Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest
Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 363-5342
Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
Ms
1A
Spokane Area
Development Council
Spokane Area Development Council Records
1940-1980
1974-1978
4 boxes
4 linear ft.
Spokane Area Development Council, an offshoot of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce, was incorporated in May of 1974. Its purpose is to create new
employment opportunities by attracting new business and industry to the Spokane, Washington
area and to assist local business and industry to achieve recognition and growth. This file
consists largely of statistical information gathered by an in-house economic research team
in support of both its own efforts and those of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce.
Materials are in English.
Historical Note
Spokane Area Development Council, an offshoot of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, was
incorporated in May of 1974 with Omar Lofgren as its first president. Its purpose is to
create new employment opportunities by attracting new business and industry to the Spokane,
Washington area and to assist local business and industry to achieve recognition and
growth.
This file consists largely of statistical information (up through 1978) gathered by an
in-house economic research team in support of both its own efforts and those of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce. Funding is provided by the City of Spokane, Spokane County and local
business and industry through the Spokane Chamber of Commerce and the Spokane Valley Chamber
of Commerce. The materials covers a variety of business-related topics, including wage
surveys, statistics on manpower, unemployment, and building permits and cost of living, and
banking information.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder and/or series title, depending on the
number of folders in each topic. The major series are as follows: area manpower reviews,
1966-1978; Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 1970-1977; Inland Empire (general
information), 1974-1977; mining, 1970s; Spokane (general information), 1940-1980; Spokane
County, c.1970-1980; and Western Resource Handbook, 1959.
Collection is not restricted.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to
the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern
Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher
Spokane Area Development Council Records (Ms 1A), Eastern Washington State Historical
Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.
Donated by Spokane Area Development Council, 1981 and 1982 (Accession #2875).
See also:
- Spokane Chamber of Commerce Records (Ms 1)
- Municipal League of Spokane Records (Ms 63)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library
Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search WorldCat using these headings.
Lofgren,
Omar
Spokane Chamber
of Commerce
Spokane Area
Development Council--Archives
Spokane
(Wash.)--Economic aspects
Labor supply--Washington
(State)
City
planning
Spokane
Manuscript
collections
Lofgren, Omar
Spokane Area Development
Council
Spokane Chamber of
Commerce
Spokane--Businesses
Spokane--Industries
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Introduction and Inventory
1
1
Series 1
Area Manpower Surveys
Montana
July - Nov. 1978
1
2
Northeast Washington
1966, 1968, 1971
1
3
Rural Washington
1972
1
4
Southeast Washington
1966, 1968, 1971, 1976
1
5
Spokane, Washington
1969-1971
1
6
Spokane, Washington
1972-1978
1
7
Spokane County
1962-1967
1
8
Series 2
Area Wage Surveys
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar. 1974
1
9
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove, California
Oct. 1975
1
10
Billings, Montana
July 1974-1975
1
11
Boise, Idaho
Sep. 1974
1
12
Bremerton, Washington
Jan. 1977
1
13
Difference among metropolitan areas
1975 - 1976
1
14
Directory
1960 - 1973
1
15
Great Falls, Montana
Aug. 1975
1
16
Idaho
1975 - 1976
1
17
Phoenix, Arizona
July 1977
1
18
Portland, OR-WA metropolitan area
May 1974 - 1975
1
19
San Francisco-Oakland, California
Mar. 1975
1
20
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA
Feb. 1977
1
21
Seattle-Evertt, Washington
1961 - 1971, Jan. 1973
1
22
Selected industries
1961 - 1976
1
23
Selected metropolitan areas
1972 - 1973
1
24
Tacoma, Washington
Apr. 1975
1
25
Tri-Cities, Walla Walla, WA; Pendleton,
Oregon
Oct. 1974 - Aug. 1975
1
26
Tucson, Arizona
May 1975
1
27
Board Retreat, Red Lion Motor Inn
Mar. 23, 1979
1
28
Bureau of the Census: Revised Monthly Retail Sales and
Inventories
Jan. 1973 - Dec. 1979
1
29
Data Sheets (Old Masters)
1970s
1
30
Employment: Miscellaneous Items
1
31
Series 3
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Assets and liabilities of all member banks in the 12th
district
1974
1
32
Assets and liabilities of all member banks in the 12th
district
1975
1
33
Bank debits, deposits, and turnover rates
1970 - 1973
1
34
