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Jan Drago Records, 1984-2009

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Drago, Jan
Title
Jan Drago Records
Dates
1984-2009 (inclusive)
1994-2009 (bulk)
Quantity
48 cubic feet, (123 boxes)
4,703 digital files, (2.20 GB)
Collection Number
4624
Summary
Records from Jan Drago's tenure as a member of the Seattle City Council.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Biographical Note

Jan Drago served on City Council from 1994 through 2009. In 1996, she became the first Councilmember since Liem Tuai (1972) to serve as Council President during her first full term in office. She served in this role for four years, in two non-consecutive terms. She chaired committees focused on finance and budget, business and labor, and transportation. Drago was educated at Douglass College, Rutgers University, where she studied psychology. Prior to joining City Council, she was a teacher (1973-1978) and a proprietor of a Haagen Dazs ice cream store (1980-1991). Drago unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2009. Throughout most of 2010, she served in an interim capacity on the King County Council in the seat vacated by Dow Constantine, who had been elected as King County Executive.

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Content Description

Record Group 4624 documents Jan Drago's tenure on the Seattle City Council. The records are comprised of nine series:

  • 4624-01: Electronic Correspondence
  • 4624-02: Subject Files
  • 4624-03: Business and Labor Committee Records
  • 4624-04: Business, Economic and Community Development Committee Records
  • 4624-05: Finance, Budget and Economic Development Committee Records
  • 4624-06: Finance, Budget, Business and Labor Committee Records
  • 4624-07: Government Affairs and Labor Committee Records
  • 4624-08: Transportation Committee Records
  • 4624-09: Special Committee on Pedestrian Safety Records
  • 4624-10: Labor-Management Leadership Committee Records
  • 4624-11: Video Collection

Descriptions of each series can be found below.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], [Title of collection], Record Series 4624-XX. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Restrictions on Use

This material is available for use onsite in the SMA reading room.

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Administrative Information

Separated Materials

Publications were removed from the records and added to the Published Documents Collection.

Processing Note

According to legacy practice, electronic files were burned on a compact disc from network storage for transfer to archives. Disc images were then captured and files moved to network storage with regular fixity checks. Spider2008 PII Scan and DtSearch were used to screen for sensitive information. DROID was used to identify file formats, extract metadata, and facilitate processing decisions. Files were then logged and transferred using Robocopy to preservation storage.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Alaskan Way Viaduct (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Alaskan Way Viaduct (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Bicycles and bicycling--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Burke Gilman Trail (Wash.)
  • Cable cars (Streetcars)--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Dogs--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Economic development--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Homeless
  • Homelessness--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Land use--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Local transit--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Monorails--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Pedestrians--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Regional planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Transportation planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Women politicians--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Drago, Jan

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). City Council
  • Seattle Monorail Project

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Wash.) (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen. Revised by Sarah Shipley
2011

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