WAUPugetSoundPowerLight2068_2250_5689.xml Guide to the Puget Sound Power and Light Company Records 1868-1987 1868-1987 Puget Sound Power and Light Company records Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2013 (Last modified: 11/28/2017)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-08. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). May 2026 Elaine Speer updated, added encoded inventories and top containers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Puget Sound Power and Light Company records Puget Sound Power and Light Company 2068, 2250, 5689 273.73 cubic feet 227 boxes, 34 packages, 1 vertical file 1868-1987 Records of a private utility company in Western Washington as well as subsidiaries or acquiried companies in Washington and Oregon Collection materials are in English.

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

Arranged into 6 accessions:

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

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.

Open to all users.

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

Request at UW

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

Partially processed.

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

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 .

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.

Puget Sound Power and Light Company--Archives Washington Water Power Company United States. Bonneville Power Administration Seattle (Wash.), Mayor Seattle (Wash.), Dept. of Lighting Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company Seattle Electric Company Puget Sound Energy Washington (State) Olympia Seattle Tacoma Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Advertising and Marketing City Planning Public Utilities Transportation Accession No. 2068-001: Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1931-1960 8 cubic feet 8 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Files of Frank McLaughlin, Puget Sound Power and Light Company, 1931-1960. Many of the files concern rivalry with Seattle Lighting Department and subsequent sale, also prospective merger with Washington Water Power Company.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Puget Sound Power and Light Company, Bellevue; December 19, 1972.

 Frank McLaughlin files 1943-1957 2068-001 Box 1

Clippings, news releases, letters, testimony, merger files, progress reports, stockholder committee materials, and 2 volumes of notebooks

 Frank McLaughlin files 1931-1959 2068-001 Box 2

Notes, clippings, reports, articles, letters, comments, surveys, publications, and speeches

 Frank McLaughlin files 2068-001 Box 3

Articles and clippings, and pamphlets and articles by McLaughlin

 Frank McLaughlin files 2068-001 Box 4

Memos, photographs, McLaughlin's personnel record, reports, statements, pamphlets, articles and clippings, working papers, talks and speeches, and book 'Agreement of Purchase and Sale'

 Frank McLaughlin files 2068-001 Box 5

4 books of McLaughlin's speeches index and unsorted materials

 Frank McLaughlin files- unsorted materials 2068-001 Box 6 Frank McLaughlin files- unsorted materials 2068-001 Box 7 Frank McLaughlin files- unsorted materials 2068-001 Box 8 Accession No. 2250-001: Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1868-1953 (bulk 1890-1951) 261 cubic feet 213 boxes, 34 packages

Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, reports, subject files, financial reocrds, clippings, ephemera, legal documents. Included also are records of its predessor companies and companies which it acquired.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Puget Sound Power and Light Company, Bellevue; March 22, 1974.

Other Finding Aids: View expanded guide and inventory to this accession

View the name index to this accession

Puget Sound Power and Light Company record series Organization 1921 2250-001 Box 1 Interoffice correspondence of executive offices with other divisions 1920-1931 2250-001 Box 1

Central district, northern district (Bellingham), southwest district (Tacoma), and eastern district

 Interoffice correspondence of executive offices with other divisions 1920-1931 2250-001 Box 2

Eastern district, northeastern district (Everett) and Stone and Webster about operations. Stone and Webster is a continuation of a series in the PSTLP subgroup.

 Interoffice correspondence Stone and Webster re: operations 1920-1931 2250-001 Box 3 Interoffice correspondence Stone and Webster 1920-1931 2250-001 Box 4

Related to operations and Everett reorganization to separate Light and Railway

 Interoffice correspondence Stone and Webster re: Puget Sound consolidation 1921-1925 2250-001 Box 5 Treasurer's department interoffice correspondence 1922-1930, 1934 2250-001 Box 5

Comptrollers office and applications for consent to renewal of notes (1934)

 Treasurer's department interoffice correspondence 1912-1948 2250-001 Box 6

Gold coupon notes, bond series, sales of stocks, meetings, financing, legal opinions, and related to Coupville, Darrington, North Coast, Sequim, and Sultan power companies

 Treasurer's department interoffice correspondence about Wenatchee Valley Gas and Electric 1921 2250-001 Box 7 Real estate agent general correspondence 1926-1927 2250-001 Box 7 General correspondence 1921-1925 2250-001 Box 7 General correspondence 1921-1925 2250-001 Box 8 General correspondence 1921-1925 2250-001 Box 9 General correspondence 1921-1925 2250-001 Box 10 General correspondence 1921-1925 2250-001 Box 11 Central District operating and stockholders reports 1921-1931 2250-001 Box 12 Central District operating and stockholders reports 1921-1931 2250-001 Box 13 Central District annual reports 1920-1947 2250-001 Box 14 Northern District (Bellingham) operating and annual reports 1921-1931 2250-001 Box 14 Northern District (Bellingham) operating and annual reports 1921-1931 2250-001 Box 15 Northern District (Bellingham) feeder study including correspondence 1937 2250-001 Box 16 Northeastern District (Everett) operating and annual reports 1922-1931 2250-001 Box 16 Eastern and Western Districts (includes Bremerton) operating reports 1924-1931 2250-001 Box 16 Eastern and Western Districts (includes Bremerton) operating reports 1924-1931 2250-001 Box 17 Southern District (Chehalis) operating reports 1924-1931 2250-001 Box 17 Southern District (Chehalis) operating reports 1924-1931 2250-001 Box 18 Southwestern District (Tacoma) operating and annual reports 1924-1931 2250-001 Box 18 Southwestern District (Tacoma) operating and annual reports 1924-1931 2250-001 Box 19 Central District financial reports 1921-1928 2250-001 Box 19 Central District financial reports 1921-1928 2250-001 Box 20 Northern District financial reports 1921-1931 2250-001 Box 20 Northern District financial reports 1921-1931 2250-001 Box 21 Northern District financial reports 1921-1931 2250-001 Box 22 Northern District general ledgers 1927-1936 2250-001 Box 23 Northern District general ledgers 1927-1936 2250-001 Box 24 Southern District financial ledgers 1929-1936 2250-001 Box 24 Southern District financial ledgers 1929-1936 2250-001 Box 25 Southwestern District trial balance records 1927-1933 2250-001 Box 25 Eastern District general financial ledger 1927-1931 2250-001 Box 26 Western District financial records of detail of fixed capital 1935-1936 2250-001 Box 27 Combined districts financial reports 1924-1936 2250-001 Box 28 Combined districts financial reports 1924-1936 2250-001 Box 29 Combined districts financial reports 1924-1936 2250-001 Box 30 Combined districts financial reports 1924-1936 2250-001 Box 31 Combined districts financial reports 1924-1936 2250-001 Box 32 Combined districts financial reports 1924-1936 2250-001 Box 33 Combined districts financial reports and summary of trial balance 1924-1936 2250-001 Box 34 Combined districts trial balance records 1926-1929 2250-001 Box 26 Combined districts balance sheets including subs 1921-1935 5 volumes 2250-001 Box 35 Combined districts financial records of detail of fixed capital 1927-1936 2250-001 Box 27 Subsidiary companies financial reports 1925-1926 2250-001 Box 34 Power contracts (street lighting) legal documents 2250-001 Box 36 Power contracts (street lighting) legal documents 2250-001 Box 37 Power contracts legal documents 2250-001 Box 38 Power contracts legal documents 2250-001 Box 39 Power contracts legal documents 2250-001 Box 40 Power contracts legal documents 2250-001 Box 41 Power contracts legal documents 2250-001 Box 42 Miscellaneous legal documents 2250-001 Box 43 Miscellaneous legal documents 2250-001 Box 43B White River - Muckleshoot case legal documents 2250-001 Box 44 Clipping indexes 1952-1956 2250-001 Box 45 Clipping indexes 1952-1956 2250-001 Box 46 Publications and lists of records destroyed 2250-001 Box 45 Publications and lists of records destroyed 2250-001 Box 46 Northern District photographs 2250-001 Box 47 Puget Sound Power and Light subject series General subject series files B-C 1931-1947 2250-001 Box 48

Bone power bill (ephemera), Boneville Power Administration, Bussell study, City Transportation Company

 Condemnation cases Federal Power Commission hearing - Docket IT 5647 1930-1942 2250-001 Box 49

Index to transcript and transcripts

 Federal Power Commission hearing - Docket IT 5647 1930-1942 2250-001 Box 50

Transcripts and exhibits

 Federal Power Commission hearing - Docket IT 5647 1930-1942 2250-001 Box 51

Reports, notebooks, and news clippings

 Securities and Exchange Commission hearings 1941 2250-001 Box 52

Testimony and testimony plates, general notebook

 Securities and Exchange Commission hearings 1942 2250-001 Box 53

Testimony excerpts, general notebook, abstracts, index to exhibits, inventory, applicants brief, proceedings

 Securities and Exchange Commission hearings 1941-1943 2250-001 Box 54

Proceedings and notebooks

 Securities and Exchange Commission hearings 1942-1943 2250-001 Box 55

Refinancing correspondence and related papers

 Securities and Exchange Commission hearings 1942-1943 2250-001 Box 56

Recapitalization plan correspondence and related papers

 Securities and Exchange Commission hearings 1942-1943 2250-001 Box 57

Recapitalization plan correspondence and related papers

 Securities and Exchange Commission hearings 1942-1943 2250-001 Box 58

Refinancing correspondence and related papers, registration statements and amendments

 Organization work chart 2250-001 Box 61B Frank E. Fisher data books inventory 1924-1935 2250-001 Box 61 Appraisals 2250-001 Box 62

General notebooks, Ford, Bacon and Davis (1934-1935)

 Appraisals 2250-001 Box 63

General notebooks, Ford, Bacon and Davis (1934-1935)

 Appraisals 2250-001 Box 64

General notebooks, Ford, Bacon and Davis (1934-1935)

 Whatcom County 1936-1943 2250-001 Box 65

Correspondence and 4 volumes of general notebooks

 Whatcom County 1939 2250-001 Box 66

Inventory and Black and Veatch appraisals of electric property

 Whatcom County 1939 2250-001 Box 67

Black and Veatch appraisal of power pool property and Fisher appraisal working papers

 Whatcom County case court papers 1939-1941 2250-001 Box 68 Whatcom County case court papers 1939-1941 2250-001 Box 69 Whatcom County case court papers 1939-1941 2250-001 Box 70 Whatcom County case trial transcript 2250-001 Box 70 Whatcom County case trial transcript 2250-001 Box 71 Tri-County case inventory and Fisher notebook 1941 2250-001 Box 72 Tri-County case inventory and Fisher notebook 1941 2250-001 Box 73 Tri-County case appraisals 1941 2250-001 Box 74 Tri-County case appraisals 1941 2250-001 Box 75 Tri-County case court papers, trial transcripts, and exhibits 1942 2250-001 Box 76 Tri-County case court papers, trial transcripts, and exhibits 1940, 1942 2250-001 Box 77 Tri-County case Cowlitz v Washington Gas and Electric transcript 1940 2250-001 Box 78 Clallam County 1933, 1942-1943 2250-001 Box 79

Legal documents, correspondence, contracts, general notebook, court papers, inventory and appraisal working papers, and other records

 Clallam County court papers, exhibits, trial transcript 1941-1943 2250-001 Box 80 Jefferson, Kitsap, and Snohomish County cases 1941-1942 2250-001 Box 81 Snohomish County case 1942 2250-001 Box 82 Miscellaneous condemnation cases 1929-1943 2250-001 Box 82 Puyallup cases 1929-1930, 1939 2250-001 Box 83 General subject series files F-G 1923-1951 2250-001 Box 84

Federal Trade Commission, government and municipal ownership, and Grand Coulee

 General subject series files G-P 1923-1946 2250-001 Box 85

Great Northern, interstate, interchange agreement, Kitsap, Nooksack River, Northwest Power Co., Portland power companies

 General subject series files P 1921-1942 2250-001 Box 86

Powdered coal, war emergency power expansion, power studies

 H. L. Gray power pool inventory working papers 1939 2250-001 Box 86 H. L. Gray power pool inventory working papers 1939 2250-001 Box 87 H. L. Gray power pool inventory working papers 1939 2250-001 Box 88 H. L. Gray power pool inventory working papers and final copy 1939 2250-001 Box 89 General subject series files P-R 1925-1944 2250-001 Box 90 Rock Island development and Sale of Seattle metropolitan area 1933-1951 2250-001 Box 91 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area 1914, 1930-1952 2250-001 Box 92 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area 1914, 1930-1952 2250-001 Box 93 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area 1934-1951 2250-001 Box 94 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area 1933-1951 2250-001 Box 95

