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Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Licata, Nick
Title
Nick Licata Records
Dates
1979-2015 (inclusive)
1998-2015 (bulk)
Quantity
91.6 Cubic Feet
24,512 digital files, (6.64 GB)
Collection Number
4650-00
Summary
Records of Seattle City Council Member Nick Licata.
Repository
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
Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Nick Licata was elected to five terms on City Council, serving from 1998 to 2015. During his time in office, he chaired committees covering areas including parks, public safety, human services, and arts and culture. He served as Council President from 2006 to 2007. In his college years at Bowling Green State University, Licata was student body president and president of Students for a Democratic Society before earning a degree in political science in 1969. He then moved to Seattle to attend graduate school at the University of Washington, where he received a master's degree in sociology in 1973. Licata was a longtime activist in the community, helping to found the Coalition Against Redlining; Citizens for More Important Things, which campaigned against excessive public funding for sports stadiums, and Give Peace a Dance, a nuclear disarmament group. He was a founder of The Civic Foundation and the Friends of Westlake Park, and he was a member of the first board of directors for the Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program. He worked as an insurance broker for 17 years prior to his election to City Council. In 2003, Licata published the children's book Princess Bianca and the Vandals, and in 2016 after leaving Council, he wrote Becoming a Citizen Activist. In 2012 The Nation named him the Progressive Municipal Official of the Year. He was the founding chair of the national municipal policy network Local Progress.

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Content Description

Record Group 4650 documents Nick Licata's tenure on the Seattle City Council. The records are comprised of thirteen series:

4650-01: Electronic Correspondence

4650-02: Subject Files

4650-03: Culture, Arts, and Parks Committee Records

4650-04: Newsletters

4650-05: Neighborhoods, Arts, and Civil Rights Committee Records

4650-06: Public Safety, Governmental Relations, and Arts Committee Records

4650-07: Special Committee on Pedestrian Safety Records

4650-08: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture Committee Records

4650-09: Culture, Civil Rights, Health and Personnel Committee Records

4650-10: Monorail Ad Hoc Committee Records

4650-11: Finance and Culture Committee Records

4650-12: Moving Image Collection

4650-13: Budget Committee Records

Descriptions of each series can be found below.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Nick Licata Records, Record Group 4650-00. Series [number] Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Restrictions on Use

Conditions Governing Use

Electronic records are available for use onsite in the SMA reading room.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processing Information

CloneSpy was used to filter and log duplicate files. Duplicate files and non-record material were deleted. CUSpider SSN Scanning and DtSearch were used to screen for personal and sensitive information. DROID was used to identify file formats, extract metadata, and facilitate processing decisions. Files were then logged and transferred using Robocopy to preservation storage.

Digital files have been combined into the pdf/a format for accessibility. Original functionality such as hyperlinks may not be available.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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July 13, 2022

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