Seattle Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives

Guide to the Seattle Model City Program Records, 1967-1975


5400





Finding aid prepared by Anne Frantilla, Scott Cline, and Shannon B. Lynch

Finding aid encoded by Shannon B. Lynch, 2004
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

Seattle Municipal Archives

PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
 
Collection Number:
 

5400
 
Creator:
 

Seattle Model City Program
 
Title:
 

Records
 
Dates:
 

1967-1975 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

101.2 cubic ft.
217 boxes and 6 volumes
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Records of the Seattle Model City Program, 1967-1975. Included are administrative files, correspondence, reports, task force files, and program and project files.

 

Historical Note

Model Cities Program

In response to urban problems of poverty and race in the United States, Congress passed legislation in November 1966 to initiate a demonstration effort known as the Model Cities Program. Called the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Act of 1966 PL 754, the primary goal of this legislation was to improve the quality of urban life. The Model City Program goals and objectives were to reduce social and economic disadvantages in designated neighborhoods, provide maximum training and employment opportunities, and establish health services for residents. Financial and technical assistance was made available to cities, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to ameliorate social, economic, and physical conditions in needed neighborhoods. City agencies were required to coordinate their efforts and the program emphasized the citizen participation. The goals of the program were to coordinate and concentrate federal, state and local resources, develop innovative programs, and to involve local residents in the planning and development process.

Eligible cities received one-year planning grants to prepare Comprehensive Plans. Implementation and on-going planning occurred over a five-year demonstration period. Seattle was the first city chosen to receive federal funds. The planning process involved creating a Comprehensive Plan in the first eight months, quantifying five-year objectives for the Model Neighborhood Area and developing first-year action plans and programs.

An extension of the Model Cities program was launched August 1, 1972 by the Nixon administration to provide for more review, involvement, and cooperation by various levels of local government and citizens, with less review at the federal level. Nixon approved $2.3 billion to fund model cities from 1969 to 1973. Model Cities funding was terminated June 20, 1975.

Seattle Model City Program

The Mayor and City Council supported an ad hoc committee, which first met in November 1966, to prepare a grant application. The committee defined the Model Neighborhood as the Central Area, Pioneer Square, and the International District. The population of this geographical area comprised about 10 percent of the city's population and about 61% of the city's non-white population. The initial application stated "Seattle is a city which is still short of the crisis situation of the older urban centers…The Model neighborhood is in the initial stages of decay, not the final stages….It is because we do still have time that we have developed the sense of urgency to attack our problems now."

The program was administered by the City's Executive Department. Walter Hundley, 38, was announced as the program director in December 1967. Hundley came to Seattle in 1954 to serve as a minister of a nondenominational church and later joined the State Department of Public Assistance. In 1967 he was Director of the Central Area Motivation Program, an anti-poverty project in Seattle. Hundley was chosen by a 10-member citizen's committee, headed by Charles Brink, Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Washington.

The major components of the administrative structure for SMCP consisted of an Advisory Council, Steering Committee, staff, and task forces. The Advisory Council consisted of over 80 members representing organizations within the Model Neighborhood.

Task forces worked with staff on planning. Based on work done by the Task Forces, Hundley reorganized and rewrote the drafts and submitted to HUD. HUD announced in December 1968 that Seattle's First-Year Action Program was the first to be approved for funding. The First-Year Action Program proposed projects in nine areas which corresponded to the focus of each task force. The areas included: Arts and Culture, Education, Employment and Economic Development, Health, Housing, Law and Justice, Physical Planning and Environment, Welfare, and Youth. From 1968 to 1971, the SMCP was successful in planning, developing, and implementing a variety of effective programs. Programs were developed in collaboration with the model neighborhood, which included, community activists, and a variety of agencies at local, state, and federal levels.

In 1971, Seattle was one of 16 cities chosen to participate in the Planned Variation or city-wide expansion. The Seattle Model City Program received $5.2 million in federal funds and the program was expanded to include three additional neighborhoods: north Seattle, southeast Seattle, and southwest Seattle. Walter Hundley was appointed to a city-wide post by Mayor Wes Uhlman and Louis C. Warner was appointed manager of the east branch, the city's original program. Jim Hurd and then George Clark were managers of the Southwest Branch; John Ybarra, Jr. was manager of the Southeast Branch; the North Branch manger was John Mitsules.

Seattle's Model City funding ended in 1974 and the program was transferred that year to the Department of Human Resources for closeout. Following the loss of funding, many projects were continued under the auspices of community organizations, larger institutions, City agencies, and other governmental entities. Some received ongoing funding through the Community Development Block Grant program.

Content Description

Records of the Model City Program are arranged in two sub-groups and date from 1967 to 1975. The Administrative records measure 57.2 cubic feet and are arranged in 19 series. The Program and Project files measure 44 cubic feet.

The Administrative Records provide details of SMCP from many different perspectives. The largest volume of records are those of Director Walter Hundley. His correspondence with HUD, City officials, state and local government officials, community leaders and SMCP employees offers a detailed view of the issues and complexities presented by SMCP. Records from each piece of the administrative structure: the Advisory Council, task forces, and Branch Offices complement Hundley's records to provide a very complete picture of the difficulties and successes of SMCP. Correspondence with officials in other Model City programs throughout the country provides a national perspective on the Model City program.

The two largest subseries within Administrative Records are the Central Administrative Files (5400-03) and the Task Force Files (5402-04) and would be good beginning places for research on the Seattle Model City Program. The Central Administrative Files include correspondence and reports at all levels of the SMCP. The records provide a good overview of the main participants, projects, and working relationships in the SMCP, and other participants at the local level as well as the regional, state and national level.

The Task Force Files provide information on how the work within SMCP was accomplished, the projects undertaken as well as the difficulties and successes are discussed in Weekly Reports and Correspondence. The breadth and scope of projects is apparent in these records. The records can also be used to learn about the cooperative nature of SMCP projects, between citizens, community groups and government agencies.

Arrangement

The Administrative Files of the Model City Records (Subgroup I) are arranged in nineteen series:

Series I (5400-01): Director's Correspondence

Series II (5400-02): Housing and Urban Development Correspondence

Series III (5400-03): Central Administrative Files

Series IV (5400-04): Press Clippings

Series V (5400-05): Press Releases

Series VI (5400-06): News Report

Series VII (5401-01): Social Indicators Report

Series VIII (5401-02): Reports, Studies, and Evaluations

Series IX (5402-01): Citizen Participation Division Files

Series X (5402-02): Advisory Council

Series XI (5402-03): Task Force Minutes

Series XII (5402-04): Task Force Files

Series XIII (5403-01): East Branch Model City Neighborhood Office Records

Series XIV (5403-02): North Branch Model City Office Records

Series XV (5403-03): Southeast Branch Model City Office Records

Series XVI (5403-04): Southwest Branch Model City Neighborhood Office Records

Series XVII (5403-05): City-Wide Program and Proposals

Series XVIII (5405-01): The Administrative Commission

Series XIX (5408-01): Financial Reports

The Program and Project Files (Subgroup II) are arranged in ninety records series and grouped together by program area (such as Housing or Health).

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Records are open to the public.

Preferred Citation 

[Item and date], Seattle Model City Program Records, Record Series 5400-[xx]. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Subjects

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.

 
Seattle Model City Program
United States. Model Cities Administration
Seattle (Wash.)--Economic conditions
Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government
Children--Health and hygiene--Washington (State)--Seattle
City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
Community development--Washington (State)--Seattle
Community health services--Washington (State)--Seattle
Community leadership--Washington (State)--Seattle
Community life--Washington (State)--Seattle
Economic development--Washington (State)--Seattle
Education, Preschool--Washington (State)--Seattle
Education--Washington (State)--Seattle
Greenbelts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Health services accessibility--Washington (State)--Seattle
High school students--Services for--Washington (State)--Seattle
Housing rehabilitation--Washington (State)--Seattle
Housing--Washington (State)--Seattle
Legal aid--Washington (State)--Seattle
Middle school students--Services for--Washington (State)--Seattle
Music--Instruction and study--Washington (State)--Seattle
Neighborhood--Washington (State)--Seattle
Occupational training--Washington (State)--Seattle
Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle
Playgrounds--Washington (State)--Seattle
Urban renewal--Washington (State)--Seattle
Other Creators :
Clark, George (Seattle Model City Program branch manager)
Hollingsworth, Dorothy, 1920-
Horwood, Rosemary
Hundley, Walter
Hurd, Jim (Seattle Model City Program branch manager)
Mitsules, John
Warner, Louis C.
Ybarra, John, Jr.

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 

Administrative Records

57.2 cubic ft.
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
5400-01:  Director's Correspondence, 1968-1973
 
 
2.8 cubic ft.
Correspondence and memoranda of Walter Hundley, Director of the Seattle Model City Program. Dating from 1968 through 1973, it is arranged chronologically.


The correspondence is largely of an administrative nature; personnel and financial issues are prominent. Programmatic issues can be followed to some degree through the director's correspondence. Organizations with whom Hundley corresponded frequently include those in the City of Seattle Parks and Recreation Department and Department of Human Resources, the Seattle Public Schools, community groups, including Central Seattle Community Council, Seattle Urban League, and Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), and health organizations, including Children's Orthopedic Hospital.
 
box/folder
1/1

Correspondence: January
   1968
 
1/2

Correspondence: February
   1968
 
1/3

Correspondence: March
   1968
 
1/4

Correspondence: April
   1968
 
1/5

Correspondence: May
   1968
 
1/6

Correspondence: June
   1968
 
1/7

Correspondence: July
   1968
 
1/8

Correspondence: August
   1968
 
1/9

Correspondence: September-October
   1968
 
1/10

Correspondence: November-December
   1968
 
1/11

Correspondence: January-February
   1969
 
1/12

Correspondence: March-April
   1969
 
1/13

Correspondence: May-June
   1969
 
1/14

Correspondence: July-August
   1969
 
2/1

Correspondence: September-October
   1969
 
2/2

Correspondence: November
   1969
 
2/3

Correspondence: December
   1969
 
2/4

Correspondence: Incoming
   1969
 
2/5

Memorandum
   1969
 
2/6

Correspondence: January-February
   1970
 
2/7

Correspondence: March
   1970
 
2/8

Correspondence: April
   1970
 
2/9

Correspondence: May
   1970
 
3/1-3

Correspondence: June-August
   1970
 
3/4

Correspondence: September-October
   1970
 
3/5-6

Correspondence: November-December
   1970
 
3/7

Incoming Correspondence: January-June
   1970
 
3/8

Incoming Correspondence: July-December
   1970
 
4/1

Correspondence: January-February
   1971
 
4/2

Correspondence: March
   1971
 
4/3

Correspondence: April-May
   1971
 
4/4

Correspondence: June
   1971
 
4/5

Correspondence: July
   1971
 
4/6

Correspondence: August-September
   1971
 
4/7

October
   1971
 
4/8

November-December
   1971
 
5/1

Incoming Correspondence: January-April
   1971
 
5/2

Incoming Correspondence: May-June
   1971
 
5/3

Incoming Correspondence: July-December
  1971
 
5/4

Memoranda: January - July
   1971
 
5/5

Memoranda: August- December
   1971
 
5/6

Memoranda: January - June
  1972
 
5/7

Memoranda: July - December
   1972
 
6/1

Correspondence: January
   1972
 
6/2

Correspondence: February
   1972
 
6/3

Correspondence: March
   1972
 
6/4

Correspondence: April-May
   1972
 
6/5

Correspondence: June
   1972
 
6/6

Correspondence: July-August
   1972
 
6/7

Correspondence: September-October
   1972
 
6/8

Correspondence: November-December
   1972
 
7/1

Incoming Correspondence
   1972
 
7/2

Correspondence: January-February
   1973
 
7/3

Correspondence: March-May
   1973
 
7/4

Correspondence: June-August
   1973
 
7/5

Correspondence: September-October
   1973
 
7/6

Correspondence: November-December
   1973
 
7/7

Incoming Correspondence
  1973
 
7/8

Memoranda
   1973
   
5400-02:  US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Correspondence, 1967-1976
 
 
1.4 cubic ft.
Correspondence, directives, and memoranda between various HUD officials and SMCP participants regarding procedures, administration, and evaluation of SMCP funds and programs. There are three subseries: Correspondence, arranged by correspondent, Subject Files, arranged alphabetically, and National Model Cities.