Bank debits, deposits, and turnover rates
1971
1
35
Bank debits, deposits, and turnover rates
1972
1
36
Bank debits, deposits, and turnover rates
1972 - 1976
1
37
Bank debits, deposits, and turnover rates
1973
1
38
Bank debits, deposits, and turnover rates
1974 - 1977
1
39
Bank debits, deposits, and turnover rates
Feb. 1977 - June 1977
1
40
Loans and deposits of 12th district banking offices in
selected cities
1970
1
41
Loans and deposits of 12th district banking offices in
selected cities
1971
1
42
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
1971
1
43
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
Jan. 1972 - June 1972
2
1
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
Aug. 1972 - Dec. 1972
2
2
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
1973
2
3
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
1974
2
4
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
1975
2
5
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
Jan. 1976 - June 1976
2
6
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
July 1976 - Dec. 1976
2
7
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
Jan. 1977 - June 1977
2
8
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
July 1977 - Dec. 1977
2
9
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
Jan. 1978 - June 1978
2
10
Weekly condition report of large banks in the 12th
federal district
July 1978 - Dec. 1978
2
11
Home Builders' Association: By-laws
May 10, 1979
2
12
Home Builders' Association: Reports
1979
2
13
HUD: occuyping survey of Spokane and Spokane
Valley
1960 - 1976
2
14
Industrial Development Program
May 31, 1979
2
15
Series 4
Inland Empire
Buying income
Nov. 1977
2
16
Trade area
Nov. 1975
2
17
Weather
1974
2
18
Labor Force and Employment
1970 - 1975
2
19
Maps
2
20
Medicine: USDA. "The Size and Shape of the Medical Care
Dollar"
1971
2
21
Series 5
Mining
The Bunker Hill Company
1965
2
22
The Sunshine Mine
2
23
Miscellaneous pamphlets
1970s
2
24
Miscellaneous
2
25
Miscellaneous information
1970s
2
26
Review and workshop, Hayden Lake, WA
May 13, 1976
2
27
Series 6
Spokane
"Spokane"
2
28
Affirmative Action
1974
2
29
Area labor market historical file
1940 - 1962
2
30
Banking/finance historical file
1941 - 1973
2
31
Building permits
1955 - 1964
2
32
Building permits
1974
2
33
Building permits
1975 - 1976
2
34
Building permits
1977
2
35
Building permits
1978
2
36
Building permits
1979
2
37
Building permit statistics
1965 - 1980
2
38
Business and industrial parks
c.1970s
3
1
Business interview reports
3
2
Consumer price indices: raw data for Seattle and
Spokane
Feb. 1978
3
3
Consumer price indices: raw data for Seattle and
Spokane
Mar. 1979
3
4
Cost of living
1973
3
5
Cost of living study
June 1975
3
6
Cost of living study: Spokane and Seattle
Feb. 1977
3
7
Cost of living study: Spokane and Seattle
Mar. 1979
3
8
EIS statements
1977 - 1979
3
9
EIS statements
1977 - 1979
3
10
Housing
1960 - 1974
3
11
City and county building permits
1955
3
12
City and county building permits
1956
3
13
City and county building permits
1957
3
14
City and county building permits
1958
3
15
City and county building permits
1959
3
16
City and county building permits
1960
3
17
City and county building permits
1961
3
18
City and county building permits
1962
3
19
City and county building permits
1963
3
20
City and county building permits
1964
3
21
City and county building permits
1965
3
22
City and county building permits
1966
3
23
City and county building permits
1967
3
24
City and county building permits
1968
3
25
City and county building permits
1969
3
26
City and county building permits
1970
3
27
City and county building permits
1971
3
28
City and county building permits
1972
3
29
Ciyt and county building permits
1973
3
30
Mortgage filings
1958 - 1973
3
31
Historical statistics
4
6
Trade area
1977
4
7
Series 7
Spokane County
Affirmative Action
1973 - 1975
3
32
Building permits
1974
3
33
Building permits
1975 - 1976
3
34
Building permits
1977
3
35
Building permits
1978
3
36
Building permits
1979
3
37
Building permit statistics
1967 - 1980
4
1
Data by census tracts
1970
4
2
EIS statements
1977 - 1979
4
3
Mortage filings
1977
4
4
Payroll
4
5
Pre-1972
Transparency copies used in presentations
4
8
U.S. Dept. of Commerce: retail trade
1978
4
9
U.S. Dept. of Labor: consumer price indices for Pacific
cities
1977
4
10
Series 8
Washington State
Labor market reports
1977 - June 1978
4
11
Labor market report: rural manpower
Apr. 22, 1977
4
12
Labor market report: Spokane
Nov. 1978
4
13
Labor market report: unemployment
1977
4
14
Unemployment
Jan. 1978 - June 1978
4
15
Unemployment
July 1978 - Dec. 1978
4
16
Unemployment
1979
4
17
Series 9
Western Resource Handbook
1959
Introduction and Table of Contents
4
18
I. Natural Resources
4
19
II. Agriculture
4
20
III. Manpower
4
21
IV. Industry
4
22
V. Construction
4
23
VI. Transportation
4
24
VII. Communication
4
25
VIII. Merchandising
4
26
IX. Area Development: Az to NM
4
27
IX. Area Development: OR to Skastachewan
4
28
Index
4
29