Legal documents, hearings, appraisals, and Seattle ordinances

 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area 1932-1956 2250-001 Box 96 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area 1932-1951 2250-001 Box 97 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area 1948-1951 2250-001 Box 98 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area City merger 1948-1952 2250-001 Box 99 Sale of Seattle metropolitan area Seattle situation and City of Seattle 1937-1951 2250-001 Box 100 Seattle Municipal Railway 1920-1940 2250-001 Box 100 Seattle Municipal Railway 1920-1940 2250-001 Box 101 Seattle Municipal Railway, Selective Service, and Shuffleton Oil Company 1922-1942 2250-001 Box 102 Shuffleton Oil Co. team plan, supervising contract, Tacoma plants 1924-1950 2250-001 Box 103 Tacoma Municipal Plant and Tennessee Valley Authority 1926-1947 2250-001 Box 104 Baker River timber 1937-1938 2250-001 Box 105 Baker Lake cruise report 1938 2250-001 Box 106 General subject files T-W 1918-1942 2250-001 Box 105 Washington Water Power Co. and PSPL merger 1953 2250-001 Box 107 Washington Water Power Co. and PSPL merger 1953 2250-001 Box 108 Washington Water Power Co. and PSPL merger transcripts 1953 2250-001 Box 109 Puget Sound Power and Light Subgroups Puget Sound Power and Light Securities Company Organizational features, minutes and notices, and interoffice correspondence 1923-1935 2250-001 Box 110 Interoffice correspondence 1927-1934 2250-001 Box 111 Interoffice and general correspondence 1927-1934 2250-001 Box 112 General correspondence, circulars, form letters, and stuffers 1928-1931 2250-001 Box 113 Subject series 1927-1934 2250-001 Box 114 Business records 1925-1933 2250-001 Box 115

Stockholders, legal documents, writings, orders, commissions, stock records, statistics, news releases, advertisements, circulars, cartoons, statement, and questionnaire

 Financial records 1923-1935 2250-001 Box 116 Financial records, miscellaneous, and unlabeled 1923-1935 2250-001 Box 117 Ledgers 1923-1931 2 volumes 2250-001 Box 117B Engineers Public Service Company 1929-1931 2250-001 Box 117 National Electric Light and Power Association 1927-1928 2250-001 Box 117

Includes essay contest

 Community Chest. Seattle 1931, 1934 2250-001 Box 117 Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Organization and executive officers interoffice correspondence 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 118 Interoffice correspondence 2250-001 Box 119 Interoffice correspondence Stone and Webster 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 120

Continues series in Seattle Electric Co. subgroup in boxes 150-151. Missing year 1916.

 Interoffice correspondence Stone and Webster 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 121

Continues series in Seattle Electric Co. subgroup in boxes 150-151. Missing year 1916.

 Interoffice correspondence Stone and Webster 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 122

Continues series in Seattle Electric Co. subgroup in boxes 150-151. Missing year 1916. Box 122 includes weekly newsletter giving summary of economics, politics, and other topics, monthly summary of the business coordinator's report, and monthly entries for Stone and Webster Journal.

 General correspondence re: plant operations (including suppliers) 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 123 General correspondence re: plant operations (including suppliers) 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 124 General correspondence re: plant operations (including suppliers) 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 125 General correspondence re: plant operations (including suppliers) 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 126 General correspondence re: plant operations (including suppliers) 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 127 General correspondence re: plant operations (including suppliers) 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 128 General correspondence re: plant operations (including suppliers) 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 129 General correspondence re: plant operations (including suppliers) 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 130 General correspondence, minutes, reports 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 131 Executive offices reports 1912-1914 2250-001 Box 132 Seattle division operating reports 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 132 Seattle division operating reports 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 133 Seattle and Bellingham divisions annual reports 1912-1929 2250-001 Box 134 Bellingham division operating reports 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 135 Tacoma division operating reports 1913-1920 2250-001 Box 136 Temporary journal and ledger financial records 1912 2250-001 Box 136 Journal financial records 1909-1916 2250-001 Box 137 Journal financial records 1909-1916 2250-001 Box 138 Journal financial records 1909-1916 2250-001 Box 139 Journal financial records 1909-1916 2250-001 Box 141 Journal and general ledger financial records 1909-1921 2250-001 Box 141 Detail of strike expenses 1917-1918 2250-001 Box 136 Financial records 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 142 Bellingham division financial reports, speeches and writings, lists, legislation, contracts 1912-1920 2250-001 Box 143 Speeches and writings, lists, legislation, contracts, newsletters, arbitration exhibits, maps 1912-1917 2250-001 Box 144 Conferences and conventions, memoranda, ephemera, and subject series 1912-1917 2250-001 Box 145 Subject series 1909-1920 2250-001 Box 146 Subject series 1912-1917 2250-001 Box 147 Committees and associations 1912-1915 2250-001 Box 147 Puget Sound Power and Light Predecessor Companies Subgroups Seattle Electric Company Interoffice correspondence 1909-1912 2250-001 Box 148