The correspondence and meeting minutes of the Model Cities Directors Association is included here, and provides a glimpse of the Model City Program at a national level. The HUD correspondence reflects the complexities of managing a national program of huge scope at the local, regional, and national levels.
   
Correspondence
  
 
1/1

Walter Hundley
   1968-1970
 
1/2

Walter Hundley
   1971
 
1/3

Memoranda
   1968
 
1/4

Memoranda
   1969-1971
 
1/5

Robert H. Baida
   1970
 
1/6

Andrew Bella, Assistant Regional Administrator
   1967-1969
 
1/7

Andrew Bella, Assistant Regional Administrator
   1970
 
1/8

Floyd Hyde, Assistant Secretary (includes Task Force)
   1969
 
1/9

Floyd Hyde, Assistant Secretary
   1969-1970
 
1/10

Floyd Hyde, Assistant Secretary
   1971-1973
 
1/11

Martin Miller, Assistant Regional Administrator
   1970
 
1/12

Martin Miller, Assistant Regional Administrator
   1971-1972
 
1/13

Region X, Area Director
   1970
 
1/14

Region X, Area Director
   1971
 
1/15

Region X, Area Director
   1972-1976
   
Subject Files
  
 
1/16

Conferences and Seminars (includes Industry)
   1968
 
1/17

Legislation
   1968
 
1/18

Legislation: Demonstration Cities Act of 1966 and HUD Act of 1968
  1968-1969
 
1/19

Better Communities Act
   1973-1974
 
1/20

Program Information
   1968-1969
 
1/21

Planner Variations Waivers
   1971-1972
 
1/22

Consultants
   1971-1972
 
1/23

General Neighborhood Renewal Program: South Central (includes maps)
   1971-1972
 
1/24

One-Year and Five-Year Program Plans and Program Cuts
   1968-1973
 
1/25

Residential Rehabilitation
   1969
 
1/26

Social Services Bulletins
   1968
 
1/27

Technical Assistance Memos
   1970
 
2/1

Model Cities Service Center
   1970-1972
   
National Model Cities
  
 
2/2

Model Cities Directors Association
   1968-1970
 
2/3

Model Cities Directors Association: Conference
   1968-1970
 
2/4

Model Cities Directors Association
   1971-1972
 
2/5

National Model Cities
   1968
 
2/6

National Model Cities
   1969
 
2/7

National Model Cities
   1970
 
2/8

National Model Cities
   1971-1972
   
5400-03:  Seattle Model City Program Central Administration Files, 1967-1974
 
 
11 cubic ft.
Administrative records of the Seattle Model City Program include correspondence and reports within the program regarding planning and programmatic issues, correspondence with other levels of government, including city, state, and federal, and proposals. The records are arranged in seven subseries: Administrative, City, State, Federal, Organizations, Grants and Proposals, and Publicity.


The Administrative subseries measures 4.75 cubic feet and includes information regarding the internal organization and challenges of the Model City program in Seattle. Included are staff meeting minutes, financial reports, and work program planning. In addition to the Director Walter Hundley, primary correspondents include Dorothy Hollingsworth, Murray Meld, Albert Adams, Michael Conant, and Bernard Salazar. The records are arranged alphabetically within each year.


The second subseries contains correspondence between the Seattle Model City Program and various City departments. These records measure 2.25 cubic feet. Correspondence of Rosemary Horwood in the Department of Community Development is included here and records of the Yesler Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project (YANIP) are part of this group. Correspondence with the Law Department, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Office of the Mayor are included as well.


Correspondence between SMCP and State agencies measures 1.25 cubic feet and includes communications between SMCP staff and various task forces, committees, boards, and departments. The Department of Public Assistance and the City-State Task Force are the largest files.


Correspondence between SMCP and individuals in Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) makes up the bulk of records in the Federal subseries, which measures .75 cubic feet.


The subseries Organizations reflects the relationship of SMCP with community organizations. The records measure 2.0 cubic feet. They include requests from organizations to work with SMCP as well as correspondence between SMCP staff and others on projects. Some of the organizations include Checkmate Enterprises, Central Area Civil Rights Committee and NAACP. There are also several folders of correspondence with Seattle Public Schools.


Proposals and grant applications are arranged chronologically. Included are proposals and grant applications from a variety of community, educational, and health organizations for a broad spectrum of projects. Included are programs for the elderly, Native Americans, Samoans and gypsies, as well as residents of the Central Area. Projects include health clinics, alcohol recovery centers, job training, counseling, and transportation.


Publicity includes a newsletter put out by Hundley "Director's Message" and newspaper clippings. Researchers should also see the scrapbooks for more newspaper clippings. The newsletter "Seattle Model City News Report" dates from 1970 to 1971.
   
