bumbershoot Festival Records
- 5807-07: Music Program Records
- 5807-12: Golf Advisory Council Records
- 5807-13: Golf Records
- 5807-14: Performing and Visual Arts Program Records
- 5807-15: Theatre Program Records
- 5807-16: City Art Works Records
- 5807-17: Municipal Golf of Seattle Records
- 5807-19: Civic Christmas Ship Records
- 5807-20: Environmental Stewardship Unit Records
- 5808-01: Seward Park Art Studio Records
- 5808-02: South Division Director's Records
- 5809-02: Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center Records
- 5809-03: Carkeek Park Advisory Council Records
- 5810-01: Pratt Fine Arts Center Records
- 5811-01: Pro Parks Development Digital Photographs
- 5811-02: Pro Parks Acquisition Open Space Photographs
Finding Aids - Planning
- 6305-01: Population and Neighborhood Statistics
- 6310-01: Downtown Planning Projects Records
- 6310-02: Open Space Projects Records
- 6310-03: Environmentally Critical Areas Records
- 6310-04: Citywide Planning Projects Records
- 6310-05: Major Institutions Records
- 6310-06: Neighborhood Projects Records
- 6320-01: Seattle Commons Project Records
- 6320-02: Baseball Park Records
- 6330-01: Housing Options Program Records
- 6340-01: Transit Planning Records
- 6340-02: Light Rail Station Area Planning Records
Finding Aids - Department of Planning and Development
Finding Aids - Police Department
Finding Aids - Seattle Arts Commission
7406-01: Public Art Photographs
7406-03: Digital Photograph Collection
7408-01: Public Art Development Records
Finding Aids - Seattle Public Library
Finding Aids - Seattle Department of Transportation
Finding Aids - Office of the Treasurer
Finding Aids - Water Department
- 8200-02: Superintendent's Correspondence
- 8200-05: Central Files
- 8200-10: Historical Files
- 8200-16: Reports and Writings
- 8203-05: Water System Services Records
- 8204-02: Cedar River Watershed Maps
- 8204-03: Seattle Watershed and Pipeline Aerial Photographs
- 8204-05: Northern Tier Pipeline Records
- 8205-10: Fluoride Scrapbook
- 8205-11: Water Quality Scrapbook
- 8206-01: Conservation Office Records
Finding Aids - Office for Women's Rights
Finding Aids - Woodland Park Zoo
- 8600-06: Status of Animal Collection
- 8600-07: Annual Reports
- 8600-09: Docent Manuals
- 8601-01: Zoo History File
- 8601-04: Accreditation Records
- 8601-06: Bond Issue Records
- 8601-07: American Zoo and Aquarium Association Conference Planning Records
- 8601-12: Woodland Park Zoo Staff Information Files
- 8602-01: Director's Records
- 8604-01: Woodland Park Zoological Society Board Minutes
- 8604-02: Woodland Park Zoological Society Board Subject Files
- 8604-03: Center for Wildlife Conservation Records
- 8610-01: Animal Transaction Records
- 8610-02: Animal Management Records
- 8611-01: Bird Collection Monthly Reports
- 8620-01: Golden Monkey Exhibit Records
- 8621-01: Special Events Records
- 8630-01: Master Plan Records
- 8630-02: Water Conservation Records
- 8630-03: Facility and Exhibit Planning Records