Law department, Stone and Webster management

 Stone and Webster management interoffice correspondence 1908-1911 2250-001 Box 149 Stone and Webster management interoffice correspondence 1910-1912 2250-001 Box 150 Stone and Webster Management Company interoffice correspondence 1910-1912 2250-001 Box 151 General correspondence 1909 2250-001 Box 152 General correspondence 1909-1912 2250-001 Box 153 General correspondence re: operations 1910-1912 2250-001 Box 154 General correspondence re: operations 1910-1912 2250-001 Box 155 Board of Trustees and stockholders minutes 1903-1911 2250-001 Box 155 Trustees, executive committee, and stockholder minute books 1900-1931 2250-001 Box 156 Trustees, executive committee, and stockholder minute books 1900-1931 2250-001 Box 157 Minutes and financial records 1890-1912 2250-001 Box 158

Seattle Electric Employees Beneficial Association, Seattle-Everett Interurban Railway (1911), and various financial records. Includes Seattle Railway records (1890-1898).

 General ledgers and trial balance 1900-1910 2250-001 Box 159 Trial balance 1900-1912 2250-001 Box 162 Renton Mine construction ledger 1901-1910 2250-001 Box 160 General ledger 1900-1910 2250-001 Box 161 Operating reports 1902-1912 2250-001 Box 163 Reports 1902-1912 2250-001 Box 164 Annual reports 1907-1911 2250-001 Box 165 Contracts, ordinances, rules and regulations, maps, International Engineers conference, lists, appeals, real estate, and diary 1889-1912 2250-001 Box 166 Seattle-Tacoma Power Company General correspondence 1903-1912 2250-001 Box 166 General correspondence 1903-1912 2250-001 Box 167 General correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, court papers 1902-1912 2250-001 Box 168 Financial records 1902-1912 2250-001 Box 169 Pacific Coast Power Company Correspondence, articles of incorporation, and miscellaneous legal documents 1902-1911, 1934-1936 2250-001 Box 168 Minutes, financial records, reports 1899-1934 2250-001 Box 170 Puget Sound Power Company

Formerly Pierce County Improvement Co.

 Organization, correspondence, financial records, articles of incorporation, minutes 1902-1912 2250-001 Box 171 Minutes, financial records, reports 1903-1912, 1933 2250-001 Box 172 Stone and Webster (Columbia Improvement Company) Interoffice correspondence 1902-1905 2250-001 Box 173 Supplies/parts correspondence, financial and progress reports 1903-1912 2250-001 Box 174 Construction ledger 1905-1908 2250-001 Box 175 Purchase agreement with General Electric Company 1929-1930 2250-001 Box 176 Miscellaneous Companies Buckley Electrical Company minute book 1892-1914 2250-001 Box 177 Cascade Power Company financial records and minute book 1927-1931 2250-001 Box 177 Central Oregon Improvement Company (L. K. Wakefield) 1910-1919 2250-001 Box 177

Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, ephemera

 Central Washington Gas Company 1913-1923 2250-001 Box 177

Annual reports, general ledger, minute book

 Chelan Falls Power Company reports 1923-1926 2250-001 Box 177 Clark County Development Company 1924-1925 2250-001 Box 178

Annual report, minute book, financial report

 Columbia River Orchard Company 1913-1916 2250-001 Box 178

A. W. Leonard president

Correspondence, financial records and agreements

 Consumers Electric Company (Seattle) 1895-1900 2250-001 Box 178

Sold to Seattle Electric Co., 1900

Minute book, stock certificates, and legal document

 Consumers Electric Company (Seattle) 1895-1900 2250-001 Box 179

Cash record, general ledger, and journal

 Edmonds Electric Light and Power Company minute book 1908-1917 2250-001 Box 180 Entiat Light and Power Company 1908-1932 2250-001 Box 178

Acquired December 1932

General ledger, journal, minute book, legal documents

 Everett Railway, Light and Power Company cash book 1917-1927 2250-001 Box 178 Granite Falls Electric Company minute book 1909-1922 2250-001 Box 178 Home Electric Company financial records 1890-1892 2250-001 Box 181 Home Electric Company contracts and agreements 1891-1894 2250-001 Box 182 Independent Electric Company 1908-1915 2250-001 Box 182