Administrative
  
 
1/1

Organization Charts
   1968
 
1/2

City Demonstration Agency (CDA) Budget
   1968
 
1/3

City Demonstration Agency Contract
   1968
 
1/4

Community Renewal Program (HUD): Progress Reports and Correspondence
  1968
 
1/5

Financial Statements
   1968
 
1/6

Progress Reports
   1968
 
1/7

Facilities Needs
   1968
 
1/8

Research and Evaluation
  1968
 
1/9

Work Program Planning
   1968
 
1/10

Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP) Communications Coordinator
  1968
 
1/11

Citizen Input
   1968
 
1/12

Citizen Input: Advocate Planners
   1968
 
1/13

Community Agency Coordination
   1968
 
1/14

Planning: Proposal Coordination
   1968
 
1/15

Planning
   1968
 
1/16-17

Sociological/Household Survey
   1968
 
1/18

Task Force Schedules
   1968
 
1/19

Task Force Planning
   1968-1969
 
1/20

Office Reports
   1968
 
1/21

Staff Meeting Minutes
   1968
 
1/22

Symbol/Logo
   1968
 
1/23

Program Reports to HUD
   1969
 
1/24

Community Renewal Program (HUD) Progress Reports
   1969
 
1/25

Financial: City Demonstration Agency (CDA) Budget
   1969
 
1/26

Financial: Correspondence
   1969
 
1/27

Financial: Statements
   1969
 
1/28

Financial: Base Calculation
   1969
 
1/29

Financial: Weekly Reports to Director
   1969
 
1/30

Facilities
   1969
 
1/31

Program Proposals
   1969
 
1/32

Planning (Deputy Director Dorothy Hollingsworth)
   1969
 
1/33

Planning: Incoming Correspondence
   1969
 
1/34

Planning: Second Year Action Plan
   1969
 
1/35

Planning: Community Agency Coordination
   1969
 
1/36

Public Information Office: Correspondence
   1969
 
1/37

State of Washington Coordination Program
   1969
 
1/38

Task Force Schedules
   1969
 
2/1

Work Program
   1969
 
2/2

Work Program Development
   1969
 
2/3

Work Program Reports
   1969
 
2/4

Staff Meeting Minutes
   1969
 
2/5

Writing Coordinating
   1969
 
2/6

Research and Evaluation: Correspondence
   1969
 
2/7

Research and Evaluation: Memoranda
   1969
 
2/8

Research and Evaluation: Citizen Participation
   1969
 
2/9

Research and Evaluation: Federal Grants CDA #7
   1969
 
2/10

Research and Evaluation: Information Management Systems
   1969
 
2/11

Research and Evaluation: Battelle Institute
   1969
 
2/12

Research and Evaluation: Reports and Studies (includes Marshall, Kaplan, Gans, and Kahn study)
   1969
 
2/13

Monthly Program Progress Reports to HUD
   1969-1970
 
2/14

Project Proposals
   1969-1970
 
2/15

Work Program Status
   1969-1970
 
2/16

Budget
   1970
 
2/17

Budget Revisions
   1970-1971
 
2/18

Expansion: Planned Variations
   1970
 
2/19

Financial: Community Renewal Program
   1970-1971
 
2/20

Financial: Federal Funding
   1970
 
2/21

Financial: Touche Ross Audits
   1970
 
2/22

Healthy Economic Life for Puget Sound (HELPS) Task Force
   1970
 
2/23

Legal Opinions
   1970
 
2/24

Agency and Governmental Relations: Correspondence
   1970
 
2/25

Planning Department: Correspondence (1)
   1970
 
2/26

Planning Department: Correspondence (2)
   1970
 
2/27

Planning: Second Year Action Plan
   1970
 
2/28

Project Directors and Planning Staff Meetings
   1970-1972
 
2/29

Program Management and Evaluation: Project Folders Review
   1970
 
2/30

Project Monitoring and Evaluation
   1970
 
2/31

Program Progress Reports
   1970
 
3/1

Publications
   1970
 
3/2

Progress Reports: Quarterly
   1970-1972
 
3/3

Contract Reports
   1970-1973
 
3/4

Research and Evaluation: In Kind Contributions
  1970-1971
 
3/5

Research and Evaluation
   1970
 
3/6

Research and Evaluation: Correspondence
   1970
 
3/7

Research and Evaluation: Proposals and Correspondence
   1970
 
3/8

Program Breakdown Structure
   1971-1973
 
3/9

Third Year Action Plan
   1971
 
3/10

Fourth Year Planning
   1971-1972
 
3/11

Employee Status Reports
   1971
 
3/12

Expansion: Planned Variations
   1971-1973
 
3/13

Facilities: Astor Building
   1971-1972
 
3/14

Financial: Touche Ross Audits
   1971-1974
 
3/15

Intergovernmental Affairs: Correspondence
   1971
 
3/16

Legal Correspondence
   1971
 
3/17

Planning Department: Correspondence
   1971
 
3/18

Program Control
   1971-1972
 
3/19

Program Control: Information Unit
   1971-1972
 
3/20

Program Management and Evaluation
   1971
 
3/21

Program Management: Federal Grant Information
   1971
 
3/22

Program Planning: Correspondence
   1971
 
3/23

Public Affairs: Correspondence
   1971-1972
 
3/24

Seattle Times: "Troubleshooter"
   1971-1974
 
3/25

Task Force Monitors
   1971
 
4/1

Boundary Maps
   1972
 
4/2

Employee Status Reports
   1972-1973
 
4/3

Expansion: Planned Variations
   1972-1973
 
4/4

Fourth Year Planning
   1972-1973
 
4/5

Financial: HUD Supplemental Funding
   1972-1973
 
4/6

Financial: Revenue Summary
   1972-1973
 
4/7

Policies
   1972
 
4/8

Program Control: Correspondence
   1972-1973
 
4/9

Program Planning: Correspondence
   1972
 
4/10

Program Planning and Monitoring
   1972
 
4/11

Public Affairs
   1972
 
4/12

Public Affairs
   1972-1973
 
4/13

Quarterly Reports
   1972-1973
 
4/14

Financial: In Kind Contributions
   1973
 
4/15

Financial: Internal Auditor
   1972-1973
 
4/16

Financial: "New Federalism"
   1973
 
4/17

Fifth Year Action Plan: East Branch
  1973-1974
 
4/18

Program Control: Evaluation Unit
   1973
 
4/19

Program Planning: Correspondence
   1973
 
4/20

Project Evaluation Reports
   1973
 
4/21

Project Evaluations: Final
   1973
 
4/22

Phase Out
   1973-1974
 
4/23

Program Planning
   1974-1975
 
4/24

Systems Development/Technology
   1974-1975
   
City
  
 
4/25

City Council
   1968
 
4/26

City Team
   1968
 
4/27

Office of the Mayor
   1967-1968
 
4/28

Capitol Improvement Project
   1968-1969
 
4/29

Seattle Development Program Advisory Committee
   1968
 
4/30

Yesler Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project (YANIP)
  1968
 
5/1

Budget Office
   1969
 
5/2

City Council
   1969
 
5/3

Corporation Counsel
   1969-1970
 
5/4

Department of Community Development
   1969
 
5/5

Department of Engineering
   1969
 
5/6

Department of Parks and Recreation
   1969
 
5/7

Job Trainee Program
   1969
 
5/8

Human Rights Commission
   1969
 
5/9

Office of the Mayor
   1969
 
5/10

Seattle Design Commission
   1969
 
5/11

Transportation
   1969
 
5/12

Yesler Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project (YANIP)
   1969
 
5/13

Budget
   1970
 
5/14

Budget Office
   1970
 
5/15

City Council
   1970
 
5/16

Civil Service
   1970
 
5/17

Corporation Counsel
   1970
 
5/18

Cooperative Area Manpower Planning Systems
  1970
 
5/19

Department of Buildings
   1970
 
5/20

Department of Community Development
   1970
 
5/21

Department of Community Development/Rosemary Horwood
   1970-1971
 
5/22

Department of Engineering
   1970
 
5/23

Department of Parks and Recreation
   1970
 
5/24

General Neighborhood Renewal Program: South Central Business
  1970-1971
 
5/25

Seattle Design Commission
   1970
 
5/26

General: Various Departments
   1970
 
5/27

Human Rights Commission
   1970
 
5/28

Mayor's Consortium on Youth
   1970
 
5/29

Office of the Mayor
   1970
 
5/30

Personnel Office
   1970
 
5/31

Seattle Planning Commission
   1970
 
5/32

Transportation
   1970
 
5/33

Seattle/King County Department of Public Health
   1970
 
5/34

Yesler Atlantic Urban Renewal Program (YANIP)
   1970-1971
 
5/35

Board of Public Works
   1971
 
5/36

Charter Change Proposals
   1971
 
5/37

City Council
   1971
 
5/38

Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System (CAMPS)
  1971
 
5/39

Corporation Counsel
   1971-1972
 
6/1

Department of Buildings
   1971-1972
 
6/2

Department of Community Development
   1971
 
6/3

Department of Community Development/Rosemary Harwood
   1971-1972
 
6/4

Department of Engineering
   1971
 
6/5

Department of Human Rights
   1971
 
6/6

Department of Parks Recreation
   1971-1972
 
6/7

Departments (Various)
   1971-1972
 
6/8

Drug/Alcohol Program Coordinator
   1971-1972
 
6/9

Job Trainee Program
   1971
 
6/10

Office of Management and Budget
   1971-1972
 
6/11

Office of the Mayor
   1971-1972
 
6/12

Personnel Office
   1971-1972
 
6/13

Public Employment Program
   1971-1972
 
6/14

Seattle-King County Department of Public Health
   1971-1972
 
6/15

Transportation
   1971-1972
 
6/16

Washington Alaska Regional Medical Program
   1971-1972
 
6/17

Affirmative Action Program
   1972
 
6/18

City Council
   1972
 
6/19

Department of Community Development 1972 (includes Lake Union Action Plan Phase II)
  1972
 
6/20

Department of Engineering
   1972
 
6/21

Board of Adjustment
   1973
 
6/22

City Council
   1973-1974
 
6/23

City Light
   1973-1974
 
6/24

Civil Service
   1973-1974
 
6/25

Community Renewal Program
   1972-1973
 
6/26

Corporation Counsel
   1973-1974
 
6/27

Department of Buildings
   1973-1974
 
6/28

Department of Engineering
   1973-1974
 
6/29

Department of Human Resources
   1973-1974
 
6/30

Department of Parks and Recreation (Martha Washington School)
   1973
 
6/31

Mayor's Bicentennial Task Force
   1973
 
6/32

Office of the Mayor
   1973
 
6/33

Office of Management and Budget
   1973-1974
 
6/34

Office of Women's Rights
   1973
   
State
  
 
7/1

Advisory Task Force on Vocational Education
   1972-1973
 
7/2

Board Against Discrimination
  1965-1968
 
7/3

Board for Community College Education
  1970-1972
 
7/4

Citizen's Committee on Crime
   1968
 
7/5

City-State Task Force: Intergovernmental Policy Group
  1972
 
7/6

City-State Task Force: Intergovernmental Policy Group
   1972
 
7/7

City-State Task Force: Intergovernmental Policy Group
   1972-1973
 
7/8

City-State Task Force: Intergovernmental Policy Group
   1973-1974
 
7/9

Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System (CAMPS)
  1968-1969
 
7/10

Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System (CAMPS)
  1970-1972
 
7/11

Correspondence (various agencies)
   1967-1968
 
7/12

Correspondence
  1969-1970
 
7/13

Correspondence
  1971-1972
 
7/14

Correspondence
  1973-1974
 
7/15

Department of Education
  1968-1972
 
7/16

Department of Institutions
  1968, 1971
 
7/17

Department of Public Assistance
   1969
 
7/18

Department of Public Assistance
  1970
 
7/19

Department of Public Assistance
  1971-1972
 
7/20

Employment Security Department
  1970-1972
 
7/21

Governor's Advisory Committee on Community College
  1969
 
7/22

Governor's Office
   1969
 
7/23

Governor's Task Force on Housing
  1969
 
7/24

Health Division: Department of Social and Health Services
   1970-1972
 
7/25

Health Training Project
  1969
 
7/26

Highway Commission
  1968-1971
 
7/27

Interagency Team
   1968-1969
 
7/28

Law and Justice
   1973
 
7/29

Legislature
   1970
 
7/30

Planning and Community Affairs Agency
  1968-1970
 
7/31

Planning and Community Affairs Agency
  1970-1972
 
7/32

SMCP In Service Training
  1974
 
8/1

Senate: Durkan
  1973
 
8/2

Social and Health Services
  1973-1974
 
8/3

Seattle Central Community College
  1971-1972
 
8/4

University of Washington
  1970
 
8/5

University of Washington
  1971-1972
 
8/6

Vocational Education
  1970-1971
 
8/7

White House Conference on Children and Youth
  1971
   
Federal
  
 
8/8

Correspondence
  1969
 
8/9

Correspondence
  1970
 
8/10

Correspondence
   1971-1972
 
8/11

701 Survey
  1968
 
8/12

Federal Team Meeting
  1968-1969
 
8/13

Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
  1968
 
8/14

Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
  1969
 
8/15

Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
  1969-1970
 
8/16

Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
  1970
 
8/17

Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
  1969-1971
 
8/18

Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
  1971-1972
 
8/19

Health, Education and Welfare (HEW): Pre-Application for Fiscal 1971 Project Grants
  1970
 
8/20

Labor Department
   1970-1973
 
8/21

Labor Department: Concentrated Employment Program
  1968-1970
 
8/22

Federal Housing Administration
  1968-1969
 
8/23

National Alliance of Businessmen
   1971
 
8/24

Office of Economic Opportunity
   1968-1969
 
8/25

Office of Economic Opportunity
  1970
 
8/26

Office of Economic Development
  1971-1973
 
8/27

Small Business Administration
   1971-1972
 
8/28

Social Security Act Title IV-A
  1971-1972
 
8/29

VISTA
   1970
   
Organizations
  
 
8/30

Puget Sound Governmental Conference
  1968-1970
 
8/31

Puget Sound Governmental Conference
  1972-1973
 
8/32

Puget Sound Comprehensive Health Planning Board
  1969-1974
 
9/1

Seattle Public Schools
   1968-1970
 
9/2

Seattle Public Schools
   1970
 
9/3

Seattle Public Schools
   1971
 
9/4

Seattle Public Schools
   1971
 
9/5

Seattle Public Schools
   1971
 
9/6

Seattle Public Schools
   1972-1973
 
9/7

Seattle University
  1972-1973
 
9/8

University of Washington
   1968
 
9/9

University of Washington
  1969
 
9/10

Seattle Times (Public Information Request)
  1970-1971
 
9/11

Alcoholism Facility
  1968-1972
 
9/12

American Arbitration Association
  1969
 
9/13

American Bar Association / Bar Association of Washington State
  1969-1971
 
9/14

American Indian Women's League, Inc.
  1971-1972
 
9/15

American Friends Service Committee
  1970
 
9/16

American Institute of Architects: Seattle Chapter
  1969-1972
 
9/17

American Red Cross: Seattle King County Chapter
  1969-1972
 
9/18

Association of Washington Cities
  1969-1970
 
9/19

Boys' Clubs of Seattle and King County, Inc.
  1969-1970
 
9/20

Central Area Civil Rights Committee
  1967-1972
 
9/21

Central Area Committee for Peace and Improvement
  1968-1971
 
9/22

Central Area Cooperative
  1968
 
9/23

Central Area Federal Credit Union
  1969-1971
 
9/24

Central Area Tenants Organization
  1968-1971
 
9/25

Central Contractor Association, Inc.
  1969-1973
 
9/26

Checkmate Enterprises, Inc.
  1969
 
9/27

Checkmate Enterprises, Inc.
   1969-1970
 
9/28

Checkmate Enterprises, Inc.
  1970-1971
 
10/1

Columbia Club
  1970
 
10/2

Concentrated Employment Program
  1968-1970
 
10/3

Council of Planning Affiliates
  1968-1973
 
10/4

Council on Aging
  1968-1971
 
10/5

Economic Growth Organization, Inc.
  1968
 
10/6

Equal Opportunity for Spanish-Speaking Americans
  1970-1971
 
10/7

Family Counseling Service
  1969-1971
 
10/8

Forward Thrust
  1968
 
10/9

Municipal League
  1968
 
10/10

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  1969-1973
 
10/11

National Association of Social Workers
  1969-1971
 
10/12

National Association of Minority Contractors
  1970-1971
 
10/13

New Careers Project
  1969-1971
 
10/14

Neighborhood House
  1971-1972
 
10/15

Okoamoto-Kiskamu (contractor)
  1968-1970
 
10/16

Rumor Control Center
  1968-1970
 
10/17

Seattle Atlantic Street Center
  1971-1972
 
10/18

Seattle Community Organization for Renewal Enterprises
  1971
 
10/19

Seattle King County Opportunity Board
  1968
 
10/20

Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center
  1967-1968
 
10/21

Seattle Treatment Center
   1968
 
10/22

Sparkman and McLean Co.
   1970
 
10/23

YMCA
  1968
 
10/24

White House Conference on Children and Youth
  1969-1971
   
Proposals and Grant Applications
  
 
10/25

Proposals and Grant Applications
   n.d.
 
10/26

Proposals and Grant Applications
   1968
 
10/27-28

Proposals and Grant Applications
   1969
 
10/29

Proposals and Grant Applications
   1970
 
11/1-3

Proposals and Grant Applications
   1971
 
11/4-6

Proposals and Grant Applications
   1972
 
11/7

Proposals and Grant Applications
   1973-1974
   
Publicity
  
 
11/8

Executive Director's Message
   1972
 
11/9-12

Newspaper Clippings
   1968-1971
   
5400-04:  Press Clippings, 1967-1974
 
 
3.8 cubic ft  ( (6 vols., 2 boxes))
Six scrapbooks of press clippings dating from 1967 to 1971. Topics covered include Seattle's Model City Program, race relations in Seattle, the Black Panthers, Seattle Police Department, the Seattle School Board, low-income housing, homelessness, parks, discrimination, and transportation, including the R. H. Thomson Expressway.


