Seattle Municipal Archives
Civil Defense Documents
Seattle (Wash.). City
Clerk
1802-A8
0.8 cubic feet
1942-1964 English .
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Correspondence, reports, plans, and minutes related to civil defense
activities in Seattle and King County. Includes documents pertaining to World
War II defense planning by the Civilian War Commission.
Records are open to the public.
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departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been
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[Item and date], Civil Defense Documents, Record Series 1802-A8 Box
[number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle Area War Projects
Board
Seattle Civilian War
Commission
Seattle (Wash.). City
Clerk
Seattle (Wash.)
Civil defense--Washington
(State)--Seattle
World War,
1939-1945
Petition Municipal Defense
Commission for Free Light
1942
1
1
Clerk File
172973
Transportation Police Chief --
Propose Ordinance for Black-outs
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173354
Notice Lighting Support -- Air
Raid Siren Billing
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173942
Petition Board County
Commissioner -- Council Concur with Special Wartime Session
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173895
Petition Police Chief -- Home
Defense Information Regulation Rental of Civic Auditorium
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173816
Petition Gr Empire Way Community
Club -- Air Raid Warden Activity
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173810
Petition Municipal Defense
Commission -- Name Change to Civilian War Commission
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173758
Petition Municipal Defense
Commission -- Ordinance Changes
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173188
Transmittal Mayor Millikin -
Petition Municipal Defense Commission
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173485
Petition Municipal Defense
Council Food Commission -- US Milk Code
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173407
Petition Municipal Defense
Commission -- Letter Suggesting Air Raid Facilities
1942
1
1
Clerk File
172685
Petition Building Support --
Northwest Air Raid Division use of Ballard City Hall
1942
1
1
Clerk File
172656
Petition Municipal Defense
Commission -- Free Light to Defense Community Offices
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173330
Petition for $500,000
Appropriation for Civilian Protection Division
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173059
Petition Municipal Defense
Commission -- Free Water for Certain Army Men
1942
1
1
Clerk File
172666
Report of Building Supt. On
Request of Northwest Zone Air Raid Wardens for Additional Use of Ballard City
Hall
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173046
Transportation Building Support
-- Municipal Defense Commission, Police and Fire Station Use
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173009
Communication Building Support --
Cost of Civil Auditorium Mobile Hospital
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173070
Petition King County National
Defense Council -- Civil Defense Funds
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173108
Petition Police Chief -- Funds
for Additional Air Raid Sirens
1942
1
1
Clerk File
173109
Petition Municipal Defense
Commission -- Free Light
1942
1
1
Clerk File
172659
Protest of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against Segregated
Clubs for Service Men
1942
1
2
Clerk File
174387
Petition of Terry Pettus, Editor
of the New World, for an Investigation of the Civilian Protection Division of
Seattle.
1943
1
2
Clerk File
179277
Report of Charles S. Albert,
Director of the Civilian Protection Division, on the Amount of Money Needed for
1944
1943
1
2
Clerk File
178484
Petition Mayor Devin -- Necessary
legislation, Test Mobilization December 1942
1942
1
2
Clerk File
175549
Communication of W. Allen Grubb,
Chief of the Engineers Unit of the Civilian Protection Division regarding
Construction of Two Contamination Stations
1943
1
2
Clerk File
176944
Petition T Smith Company,
Commission Chair -- Continued Sea Area War Project Board
1942
1
2
Clerk File
175761
Petition, Charles Albert,
Director Civilian Protest Division -- Increase Appropriations
1943
1
2
Clerk File
176607
Petition Ninth Civilian Defense
Region for Auto Dock Sprinklers
1942
1
2
Clerk File
175019
Petition Civil War Commission --
Salary Fund, Civilian Protest Division
1942
1
2
Clerk File
175623
Petition Civil Protest Division
-- Provision by Council for Division Requirements
1942
1
2
Clerk File
175762
Petition Sea Air Defense Wing
Fourth Fighter Command, use City Park Property
1942
1
2
Clerk File
175239
Minutes, Seattle Area War Project
Board
1942
1
2
Clerk File
175214
Major William Gray -- Southeast
Civil Defense Zone, Use of Columbia Municipal Building
1942
1
2
Clerk File
174233
Petition Support of Building --
Appropriate, Mobile Hospital at Civic Auditorium
1942
1
2
Clerk File
174224
Offer Seattle Municipal Employee
Local #57 -- Assist Mobilizing Employees in War Effort
1942
1
2
Clerk File
174131
Petition William Scheinder Chair
Rationing Board -- Columbia Precinct Station Sugar Rationing
1942
1
2
Clerk File
174086
Petition Veterans Foreign Wars
(VFW) Lewis Ford #289 -- Segregated USO Facility
1942
1
2
Clerk File
174075
Petition Mayor Devin -- Ordinance
for City Civilian War Commission
1942
1
2
Clerk File
175279
Petition County Commissioner,
Three Council Members Attend Seattle War Efforts Meeting
1942
1
2
Clerk File
174590
Petition of Seattle Civilian War
Commission for Council Members to serve on Committees
1942
1
2
Clerk File
174466
Recommendation of the Municipal
League of Seattle that the Civilian Protection Division be Placed under Control
of the City's Regular Protective Departments.
1944
1
3
Clerk File
181457
Report of the Civilian Protection
Committee on Present and Future Status of the Air Raid Warden Organization
under the Civilian Protection Division.
