5751_05WaSMAR Guide to the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods African American Museum Project Records 1984-2000 Seattle Department of Neighborhoods African American Museum Project Records Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Seattle Municipal Archives © 2010
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Finding aid encoded by Janet Ness 2010 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Seattle Municipal Archives
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5751-05 Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods Department of Neighborhoods African American Museum Project Records 1984-2000 1991-1998 1 cubic foot 3 boxes Documents the effort to establish an African American Museum at the site of the former Colman School in Seattle. Collection materials are in English Historical Note

The Department of Neighborhoods was created in 1991 by consolidating staff from the Executive Department's Citizens Service Bureau and Office of Neighborhoods, the Community Service Centers of the Department of Human Resources, and the Neighborhood Assistance Division of the Department of Community Development. The Office of Urban Conservation, the City's historic preservation agency, was added in 1992. The following year, the department added a community development function by taking over projects in the Central Area, Southeast Seattle, and the Port of Seattle. In 1999, the Neighborhood Planning Office was abolished and its continuing functions were assumed by the Department of Neighborhoods. The Department's mission is to bring local government closer to the citizens by maintaining a responsive presence in Seattle neighborhoods, by responding to citizen concerns and complaints, and providing a communications link for neighborhoods on City issues that will have an impact on them. The department operates the Neighborhood Service Centers (Little City Halls), administers the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program, staffs the Landmarks Preservation Board, and manages the P-Patch program.

Correspondence, studies, grant documentation, memos, and memoranda of understanding regarding reuse of the Colman School as an African American Heritage Museum, and City support for pre-development work for the museum. Also included are correspondence, minutes, bylaws and court papers regarding the African American Cultural Heritage Center Committee and the African American Museum and Cultural Center Board of Trustees, including legal actions related to a dispute over control of the Board.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Seattle Department of Neighborhoods African American Museum Project Records , Record Series 5751-05. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center (Seattle, Wash.) Seattle (Wash.) African Americans--Washington--Seattle Museums--Washington--Seattle Seattle African Americans

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

5751-05 African American Museum Project Records 1984-2000 1/1 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Consultant Contract 1986-1987 1/2 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Development Block Grant (CDBG) 1991-1992 1/3 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Transfer 1993 1/4 Background Summary - African American Cultural Heritage Center 1991 1/5 CIP Submittal 1993 1/6 Colman School Reuse Study 1992 1/7 Colman School Renovations 1992-1993 1/8 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Director Job Description, Selection 1991 1/9 Nomination For Museum undated 1/10 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1984-1993 1/11 African American Cultural Heritage Center Committee 1992-1993 1/12 African American Cultural Heritage Center Committee Meetings 1993 1/13 Cannon, John C. 1993-1994 1/14 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1994-1998 2/1 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Board of Directors 1995-1998 2/2 Debnam, Earl v. Robert Flowers et all, re African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Board 1998 2/3 Debnam, Earl v. Robert Flowers et all, re African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Board 1998 2/4 Debnam, Earl v. Robert Flowers et all, re African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Board 1998 2/5 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 2000 2/6 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1997-1999 2/7 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1998 2/8 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1998 2/9 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1997-1998 3/1 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1997 3/2 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1996 3/3 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1995-1996 3/4 African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 1992-1995