Vader, Castle Rock, Naparine, Winlock, see also Washington-Oregon Power Company

Annual report, general ledger, journal, operating reports

 Independent Light and Water general ledgers 1907-1911 2250-001 Box 182 James Street Construction Company, Seattle 1890-1901 2250-001 Box 182

Minute book and stock records

 Jim Creek Water, Light and Power Company, Arlington, WA 1905-1917 2250-001 Box 182

Annual report, financial reports, general ledgers, and minute book

 Key City Light and Power Company, Port Townsend, WA, annual reports 1915-1918 2250-001 Box 183 Lake Dorothy Improvement Company, Seattle 1903 2250-001 Box 183

Minute and stock certificates book

 Montesano Light and Water Company 1891-1918 2250-001 Box 183

Ledgers and journals, letters, and minute book

 Montesano Light and Water Company trial balance and journal 1911-1918 2250-001 Box 184 Mountain Spring Company 1896-1910 2250-001 Box 183

South Bend, including South Bend Water Company

Correspondence and customer ledger

 Mountain Spring Company 1895-1913 2250-001 Box 185

Financial records, letterbook, minute book, legal documents, correspondence, report

 Mutual Electric Light and Power Company, Puyallup 1915-1923 2250-001 Box 185

Correspondence, annual reports, financial reports, minute book

 Mutual Light and Heat Company minute book 1901-1906 2250-001 Box 185 North Coast Power Company, Chehalis 1915-1924, 1931 2250-001 Box 186

Acquired May 1924

Annual reports, franchise brief, correspondence, financial report and appraisals

 North Coast Power Company, Chehalis 1916-1920 2250-001 Box 187

Financial and statistical reports

 North Coast Power Company, Chehalis 1916-1924 2250-001 Box 188

Minutes and by-laws

 North Coast Power Company, Chehalis 1916-1924 2250-001 Box 189

Minutes, by-laws, and operating reports

 North Coast Power Company, Chehalis 1915-1923 2250-001 Box 190

General ledger and journal

 North Coast Transportation Company 1932-1945 2250-001 Box 189

PSPL subsidiary

Correspondence, legal document, certificates

 North Coast Transportation Company 1909, 1923-1945 2250-001 Box 191

Balance sheet, non-operating property, reports

 Northwest Electric and Water Works, Montesano 1912-1922 2250-001 Box 191

See also Washington Coast Utilities

Minute book, annual reports, interoffice correspondence

 Northwest Light and Power, Everett, Skagway 1901-1910 2250-001 Box 191

Previously of Augusta, Maine

Minute book, financial records, legal documents

 Northwest Power and Manufacturing Company annual report 1918 2250-001 Box 191 Olympia Light and Power Company 1890-1924 2250-001 Box 192

Minutes, reports, abstracts, general ledgers

 Olympia Light and Power Company minutes 1890-1895 2 volumes 2250-001 Box 193 Olympia Light and Power Company general ledgers 2250-001 Box 194 Olympia Light and Power Company general ledgers 2250-001 Box 194b Olympia Light and Power Company financial reports 1894-1924 2250-001 Box 195 Olympia Light and Power Company annual reports 1907-1922 2250-001 Box 196 Olympia Light and Power Company annual reports 1907-1922 2250-001 Box 197 Olympic Power and Light Company 1930-1931 2250-001 Box 198

Financial records, journal, ledger, agreements

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1912-1922 2250-001 Box 198

Acquired August 1924

General ledgers (5 volumes) and journals

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1914-1923 2250-001 Box 199

General ledgers, journals, and trial balances

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1909-1935 2250-001 Box 200

Cash box (2 volumes), operating report for combined companies (1930), minute books

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1912-1918 2250-001 Box 201

Annual report to tax commissioners (5 volumes), annual report

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1909-1930 bound volumes 2250-001 Box 202

Financial reports

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1909-1930 bound volumes 2250-001 Box 203

Financial reports

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1909-1930 2250-001 Box 204

Financial reports

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1913-1929 2250-001 Box 205

Financial reports

 Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Bellingham 1913-1929 2250-001 Box 206

Financial and operating reports

 Puyallup Electric Company minute book 1902-1903 2250-001 Box 201 People's Utility Company, Rochester 1922-1927 2250-001 Box 207

