The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the City. This digital document library contains …

By the late 1980s the Seattle Fire Department was considered a national model for the recruitment, hiring and retention of women as firefighters, providing assistance to other fire …

A Memorable Enterprise: The AYPE and the City of Seattle; Seattle's City Halls; Digital Document Libraries. Homelessness in City Records; Black History Month in Seattle; The Great Seattle …

Create the front page of a Washington newspaper from a particular decade in history. You will research and write news articles about two different topics from your decade - one being the …

High unemployment during the Great Depression led to scrutiny of families with more than one wage earner, particularly if one of those employed was a woman. A 1930 letter to a local …

SMA's collections include a wide range of object types - maps, photographs, textual records, audio recordings, drawings, moving images - from more than 150 years of Seattle history. …

By the late 1980s the Seattle Fire Department was considered a national model for the recruitment, hiring and retention of women as firefighters, providing assistance to other fire …

A huge headline in the next issue of the newspaper trumpeted, "Cotterill attempts to suppress Times; Tries to shift blame for last night's riots." The paper also recapped the events of the …

The Archives has compiled lists of elected and appointed officials through Seattle's history, as well as other facts about the city about which we are frequently asked. If you have a question …

Responding to a 1974 affirmative action report, the Seattle Fire Department began recruiting women firefighters in 1975. Although 125 women took the written exam that first year, only six …