Save Our Valley Records - Archives West

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Save Our Valley

Title

Save Our Valley Records

Dates

1990-2003 (inclusive)

Quantity

13.91 cubic ft. (15 boxes)
1 map tube
1 oversize flat file
7 Sound cassettes, 26 VHS Video recordings, 1 Umatic Video recording, Computer disks (3.5" floppy, IBM format)

Collection Number

(Accession No. 5293)

Summary

Records of a community group opposed to surface-level routing of light rail transit through the Rainier Valley in southeast Seattle, Washington.

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages

English

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Historical Note

Community group opposed to surface level routing of light rail transit through the Rainier Valley in southeast Seattle. Save Our Valley supported a tunnel instead and sued Sound Transit (Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority) to block the surface level plan. The organization lost the suit in 2002.

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Content Description

Correspondence, minutes, agendas, legal documents, memoranda, notes, clippings, publicity, property takes, subject files, final design drawings, maps, poster; 1990-2003.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 5293-001, Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
Accession No. 5293-002, Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003

Acquisition Information

Received from Save Our Valley, October 17, 2002, December 5, 2002, and February 2, 2005.

Processing Note

Processing Level 1.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001

7.06 cubic ft. (7 boxes)

1 oversize flat file

Sound cassettes: 7; Video recordings: 26 VHS, 1 Umatic; Computer disks (3.5" floppy, IBM format)

Scope and Content: Minutes and agendas, letters, memoranda, notes, publicity materials, subject series and other background material on cooperating and opposing groups, including Sound Transit and Citizens for Mobility. Also includes legal files for lawsuits, digital photographs, and sound and video recordings; bulk 1998-2001.

Acquisition Info: Received from Save Our Valley, October 17, 2002 and December 5, 2002.

Processing Info: Processing Level 1.

Restrictions on Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Description: Minutes, Agendas
  
  Dates: 1998-2000
  
  Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Correspondence
  
  Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Statements
  
  Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Miscellaneous Files
  
  Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Station Area Planning
  
  Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Zoning & Other Issues
  
  Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Other Groups (including Sane Transit, Citizens for Mobility, Mt. Baker Community Club)
  
  Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Issue and Background Files including Rainier Vista
  
  Container: Box 2, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: Material Created by Sound Transit
  
  Container: Box 3, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Publications on Transportation Statistics, Safety, and Equity
  
  Container: Box 3-4, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: Materials Created by Sound Transit - Resolutions
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: Legal Issues
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Save Our Valley Flyers and Letters
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Database Printout of Directly Affected Businesses and Residents of Rainier Valley
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Miscellaneous, part Authored by Sound Transit, Seattle, and King Co. Agencies
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: Subject Series on Other Cities
  
  Container: Box 5, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: Transit Systems
  
  Container: Box 5, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: Sound Transit Studies
  
  Container: Box 5, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: Briefings
  
  Container: Box 5, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: City of Seattle Studies
  
  Container: Box 5, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: Ordinances
  
  Container: Box 5, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Background Files: miscellaneous
  
  Container: Box 5, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Meetings
  
  Container: Box 6, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Interviews
  
  Container: Box 6, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Radio Programs (?) - sound and video recordings
  
  Container: Box 6, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Digital photos of Rainier Valley Buildings
  
  Container: Box 6, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Campaign Buttons and Eraser
  
  Container: Box 6, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Legal Files: Save Our Valley v. Sound Transit (Pre-Trial Material, Background and Statements of Experts, Correspondence, Pleadings)
  
  Dates: 2000-2001
  
  Container: Box 7, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Legal Files: Citizens for Mobility Lawsuit (Pleadings and Exhibits)
  
  Container: Box 7, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
- Description: Campaign Poster
  
  Container: Box Map Case Drawer 1, Accession 5293-001
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001
Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003

6.85 cubic ft. (8 boxes)

1 map tube

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, agendas, legal documents, clippings, publicity, property takes, subject files, final design drawings, maps, poster; 1990-2003.

Records document the organizations's efforts to oppose Sound Transit's Central Link Light Rail project, including right-of-way plans, surveys, environmental impact statements, maps, an aerial photograph, and other area studies of Rainer Valley.

Acquisition Info: Received from Save Our Valley, February 2, 2005.

Processing Info: Processing Level 1.