Financial reports, annual report, appraisal, general ledger, minute book, and agreement

 People's Utility Company, Rochester general ledger 1922-1925 2250-001 Box 208 Peoples Co-op Telephone Company, Rochester 1919-1922, 1927 2250-001 Box 207

Sold to People's Utility Company, 1923

General ledger and journal, annual report

 Pacific Electric Light Company 1890-1891 2250-001 Box 207

General ledger and journal

 Seattle Cataract Company 1899-1904 2250-001 Box 209

General ledger, journal, consumer ledger

 Seattle Cataract Company 1899-1909 2250-001 Box 210

Minute books (2 volumes)

 Seattle Central Railway trial balance 1902 2250-001 Box 210 Seattle Everett Traction Company cash book 1909-1912 2250-001 Box 210

See also Pacific Northwest Traction Company

 Seattle Electric Light Company general ledger and agreements 1889, 1892 2250-001 Box 210

Purchased by Seattle Electric Co., later absorbed by Union Electric

 Seattle Steam Heat and Power Company minute book 1889-1900 2250-001 Box 210

Purchased by Seattle Electric Co., 1900

 Seattle Steam Heat and Power Company ledgers and journals 1890-1900 2250-001 Box 211 Seattle-Tacoma Timber Company 1902-1903 2250-001 Box 212

Minute books, real estate and contracts

 Silverdale Light and Power Company 1922-1928 2250-001 Box 212

Acquired July 1928

Organization, minute book, legal documents

 Skagit Power Company 1908-1919 2250-001 Box 212

General ledger, journals, minute books

 Skagit Power Company 1908-1919 2250-001 Box 213

General ledger, journal

 Snoqualmie Falls Power Company 1898-1907 2250-001 Box 212

Minute book, daily log book, trouble record, cavity generating station

 Snoqualmie Falls Power Company ledgers and vouchers 1898-1904 2250-001 Box 214 Snoqualmie Falls Power Company voucher register and abstract of voucher 1898-1904 2250-001 Box 214b Snoqualmie Falls Power Company voucher register 1898-1904 2250-001 Box 214c Snoqualmie Falls and White River Power Company cash record 1904-1905 2250-001 Box 215

Seattle Tacoma Power Co. after 1904

 Snoqualmie Falls and White River Power Company minute books 1902-1912 2250-001 Box 216 South Bend Electric Company ledgers and minute books 1901-1912 2250-001 Box 216

See also Mountain Spring Company

 Tacoma Bus Company financial and operating reports 1927-1929 2250-001 Box 216 Tacoma Industrial Company 1902-1912 2250-001 Box 217

By-laws, articles of incorporation, contracts and agreements, minutes, and financial records

 Tacoma Cataract Company 1899-1906 2250-001 Box 217

Stock journal and ledger, minute books (2 volumes)

 Tacoma Cataract Company 1899-1904 2250-001 Box 218

General ledgers, journal, trial balance

 Tenino Water Company annual reports to public service commission 1912-1913 2250-001 Box 217 Twin City Light and Traction Company, Centralia ledger and minute book 1909-1923 2250-001 Box 219 Union Electric Company, Seattle (E. C. Kilbourne) 1892-1899 2250-001 Box 220

Ledgers, journals, and minute book

 Union Electric Company, Seattle (E. C. Kilbourne) 1892-1899 2250-001 Box 220B

Ledgers, journals, and minute book

 Union Electric Company, Seattle (E. C. Kilbourne) 1892-1899 2250-001 Box 221

Agreements, contracts, and legal documents

 Vashon Light and Power Company, Ellisport 1915-1920 2250-001 Box 221

Glenville A. Collins manager, Charles E. Sheppard president

Annual reports, journals, correspondence, agreements, financial records, mortgages, and plan record

 Vancouver Water Company 1868-1898 2250-001 Box 222

Acquired June 1924

Ledger and 4 minute books

 Washington Coast Utilities, Tenino, Pt. Townsend, Edmonds, Arlington 1916-1924 2250-001 Box 222

Annual reports, financial reports, journal, minute books

 Washington Coast Utilities, Tenino, Pt. Townsend, Edmonds, Arlington 1916-1924 2250-001 Box 223

