Engineering Department Seattle Mayors' Portraits, 1869-2004

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.
Title
Engineering Department Seattle Mayors' Portraits
Dates
1869-2004 (inclusive)
Quantity
.8 cubic foot, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
2613-24
Summary
Portraits of Seattle's mayors, 1869-2002.
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

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the City with responsibilities for law enforcement, appointing department heads, administering City departments and programs, and preparing and executing the City budget. Seattle's original Charter (1869) created the position of Mayor who served as ex-officio President of the Common Council. The 1875 Charter gave the Mayor a vote on Council. That was amended in 1886 to provide for a tie-breaking vote only. The 1890 Charter completely separated the Executive and Legislative branches. Mayoral terms were set at 4 years by the 1946 City Charter.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Portraits of Seattle's mayors from 1869 to the present; all mayors, with the exception of Paul Schell (1998-2001), are represented. Many of the photographs were printed from negatives copied by the City Photographer from the Robert T. McDonald Collection at the Seattle Public Library. Other images were taken by the City Photographer. Many of the images are available in the online photograph database.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Title of image, date. Item number.] Seattle Mayors' Portraits, Record Series 2613-24. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Portraits are arranged chronologically by the respective mayors' terms of office.

Related Materials

The Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07) at the Seattle Municipal Archives contain other images of Seattle mayors; many images from this collection and others are available in the online photograph database.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

Seattle Mayors' Portraits, 1869-2002Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
Henry Allen Atkins
1869-1871
1/2
J.T. Jordan
1871
1/3
Corliss P. Stone
1872
1/4
Moses R. Maddocks
1872
1/5
John Collins
1873
1/6
Henry L. Yesler
1874-1875
1/7
Bailey Gatzert
1875
1/8
Gideon A. Weed
1876-1878
1/9
Beriah Brown
1878
1/10
Orange Jacobs
1879
1/11
Leonard P. Smith
1880-1882
1/12
Henry G. Struve
1882-1884
1/13
John Leary
1884
1/14
W.H. Shoudy
1886
1/15
T.T. Minor
1887
1/16
Robert Moran
1888-1890
1/17
Harry White
1890-1892
1/18
George W. Hall
1892
1/19
J.T. Ronald
1892-1893
1/20
Byron Phelps
1894-1896
1/21
Frank Black
1896
1/22
W.D. Wood
1897
1/23
Thomas J. Humes
1897-1904
1/24
Richard Ballinger
1904-1906
1/25
William Hickman Moore
1906-1908
1/26
John F. Miller
1908-1909
1/27
Hiram C. Gill
1910-1911, 1914-1917
2/1
George W. Dilling
1911-1912
2/2
George F. Cotterill
1912-1914
2/3
Ole Hanson
1918-1919
2/4
C.B. Fitzgerald
1919-1920
2/5
Hugh M. Caldwell
1920-1922
2/6
Edwin J. Brown
1922-1926
2/7
Bertha K. Landes
1926-1928
2/8
Frank E. Edwards
1928-1931
2/9
Robert Harlin
1931-1932
2/10
John F. Dore
1932-1934, 1936-1938
2/11
Charles Smith
1934-1936
2/12
Arthur B. Langlie
1938-1941
2/13
John E. Carroll
1941
2/14
Earl Millikin
1941
2/15
William F. Devin
1942-1952
2/16
Allan Pomeroy
1952-1956
2/17
Gordon S. Clinton
1956-1964
2/18
J. Dorm Braman
1964-1969
2/19
Floyd Miller
1969
2/20
Wesley C. Uhlman
1969-1977
2/21
Charles T. Royer
1978-1989
2/22
Norman B. Rice
1990-1997
2/23
Greg Nickels
2002-

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Mayor

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints

Occupations

  • Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Women mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle