Seattle Center Annual Reports, 1966-2008

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.)
Title
Seattle Center Annual Reports
Dates
1966-2008 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.4 cubic feet
Collection Number
1802-I3
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Seattle Center Department was created in 1965 to administer, manage and control the facilities on the site of the 1962 World's Fair. The facilities at the Seattle Center date back to 1927 with completion of the construction of the Civic Auditorium, Civic Arena, Veterans Hall, and the Civic Playfield. The property expanded to 74 acres in 1962 to accommodate the World's Fair. The Center's purpose is to be an active civic center providing facilities and programs supporting the arts, education, sports and entertainment. It is home for the Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, three resident theaters, and the Seattle Storm professional basketball team. In addition, there are five facilities on the grounds that are not owned by the City: the Space Needle, Memorial Stadium, the Pacific Science Center, Chihuly Garden and Glass, and the Experience Music Project.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

From 1966 to 1974, the Seattle Center annual reports include organization charts, financial information, and attendance figures. Also included are maps of the grounds and brief facility profiles. From 1974 forward the reports are briefer, including accomplishments, repairs and improvements, and other brief highlights.

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], Seattle Center Annual Reports, Record Series 1802-I3 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 Seattle Center Annual Report 1966
1 1 Seattle Center Annual Report 1967
1 2 Seattle Center Annual Report 1968
1 2 Seattle Center Annual Report 1969
1 3 Seattle Center Annual Report 1970
1 3 Seattle Center Annual Report 1971
1 3 Seattle Center Annual Report 1972
1 3 Seattle Center Annual Report 1973
1 3 Seattle Center Annual Report 1974
1 3 Seattle Center Annual Report 1976
1 3 Seattle Center Annual Report 1978
1 3 Seattle Center Annual Report 1979
1 4 Seattle Center Annual Report 1980
1 4 Seattle Center Annual Report 1981
1 4 Seattle Center Annual Report 1984
1 5 Seattle Center Annual Report 1985-1986
1 5 Seattle Center Annual Report 1988
1 5 Seattle Center Financial Report 1989-1990
1 6 Seattle Center Annual Report 1996
1 6 Seattle Center Annual Report 2008

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Corporate Names

  • Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.)

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)