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In this installment, Seattle Municipal Archives' Processing Archivist Julie Kerssen presents a letter written by the Seattle Chief of Police in 1971 to the Civil Service Commission regarding female police officers. The "Favorite Archival Object" series is a monthly installment featuring archivists from Seattle Municipal Archives highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections.

View more from the "Favorite Archival Object" series here. 

Seattle Municipal Archives MATERIAL CITATIONS:
– Correspondence re: sex-segregated exams for police promotion, May 1972, Item 6010_10_013_028_002, Record Series 6010-10: Appeals
– Letter from Police Chief George P. Tielsch re: sex-segregated exams for police promotions, November 10, 1971, Item 6010_10_013_028_001, Record Series 6010-10: Appeals
– Demonstration [Anti-war protest downtown organized by People's Coalition for Peace and Justice], May 5, 1971, Items 200793 + 200795, Record Series 8200-13: Water Department Photographic Negatives
– Parking Meter Checker Citing Car. [Meter maid], August 4, 1960, Item 63745, Record Series 2613-07: Engineering Department Negatives
– Traffic. Meter Maid at 5th Ave. and Cherry St., July 11, 1961, Item 68600, Record Series 2613-07: Engineering Department Negatives
– Seattle, Picture of a Young City, 1976, Item 3165, Record Series 2613-09: Engineering Department Motion Picture Film
– Swearing-In Ceremony of Chief of Police Kathleen O’Toole, June 23, 2014, Item misc_swearing062314V.mp4, Seattle Channel

All of the videos from the "Favorite Archival Object" series feature the following:
– Background used for all object reveals: Agreement between the Board of Park Commissioners of Seattle and Olmsted Brothers (April 30, 1904), Item 5801_01_53_15_001, Record Series 5801-01: Don Sherwood Parks History Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives
– Footage in introduction titles: Seattle Channel, Item cs_112119_3071924V
– Music: "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannellis from YouTube's Audio Library (Creative Commons)