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Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1868-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Puget Sound Power and Light Company
Title
Puget Sound Power and Light Company records
Dates
1868-1987 (inclusive)
Quantity
273.73 cubic feet, (227 boxes, 34 packages, 1 vertical file)
Collection Number
2068, 2250, 5689
Summary
Records of a private utility company in Western Washington as well as subsidiaries or acquiried companies in Washington and Oregon
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Some records are stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

Request at UW

Additional Reference Guides

The visual materials that form part of this collection are described and indexed in the guide to the Puget Sound Power and Light Company photograph collection, VM Collection 269 .

Languages
Collection materials are in English.
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Historical Note

Puget Sound Power and Light Company is a private utility which served the Puget Sound region as well as Seattle. It was incorporated in 1912 as Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company with the consolidation of Seattle Electric Company, Seattle-Tacoma Power Company, Puget Sound Power Company, Pacific Coast Power Company (Washington), and Whatcom County Railway & Light Company. The Puget Sound Power and Light Company name was adopted in 1919. The company reorganized after the Public Utiltiy Holding Company Act was passed in 1935. In April, 1997 the name was changed to Puget Sound Energy after it merged with Seattle gas distributor Washington Energy Company.

Predecessor companies include:

  • Cascade Power Company, 1927-1931
  • Central Washington Gas company, 1913-1923
  • Montesano Light & Waster Company, 1905-1915
  • Mountain Spring Company, 1893-1913
  • Mutual Electric Light & Power company, 1919-1923
  • North Coast Power Company, 1915-1924
  • Northwest Electric & Water Works, 1914-1922
  • Olympia Light & Power Company, 1892-1923
  • Pacific Coast Power Company, 1899-1912
  • Pacific Northwest Traction Company, 1909-1930
  • Puget Sound Power Company, 1902-1912
  • Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company, 1912-1925
  • Seattle Cataract Company, 1899-1909
  • Seattle Electric Company, 1899-1930
  • Seattle Tacoma Power Company, 1903-1912
  • Snoqualmie Falls & White River Power Company, 1902-1912
  • Snoqualmie Falls Power Co., 1898-1907
  • Tacoma Cataract Company, 1899-1906
  • Tacoma Industrial Company, 1902-1912
  • Union Electric Company, 1892-1899
  • Washington Coast Utilities, 1916-1924
  • Washington Electric Company, 1927-1934
  • Washington-Oregon Corporation, 1910-1915
  • Western Washington Power Company, 1912-1927

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Content Description

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, legal documents, clippings, ephemera. Included are records of the companies consolodated with and acquired by Puget Sound Power and Light Company.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged into 6 accessions:

  1. Accession No. 2068-001, Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1931-1960
  2. Accession No. 2250-001, Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1868-1953
  3. Accession No. 2250-002, Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1915-1987
  4. Accession No. 2250-003, Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1929-1964
  5. Accession No. 2250-004, Greater Washington Hour radio scripts, 1937-1938
  6. Accession No. 5689-001, Detailed Exhibits of the Seattle Electric Company, Part II, 1913

Processing Note

Partially processed.

Photographs that form part of this collection were relocated to the Puget Sound Power and Light Company photograph collection, PH0269.

Related Materials

Western Washington University Libraries Archives and Special Collections, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies holds Puget Sound Power and Light Company records from 1888-1990 (bulk 1888-1932). View the finding aid for their collection on Archives West.

King County Archives and Seattle Municipal Archives also hold records related to Puget Sound Power and Light Company.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Geographical Names

  • Olympia
  • Seattle
  • Tacoma
  • Washington (State)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Puget Sound Energy
    • Puget Sound Power and Light Company--Archives
    • Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
    • Seattle (Wash.), Dept. of Lighting
    • Seattle (Wash.), Mayor
    • Seattle Electric Company
    • United States. Bonneville Power Administration
    • Washington Water Power Company
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