The Personnel Department was created in 1979. It administers the employee selection system, labor relations and negotiations, benefit programs, and the classification/compensation plan. The Department also manages related programs. The City Charter of 1896 created the Civil Service system and established the Civil Service Commission and Civil Service Department to administer the system. The reorganization in 1979 abolished the Civil Service Department, replacing it with the Personnel Department, and established the Civil Service Commission as a separate City agency. In 1997, the Personnel Department was incorporated as a division within the Executive Services Department. In 2001, a departmental reorganization reestablished Personnel as a separate and independent department.
Content includes images from the Training and Development Division,
Service Awards for 35 years and 20 years of service as a City employee. All
images can be viewed in the Photograph Index online. Search "6008-01" in the
Records are open to the public.
[Item number.] Personal Department Digital Photograph Collection, Record Series 6008-01. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Photographs acquired through the Seattle Municipal Archives Digital Photograph Management Program.
This series may grow due to continued accessioning through the Digital Image Management Program. This finding aid will be updated to reflect additional accessions.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.