Minute books and operating reports

 Washington Coast Utilities reports 2250-001 Box 224A

Monthly and annual reports, and trial balances

 Washington Coast Utilities reports 1918-1920 2250-001 Box 224B

Monthly and annual reports, and trial balances

 Washington Coast Utilities reports 1921-1922 2250-001 Box 224C

Monthly and annual reports, and trial balances

 Washington Coast Utilities reports 2250-001 Box 224D

Includes Northwest Electic and Water Works

 Wallace Falls Power Company 1929-1940 2250-001 Box 223

Robert Howes president, Stephen F. Chadwick secretary

Minutes, articles of incorporation, correspondence, agreements, claims, and balance sheets

 Washington Electric Company 1927-1935 2250-001 Box 223

Minutes, notices, resolutions, and financial records

 Washington Electric Company-Agent, Wenatchee 1927-1933 2250-001 Box 225

re: Tumwater Falls; agent for Great Northern Railway

General ledger

 Washington Electric Company 1927-1933 2250-001 Box 225

Details, insurance, operating reports, financial records

 Washington Electric Company 1927-1933 2250-001 Box 226

Financial reports, annual report, interoffice correspondence, and purchase orders

 Western Washington Power Company 1912-1927 2250-001 Box 227

Annual and financial reports

 Western Washington Power Company 1912-1927 2250-001 Box 228

Financial reports, minute books, and operating reports

 Western Washington Power Company operating reports 1912-1919 2250-001 Box 229 Western Washington Power Company annual report to tax commission 1912-1916 2250-001 Box 230 Wenatchee Valley Gas and Electric Company general ledgers 1913-1921 2250-001 Box 229 Wenatchee Valley Gas and Electric Company trial balance 1911-1925 2250-001 Box 231 Washington-Oregon Corporation, Kalama, Tenino, Vancouver, Chehalis, Kelso 1911-1915 2250-001 Box 232

Annual reports, reports, ledgers and journals, minutes

 Washington-Oregon Corporation minutes and trial balances 1910-1915 2250-001 Box 233 Washington-Oregon Corporation minutes and trial balances 1910-1915 2250-001 Box 233B Washington-Oregon Corporation minutes and trial balances 1910-1915 2250-001 Box 233C Washington and Oregon Power Company journal 1904-1905 2250-001 Box 232

Includes Independent Electric Co.

 Washington and Oregon Power Company journal 1904-1905 2250-001 Box 234 Wenatchee Electric Company 1903-1910 2250-001 Box 234

General ledger, journal, trial balance

 Wenatchee Electric Company journal 1904-1908 2250-001 Box 235 Whatcom County Power and Light Company (Ray U. Muffley) 1919-1925 2250-001 Box 234

Minutes, general ledger, trial balance, appraisal, annual report, map

 White River Power Company general ledger and journal 1903-1906 2250-001 Box 234 Yakima Water Company general ledger and journal 1919 2 volumes 2250-001 Box 234 Accession No. 2250-002: Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1915-1987 3.42 cubic feet 4 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, reports, subject files, financial reocrds, clippings, ephemera, legal documents. Included also are records of its predessor companies and companies which it acquired.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

 Puget Sound Power and Light Company records 2250-002 Box 1 Puget Sound Power and Light Company records 2250-002 Box 2 Puget Sound Power and Light Company records 2250-002 Box 3 Puget Sound Power and Light Company records 2250-002 Box 4 Accession No. 2250-003: Puget Sound Power and Light Company records, 1915-1987 1.28 cubic feet 1 box

Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Lists, financial records, testimony, 1940 sales report, newsletters, clippings, tributes to Frank McLaughlin, president of PSP&L 1929-1964.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

 Puget Sound Power and Light Company records 2250-003 Box 1 Accession No. 2250-004: Greater Washington Hour radio scripts, 1937-1938 1 vertical file

Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: "Greater Washington Hour" - 8 radio scripts, including numbers 57, 119, 139, 143, 200, 206 and 252.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

 Greater Washington Hour radio scripts 2250-004 VF0336 Accession No. 5689-001: Detailed Exhibits of the Seattle Electric Company, Part II, 1913 .028 cubic feet 1 box

Scope and Content: Bound notebook of the Seattle Electric Company detailing Seattle's electrical distribution system, including poles, substations and overhead wires; documents estimating the value of tracks owned by the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company, over which Puget Sound Electric cars were operated; and detailed specifications for passenger cars operated by Puget Sound Electric. All sections contain snapshots documenting electrical systems or passenger cars. Contains only "Part II" of a presumably larger collection.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

 Detailed Exhibits of the Seattle Electric Company, Part II 5689-001 Box 1