Seattle Municipal Archives
Civil Service Commission Annual
Reports
Seattle (Wash.). Civil
Service Commission
1802-F7
1.6 cubic feet
1894-2006
Annual reports for the Civil Service
Commission, including Labor Commissioner reports, Office Early reports, and
Civil Service reports. Appendices include more detailed information, such as
statistics, rulings, and amendments. English .
The Civil Service Commission was established in 1896 to oversee the
Civil Service Department which administered the City's personnel system. In
1979 the City's personnel system was reorganized with the creation of a
Personnel Department independent of the Commission. The Commission was
reorganized with jurisdiction to hear employee appeals relating to demotions,
terminations, suspensions, certain lay-offs, and violations of personnel rules.
The Commission is comprised of three-members serving staggered three-year
terms. One member is appointed by the mayor, one by the City Council, and one
is elected by City employees.
Annual reports for the Civil Service Commission from both before and
after the 1979 reorganization. The earliest report, from 1894, is a report of
the Labor Commissioner. The Labor Commissioner administered the Public
Employment Office, which was part of the Civil Service Commission. Reports from
1896 to the 1920s have appendices that include reports from the secretary,
chief examiner, and labor commissioner. The appendices also include information
such as labor statistics, rulings, amendments, examinations, including
examination questions, and labor issues. The 1899 report includes reports for
the years 1897 and 1898. Labor Commissioner reports in the 1890s are very
detailed and include information on types and numbers of positions filled, the
increase of population due to the gold rush in Alaska, railroad laborers, hop
picking, women, and minorities. By the 1930s, the annual report of the Labor
Commissioner is presented jointly with the Civil Service Commission report and
not as an appendix. These reports include statistical information but not as
much narrative as earlier reports. Labor Commissioner reports cease to be a
part of the Civil Service Commission reports in 1942 when the Public Employment
Office was abolished. Reports in the 1950s begin listing names of examiners
used, both inside and outside of City employment. Reports in the 1960s include
organizational charts. Beginning in 1970, the reports are much shorter, only
including one to two pages of statistical trends, or no statistics, and a few
pages of narrative.
Records are open to the public.
A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports,
petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City
departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been
placed "on file" with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily
permanent records, but also include routine material which was periodically
purged. Certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed,
arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the
Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC.
[Item and date], Civil Service Commission Annual Reports, Record Series
1802-F7 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle (Wash.). Civil
Service Commission
Seattle (Wash.). Labor
Commissioner
Seattle (Wash.)
Civil
service--Examinations--Washington (State)--Seattle
Labor Relations
Civil Service Commission /
Commissioner of Labor Statistics Annual Report
1894
1
1
Clerk File 445
Civil Service Commission / Labor
Commissioner Annual Report
1895
1
1
Clerk File
11965
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report (Appendix)
1896
1
2
Clerk File
26735
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1896
1
2
Clerk File
26745
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1899
1
3
Clerk File
66885
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1901
1
4
Clerk File
291611
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1903
1
4
Clerk File
23739
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1908
1
5
Clerk File
36078_4
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1909
1
5
Clerk File
38860
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1910
1
5
Clerk File
42606
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1913
1
6
Clerk File
54979
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1913
1
7
Clerk File
291612
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1914
1
8
Clerk File
59725_3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1915
1
8
Clerk File
063200_3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1916
2
2
Clerk File
68685_3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1917
2
2
Clerk File
69632_3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1918
2
1
Clerk File
72113_3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1919
2
1
Clerk File
76666_3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1920
2
3
Clerk File
81450_3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1921
2
3
Clerk File
085239-3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1922
2
4
Clerk File
90804
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1923
2
4
Clerk File
94860_3
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1930
2
5
Clerk File
291613
Civil Service Commission - Labor
Commissioner Annual Report
1931
2
5
Clerk File
136155
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1932
2
5
Clerk File
139009
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1933
2
5
Clerk File
143166
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1934
2
6
Clerk File
291614
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1935-1936
2
6
Clerk File
291615
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1937
2
6
Clerk File
291616
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1938
2
7
Clerk File
291617
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1939
2
7
Clerk File
291618
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1940
2
7
Clerk File
291619
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1941
2
7
Clerk File
291620
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1942-1943
2
7
Clerk File
181501
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1944
3
1
Clerk File
184884
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1945
3
1
Clerk File
191494
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1946
3
1
Clerk File
291624
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1947
3
1
Clerk File
291625
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1948
3
1
Clerk File
203212
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1949
3
2
Clerk File
206978
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1950
3
2
Clerk File
212099
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1951
3
2
Clerk File
216997
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1952
3
2
Clerk File
221303
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1953
3
3
Clerk File
224729
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1954
3
3
Clerk File
227115
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1955
3
3
Clerk File
229667
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1956
3
4
Clerk File
233201
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1957
3
4
Clerk File
235180
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1958
3
4
Clerk File
238247
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1959
3
5
Clerk File
239848
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1960
3
5
Clerk File
242250
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1961
3
6
Clerk File
245890
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1962
3
6
Clerk File
247972
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1963
3
7
Clerk File
250436
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1964
3
7
Clerk File
253002
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1965
4
1
Clerk File
255547
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1966
4
1
Clerk File
257801
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1967
4
2
Clerk File
260841
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1968
4
2
Clerk File
263733
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1969
4
3
Clerk File
266972
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1970
4
3
Clerk File
269897
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1971
4
3
Clerk File
273033
Civil Service Department Annual
Report
1972
4
3
Clerk File
275150
Civil Service Department Annual
Report
1973
4
3
Clerk File
278439
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
1998
4
4
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
2003
4
4
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
2004
4
5
Civil Service Commission Annual
Report
2005-2006
4
6