1944
1
3
Clerk File
181582
Letter, King County Commissioner
-- Air Raid Organization in County / City Building
1952
1
3
Clerk File
218566
Report Civil Defense Corps about
Funds for Seattle Warning System
1952
1
3
Clerk File
216342
Request Civil Defense BD about
Mutual Aid Agreement Between Cities and Counties
1951
1
3
Clerk File
213790
Report on Civil Defense
Expenditures
1951
1
3
Clerk File
213382
Request Mayor Devin as Civil
Defense Director -- Transfer Funds from 1950 to1951
1950
1
3
Clerk File
210117
Request Civil Defense Director
for Air Raid Telephone Warning System
1953
1
3
Clerk File
221128
Recommendation Civil Defense
Director -- First Aid Units Purchased for City
1952
1
3
Clerk File
219229
Request Civil Defense Director to
Purchase Equipment
1953
1
3
Clerk File
220632
Request, Mayor Devin -- City
Council Member Attend Civil Defense Board Meeting
1950
1
3
Clerk File
209790
Government Submission, Mayor
Devin -- Support Budget for Civil Defense Executive Department
1950
1
3
Clerk File
209019
Request Civil Defense Director
for Items
1953
1
3
Clerk File
221129
Request Civil Defense Director
Funds for First Aid Training Schools
1953
1
3
Clerk File
221130
Request Building Superintendent
to Repair Civil Defense HQ
1953
1
3
Clerk File
221146
Request Civil Defense Director --
First Aid Units be Purchased by City
1952
1
3
Clerk File
219229
Request Mayor for Appropriations
for Police Dept -- Civil Defense Warning System
1950
1
3
Clerk File
210190
Request Mayor Devin, Earmarking
Emergency Funds for Civil Defense
1951
1
3
Clerk File
211060
Request Mayor -- Interim
Appropriations for Civil Defense Program
1950
1
3
Clerk File
210315
Request Mayor's Office --
Appointment Henry Berg as Civil Defense Board Coordinator
1950
1
3
Clerk File
210012
Notice of Practice
Alert
1953
1
3
Clerk File
221131
Civil Defense Files
1955
1
4
Clerk File
227215
Request, Director of Civil
Defense to Purchase Equipment for Lake Young
1954
1
5
Clerk File
225789
Request Civil Defense Director
for Additional Employees
1954
1
5
Clerk File
223890
Request Civil Defense Director,
Appropriation --Training Equipment and Sirens
1954
1
5
Clerk File
223891
Request Civil Defense Director
for Radio Maintenance
1954
1
5
Clerk File
224112
Request Civil Defense Director
for Funds for Water Purification Tablets
1954
1
5
Clerk File
224354
Request, Director of Civil
Defense to Purchase Auto Equipment
1954
1
5
Clerk File
225788
Request Civil Defense Director
for Radio Equipment for Fire Trucks
1954
1
5
Clerk File
224937
Correspondence, Dave Beck, About
Civil Defense Budget
1954
1
5
Clerk File
225899
Request, Director of Civil
Defense for Larger Budget
1954
1
5
Clerk File
225743
Civil Defense Advisory Committee
for Full Time Position Civil Defense Coordinator of Communications
1955
2
1
Clerk File
227060
Pomeroy, About Inadequacy of
Civil Defense Budget
1955
2
1
Clerk File
226045
Pet, United Veterans Defense
Council about Civil Defense
1955
2
1
Clerk File
227592
Pet, United Veterans Defense
Council about Increase of Civil Defense Budget
1955
2
1
Clerk File
227067
Request, Civil Defense Director
for Evacuation Map Funds
1955
2
1
Clerk File
227062
Report, Dept of Civil Defense,
Olympia
1955
2
1
Clerk File
227847
Report, Coordinator of Civil
Defense, Seattle
1955
2
1
Clerk File
227848
Request, Director of Civil
Defense for Radio Equipment from State
1956
2
2
Clerk File
230094
Request, Director of Civil
Defense to Secure Surplus State Pro for Civil Defense
1957
2
2
Clerk File
231414
Clinton Request to Consolidate
City and County Civil Defense
1957
2
2
Clerk File
233270
Request, Director of Civil
Defense for Seattle to Adopt Traffic Regulations
1955
2
2
Clerk File
228129
Pet, United Veterans Defense
Council about Civil Defense Appropriations
1955
2
2
Clerk File
228195
Comptroller Report on Civil
Defense Division Inventory
1957
2
2
Clerk File
233456
Request Admiral Gerber for Civil
Defense Appropriations
1953
2
2
Clerk File
233053
Agreement of State and City Civil
Defense on City use of State Equipment
1956
2
2
Clerk File
230212
Clinton Request for Civil Defense
HQ at Cedar Falls
1958
2
3
Clerk File
234366
Progress Report, Seattle / King
County Civil Defense for January - May, 1958
1958
2
3
Clerk File
235022
Report, Civil Defense Exercises
by State Dept of Civil Defense
1958
2
3
Clerk File
234743
Civil Defense Operator Plan of
Seattle Critical Target Area
1959
2
4
Clerk File
236435
Civil Defense Operator, Plan,
Rules and Regulations of Government
1959
2
4
Clerk File
236435
Rules and Regulations,
RCW
1959
2
4
Clerk File
236435
Petition, Seattle / King County
Civil Defense Endorse Advisory County Resources
1963
2
5
Clerk File
249066
Progress Report, Seattle / King
County Civil Defense -- Plan, Expansion, Emergency Operation
Capability
1963
2
5
Clerk File
247511
Seattle-King County Civil Defense
Minutes
1964
2
6
Washington State Civil Defense
Joint Planning Committee Minutes
1964
2
7