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Annexed Cities Annexation Documents, 1905-1910
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk
- Title
- Annexed Cities Annexation Documents
- Dates
- 1905-1910 (inclusive)19051910
- Quantity
- 0.2 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- 1802-A1
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
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Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The City Clerk maintains the City's legislative records, official filings, and the Seattle Municipal Archives; keeps the minutes of City Council meetings; and provides information services to City agencies and the public. Seattle's first City Charter allowed for a Clerk of the Common Council to be elected by the Council. In 1875 the position of City Clerk became elective and remained so until 1896 when the new Charter designated the Comptroller ex-officio City Clerk. The Comptroller served as City Clerk through 1992. A 1991 City Charter amendment transferred the Comptroller's function to the Department of Finance and the City Clerk's Office became a division of the Legislative Department effective in 1993.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Petitions for annexation, certificates of annexation, incorporation certifications, and reports on proposed consolidation of services for the small cities that were annexed by Seattle between 1906-1910. Includes Ballard, Columbia, Dunlap, Georgetown, Ravenna, South Park, South Seattle, Southeast Seattle, West Seattle, and Yesler Precinct.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
CF Project. 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 is periodically purged. Beginning in 1987, 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. A single accession number, 1987-048, was assigned to the transfer of the CF to the Archives. The initial transfer included records dating from 1895. These records remain in the CF series until approximately 15 years after they were filed with the OCC, at which point they are removed to the Archives. The transfer of CF records to the Archives is routine and regular. New accession numbers are not created when these transfers are made.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Annexed Cities Annexation Documents, Record Series 1802-A1 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Ballard: Seattle Department Reports regarding Provisions for Ballard | 1907 |
| 1 | 1 | Ballard: Fired Department Report regarding Provisions for Ballard | 1907 |
| 1 | 1 | Ballard: Petition for Annexation | 1907 |
| 1 | 1 | Ballard: Certified Copy of Annexation Proceedings | 1907 |
| 1 | 2 | Columbia: Petition for Annexation | 1906 |
| 1 | 2 | Columbia: Petition for Annexation and Abstract of Vote | 1907 |
| 1 | 2 | Columbia: Certificate of Advance to City of the Third Class | 1907 |
| 1 | 3 | Dunlap: Petition for Annexation Election | 1907 |
| 1 | 3 | Dunlap: Petition for Annexation | 1907 |
| 1 | 3 | Dunlap: Price of Property Rainier Volunteer Fire Department | 1910 |
| 1 | 4 | Georgetown: Certificate of Annexation | 1910 |
| 1 | 4 | Georgetown: Certificate of Annexation | 1910 |
| 1 | 4 | Georgetown: Petition for Annexation | 1910 |
| 1 | 5 | Ravenna: Petition for Annexation | 1906 |
| 1 | 6 | South Park: Certified Copy of Incorporation as City of the Fourth Class | 1907 |
| 1 | 6 | South Park: Petition for Annexation | 1907 |
| 1 | 7 | South Seattle: Certificate of Annexation Proceedings | 1905 |
| 1 | 7 | South Seattle: Petition for Annexation with Map | 1905 |
| 1 | 7 | South Seattle: Certificate of Incorporation as City of the Fourth Class | 1907 |
| 1 | 8 | Southeast Seattle: Affidavit of Delivery of Southeast Seattle Town Records | 1907 |
| 1 | 8 | Southeast Seattle: Certificate of Incorporation and Proceedings regarding Third Class City Status | 1908 |
| 1 | 8 | Southeast Seattle: Protest regarding Saloon Licenses | 1907 |
| 1 | 8 | Southeast Seattle: Petition for Annexation | 1906 |
| 1 | 8 | Southeast Seattle: Petition for Annexation | 1906 |
| 1 | 8 | Southeast Seattle: Petition for Annexation as a Ward | 1906 |
| 1 | 9 | West Seattle: Petition for Annexation and Abstract of Vote | 1907 |
| 1 | 9 | West Seattle: Petition for Annexation and Abstract of Vote | 1907 |
| 1 | 9 | West Seattle: Certificate of Proceedings regarding Incorporation as Fourth Class City | 1907 |
| 1 | 10 | Yesler Precinct: Certificate of King County Commissioners regarding Annexation | 1910 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Annexation (Municipal government)--Washington (State)--Seattle
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