Restrictions on Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Legal Proceedings, 1998-2003
  
  Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-002
  - Description: U.S. District Court
    
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Legal Proceedings, 1998-2003
  - Description: Expert Witness Depositions
    
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Legal Proceedings, 1998-2003
  - Description: Ninth Circuit Appeal
    
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Legal Proceedings, 1998-2003
  - Description: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
    
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Legal Proceedings, 1998-2003
- Description: Property Takes
  
  Container: Box 2, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Correspondence
  
  Container: Box 2, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Light Rail Critics
  
  Container: Box 2, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Publicity Flyers
  
  Container: Box 2, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Miscellaneous Files
  
  Container: Box 2, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Background Files, 1991-2002
  
  Container: Box 3, Accession 5293-002
  - Description: Rainier Valley Rail Alignment
    
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Background Files, 1991-2002
  - Description: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority – Sound Transit
    
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Background Files, 1991-2002
- Description: Central Link Light Rail Project Location Maps
  
  Dates: 2000
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Central Link Light Rail Environmental Impact Statements
  
  Dates: 1999
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Central Link Light Rail Executive Summary
  
  Dates: 1998
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Percept SourceBook
  
  Dates: 1995
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Percept Study Area Definitions –Rainer Valley UU Congregation and South Seattle
  
  Dates: 1996-1997
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Rainer Valley Transit Advisory Council Notebook
  
  Dates: 1998-1999
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: [Save Our Valley Notebook]
  
  Dates: 1999-2000
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: MLK Survey Notebook
  
  Dates: 1999-2000
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Station Area Proposals Notebook
  
  Dates: 2000
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: [Sound Transit Notebook]
  
  Dates: 1996-1999
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Newspaper Clippings, 1991-2002
  
  Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
  - Description: Save Our Valley
    
    Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Newspaper Clippings, 1991-2002
  - Description: Light Rail in Rainer Valley
    
    Container: Box 4, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Newspaper Clippings, 1991-2002
- Description: Legal Documents
  
  Container: Box 5, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Description: Miscellaneous Files
  
  Container: Box 6, Accession 5293-002
  
  Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003
- Administrative Files
  
  Container: Box 6, Accession 5293-002
  - Description: Grant Applications
    
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Administrative Files
- Newspaper Clippings
  
  Container: Box 7, Accession 5293-002
  - Description: Book 1
    
    Dates: Apr.1998 – Sept. 1999
    
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Newspaper Clippings
  - Description: Book 2
    
    Dates: Oct. 1999 – Dec. 2000
    
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Newspaper Clippings
  - Description: Book 3
    
    Dates: Dec. 2000 – May 2001
    
    Container: Box 8, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Newspaper Clippings
- Final Design Drawings
  
  Container: Box 8, Accession 5293-002
  - Right of Way Plans – Central Link Light Rail
    
    Container: Box 8, Accession 5293-002
    - Description: S. Walden St. – S. Holly St.
      
      Dates: 2001
      
      Container: Box 8, Accession 5293-002
      
      Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Final Design Drawings / Right of Way Plans – Central Link Light Rail
    - Description: S. Holly St. – B.A.R.
      
      Dates: 2001
      
      Container: Box 8, Accession 5293-002
      
      Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Final Design Drawings / Right of Way Plans – Central Link Light Rail
- Maps
  
  Container: Tube:oversize 9, Accession 5293-002
  - Description: Rainer Valley
    
    Container: Tube:oversize 9, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Maps
  - Description: Rainer Valley (marked with Transit plan)
    
    Container: Tube:oversize 9, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Maps
- Aerial Photograph
  
  Container: Tube:oversize 9, Accession 5293-002
  - Description: Rainer Valley
    
    Container: Tube:oversize 9, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Aerial Photograph
- Poster
  
  Container: Tube:oversize 9, Accession 5293-002
  - Description: Save Our Valley Presentation
    
    Container: Tube:oversize 9, Accession 5293-002
    
    Location: Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003 / Poster

Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. 5293-001: Save Our Valley Records, 1998-2001

Accession No. 5293-002: Save Our Valley Records, 1990-2003

Legal Proceedings, 1998-2003

Background Files, 1991-2002

Newspaper Clippings, 1991-2002

Administrative Files

Newspaper Clippings

Final Design Drawings

Right of Way Plans – Central Link Light Rail

Maps

Aerial Photograph

Poster

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