Oral Histories
This list was compiled to aid researchers in finding oral history interviews with city elected officials and longtime city employees that are held by repositories other than the Seattle Municipal Archives. Transcripts and interviews are linked from this page when they are accessible online. Researchers should contact the listed institutions directly for information about access to the interviews, availability of transcripts, and other questions.
Legacy Washington (Secretary of State's Office)
- Sam Smith - City Councilmember
- Gordon Clinton - Mayor
- Jim Diers - Department of Neighborhoods
- Bob Gogerty - Deputy Mayor
- Phyllis Lamphere - City Councilmember
- Marion Langstaff - City Planning Commission
- John Miller - City Councilmember
- Norm Rice - Mayor
- Charles Royer - Mayor
- Paul Schell - Mayor
- Jim Street - City Councilmember
- Wes Uhlman - Mayor
- George Benson - City Councilmember
- Jim Braman - Department of Community Development
- Martha Choe - City Councilmember
- Cheryl Chow - City Councilmember
- George Cooley - City Councilmember
- Clara Fraser - City Light Employee
- Bob Gogerty - Deputy Mayor
- Paul Kraabel - City Councilmember
- Nick Licata - City Councilmember
- Ken Lowthian - Water Department
- John Miller - City Councilmember
- Roy W. Morse - Water Department Superintendent and City Engineer
- Norm Rice - Mayor and City Council Member
- Paul Schell - Mayor
- Art Skolnik - Office of Urban Conservation
- Wes Uhlman - Mayor
- Tom Weeks - City Councilmember
- Jeanette Williams - City Councilmember
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
- David Della - City Councilmember
- Wes Uhlman - Mayor
HistoryLink
Edited transcripts are online; original interviews not available.
- Gordon Clinton - Mayor
- Bill Newby - City Light Skagit Project
- Bennie Paris - 39-year City Light employee
- Walt Sickler - 40-year City Light employee (two interviews)
If you know of other relevant interviews that should be added to this list, please contact us at archives@seattle.gov.