The majority of articles are from the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
 
volume
1

Volume 1: December 1967 - December 1968
   1967-1968
 
2

Volume 2: January 1969 - December 1969
   1969
 
3

Volume 3: January 1970 - March 1971
   1970-1971
 
4

Volume 4: April - November 1971
  1971
 
5

Volume 5: January - August 1972
   1972
 
6

Volume 6: August 1972
  1972
 
box
1

Press Clippings
   1972
 
2

Press Clippings
   1972-1974
   
5400-05:   Press Releases, 1971-1973
 
 
News releases publicizing Model City programs, events, and meetings and announcing new appointees to positions, and advertising job openings in Model City programs. The news releases contain information on Mini-Tran, an NAACP membership drive, citizen advisory councils, youth programs, neighborhood branches, citizen participation, creation of new councils, committees, and task forces, social service and medical facilities, community centers, child care, housing, education, and recreation.


Some supplementary materials, including newspaper and magazine articles and resumes for Model City officials such as John F. Mitsules and Jeffery K. Finn, are included with the news releases.
 
box/folder
1/1

Press Releases: November 1971
   1971
 
1/2

Press Releases: December 1971
   1971
 
1/3

Press Releases: January 1972
   1972
 
1/4

Press Releases: February-March 1972
   1972
 
1/5

Press Releases: April 1972
   1972
 
1/6

Press Releases: May-June 1972
   1972
 
1/7

Press Releases: July 1972
   1972
 
1/8

Press Releases: August 1972
   1972
 
1/9

Press Releases: September 1972
   1972
 
1/10

Press Releases: October 1972
   1972
 
1/11

Press Releases: November 1972
   1972
 
1/12

Press Releases: December 1972
   1972
 
1/13

Press Releases: January-February 1973
   1973
 
1/14

Press Releases: March 1973
   1973
 
1/15

Press Releases: April 1973
   1973
   
5400-06:   News Report, 1968-1971
 
 
.2 cubic foot
Newspaper format publication sent to residents of the Model Neighborhood to communicate Model City Program developments. Includes photographs, profiles of individuals, and reports on events. Varies from weekly to monthly publication.
 
1/1

News Report
   1968-1969
 
1/2

News Report
   1969
 
1/3

News Report
   1970
 
1/4

News Report
   1971
   
5401-01:  Social Indicators Data, 1972
 
 
0.4 cubic ft.
Primarily demographic data compiled by the Model City Program Information Unit from the United States Census and its own research files. The data is arranged to correspond with the 14 project areas of the Seattle Model City Program.
   
5401-02:  Reports, Studies, and Evaluations, 1968-1975
 
 
11.6 cubic ft.
Studies, surveys, proposals, work programs, grant applications and awards, action plans, status reports, audits and evaluations, contracts, and financial reports relating to the Model City Program and its projects. Also included are reference manuals and handbooks concerning general accounting, reporting, and evaluation procedures. Several reports and studies deal with the program at the national level.


The documents in this series have been cataloged and indexed and included in the Seattle Municipal Archives Local Government Documents Collection. The catalog search page is located at http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/docs1.htm.
   
5402-01:  Citizen Participation Division Records, 1968-1973
 
 
3 cubic ft.
The Citizen Participation Division Records are arranged in six subseries: Associate Director Files, Advisory Council, Combined Citizens Advisory Council, task forces (arranged by Branch Office), Citizen Monitoring Reports, Weekly Reports (all task forces).


George E. Clark was the associate director of the Citizen Participation Division for the SMCP. The records of the citizen Participation Division reflect his activities and the citizens and work occurring in the various branches. Clark's reports discuss activities related to citizen participation at the various branches, including personnel and work programs. His reports are based on reports to him from the branches, which are also included. Clark's incoming and outgoing correspondence includes both internal and external correspondents and covers programmatic and personnel issues.


The Advisory Council was the policy-making body of the SMCP. Every known organization in the Model Neighborhood was invited to participate; representation included over 80 community groups. Issues such as task force planning and organization structure were addressed through the Council. Records of the Council include minutes, correspondence and bylaws. These records overlap with series 5402-02, Advisory Council Files.


The Combined Citizens Advisory Council began meeting in 1972. Mandated at the federal level, it was composed of 40 members from the branch councils. Its role was to act as a citizen advisory body to the SMCP, which became more decentralized in 1972. The Citizens Advisory Council records are arranged by branch and consist of minutes and committee reports.


There were four Branch Advisory Councils corresponding to each of the Model Neighborhood areas: East, Southeast, Southwest, and North. The Branch Advisory Councils reviewed proposals and recommendations by the task forces and coordinated planning for the branches. Branch records include bylaws and minutes.


Each Branch had seven functional task forces corresponding with the seven city-wide task forces: Education, Elderly, Employment, Health, Housing and Physical Environment, Law and Justice, Recreation and Youth, Social Services and Welfare. The task forces were run by citizens, fostering citizen participation which was an important tenet of the Model Cities Program. Task force records consist of minutes and attendance sheets, arranged by branch and then by task force. Although the task force records in this subseries document the years 1972 to 1973 in more detail, they overlap to some degree with Task Force Minutes (5402-03) and Task Force Records (5402-04). Updates on specific proposals and projects are given in the minutes. The successes and the frustrations of citizen involvement are evident in the Task Force Records. The minutes discuss conflicting goals between the task forces, the City's Office of Program Planning (in one report referred to as 'the Mayor Boys') and the SMCP.


The Citizen Participation staff were responsible for training the citizen monitors to observe specific SMCP projects at each of the branches. Citizens went out in teams to interview project participants and directors and observe the projects in action and offer their observations on successes and areas for improvement. Their monitoring forms provide a close-up look at specific projects in the Model City program.


Weekly Reports -- written mostly by branch managers for Director Walter Hundley and copied to Clark -- include information on branch activities and provide a glimpse of day-to-day activity and issues, such as communication with the main office and with City employees. The reports also provide updates on planning, budgets, citizen participation and task force activity as well as advisory council meetings for each branch. Interaction with city council members is reported on as well. Staff meeting minutes for the branches are often included in the reports. The reports are a good way to compare activities between the different branches.
   
Associate Director
  
 
box/folder
1/1

Weekly Reports
  1972
 
1/2

Monthly and Quarterly Reports
  1972-1973
 
1/3

Training Work Program
  1972
 
1/4

Work Programs
  1972
 
1/5

Correspondence: Outgoing
   1972
 
1/6

Correspondence: Outgoing to Hundley
  1973
 
1/7

Correspondence: Incoming
  1971
 
1/8

Correspondence: Incoming
   1972
 
1/9-10

Citizen Participation: Incoming Correspondence
  1973
 
1/11

Citizen Participation Handbook: Revision
  1972
 
1/12

Seattle 2000 Commission: Task Force on Government and Citizen Participation
  1973
   
Advisory Council
  
 
1/13

Bylaws
  1968-1969
 
1/14

Correspondence
  1970-1972
 
1/15

Minutes
   1968-1969
 
1/16

Minutes
  1969-1971
 
1/17

Minutes
   1972-1973
 
1/18

Workshop and Reports
   1970-1971
 
1/19

Program Committee
   1970-1971
   
Combined Citizens Advisory Council
  
 
1/20

Membership List
  1973
 
1/21

By Laws Committee
   1972-1973
 
1/22

Citizen Participation Committee
  1970-1972
 
1/23

Finance Committee Minutes
  1970-1971
 
1/24

City-Wide Task Forces
  1973
 
1/25

Law and Justice Task Force: Attendance
  1971
 
1/26

Nomination Committee
  1972-1973
 
1/27

Program Management Committee
  1972
 
1/28

North Branch
  1972
 
1/29

North Branch: Bylaws
  1971-1972
 
1/30

North Branch: Finance Committee
  1972-1973
 
1/31

North Branch: Meeting Minutes
   1971-1972
 
1/32

North Branch: Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/1

Southwest Branch
  1971-1972
 
2/2

East Branch: Attendance and Meeting Minutes
  1971-1973
 
2/3

East Branch: Finance Committee
  1972-1973
 
2/4

Southeast Branch
  1971-1972
   
Task Forces
  
 
2/5

East Branch: Citizen Participation - Minutes
  1971-1972
 
2/6

East Branch: Health Advisory Board - East Branch
  1972
 
2/7

East Branch: Health - Minutes
  1972
 
2/8

East Branch: Housing and Physical Environment
  1972
 
2/9

East Branch: Law and Justice - Minutes and Attendance
  1972
 
2/10

East Branch: Social Services and Welfare - Minutes and Attendance
  1972
 
2/11

North Branch: Education, Arts and Culture, Recreation and Youth - Minutes and Attendance
  1972
 
2/12

North Branch: Elderly - Minutes and Attendance
   1971-1972
 
2/13

North Branch: Employment - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/14

North Branch: Health - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/15

North Branch: Housing and Physical Environment - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1973
 
2/16

North Branch: Law and Justice - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/17

North Branch: Social Services and Welfare - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/18

Southeast Branch: Correspondence
  1971-1972
 
2/19

Southeast Branch: Education - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/20

Southeast Branch: Employment - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/21

Southeast Branch: Health - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/22

Southeast Branch: Housing - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/23

Southeast Branch: Law and Justice - Minutes and Attendance
  1972
 
2/24

Southeast Branch: Manpower and Economic Development
  1972
 
2/25

Southeast Branch: Welfare and Social Services - Minutes and Attendance
  1972
 
2/26

Southwest Branch: Education - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/27

Southwest Branch: Employment - Minutes
  1971-1972
 
2/28

Southwest Branch: Health - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/29

Southwest Branch: Housing - Minutes and Attendance
   1971-1972
 
2/30

Southwest Branch: Law and Justice - Minutes and Attendance
  1971-1972
 
2/31

Southwest Branch: Manpower and Economic Development - Attendance
   1972
 
2/32

Southwest Branch: Social Services and Welfare
  1971-1972
   
Citizen Monitoring Reports
  
 
2/33

All-City Reports
  1972
 
2/34

Branches
   1972-1973
 
2/35

Health
  1972-1973
 
2/36

Health: Southwest Branch
  1972-1973
 
2/37

Housing and Physical Planning (includes playgrounds)
   1971-1973
 
2/38

Law and Justice
   1971-1973
 
2/39

Manpower / Job Development
  1971-1973
 
3/1

Recreation / Culture / Youth / Art
  1971-1973
 
3/2

Welfare / Social Services
  1972-1973
   
Weekly Reports (All Task Forces)
  
 
3/3

Spanish Speaking Community
   1970
 
3/4

Southwest Branch: September-October
   1972
 
3/5

Southwest Branch: November - December
  1972
 
3/6

East Branch: May - July
  1972
 
3/7

East Branch: August - December
  1972
 
3/8

East Branch
   1973
 
3/9

Southeast Branch: February-July
  1972
 
3/10

Southeast Branch: August- December
  1972
 
3/11

Southeast Branch: February-May
   1973
 
3/12

Southwest Branch: March-June
  1972
 
3/13

Southwest Branch: July-August
   1972
 
3/14

North Branch: May - June
  1972
 
3/15

North Branch: July-August
   1972
 
3/16

North Branch: September - October
  1972
 
3/17

North Branch: November - December
  1972
 
3/18

Neighborhood Planners Weekly Reports
   1973
 
3/19

Meeting Schedule Flyers
  1971-1972
 
3/20

Meeting Schedule Flyers
  1971-1972
   
5402-02:  Seattle Model City Program Advisory Council, 1968-1974
 
 
.8 cubic ft.
The role of the SMCP Advisory Council was to oversee the planning process for the Program. The Council met once a month with oversight for the citizen task forces. The membership of the Council was made up of organizations and clubs within the SMCP boundaries. There is some overlap between these records and those in the Citizen Participation Division Files (5402-01). The records of the Advisory Council include minutes, correspondence, and attendance lists. A proposal to continue selected projects after SMCP monies ended is included.
 
1/1

Bylaws and Membership
  1968-1969
 
1/2

Minutes
   1968
 
1/3

Minutes and Reports
  1969
 
1/4

Minutes and Reports
  1970-1972
 
1/5

Minutes and Agendas
  1972-1974
 
1/6

Correspondence
   1968
 
1/7

Correspondence
  1969
 
1/8