General Archive Resources

Interested in the Seattle Public School Archives?

Interested in what the schools taught over the years? We have guidance on curriculum, textbook selection, committee reports and other administrative records from the 1940s on. The archives includes a small collection of historical school textbooks, including those published by the Seattle Public school district.

Finding Aides

Finding Aides will be continually updated.

• Search online finding aides
• SPS Desegregation Finding Aid
• Broadway Alumni Archives Repository

Art in K-12 Schools

Nearly 70% of Washington State’s Public Art Collection is on display in public schools, including twenty-five Seattle Public Schools. Please visit the ArtsWA Collection List to explore further!

Explore other local archives

• Archdiocese of Seattle Archives
• Lakeside School Archives
• King County Archives
• Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) Library and Archives
• NARA’s Pacific Alaska Region
• Providence Archives
• Seattle Municipal Archives
• Seattle Pacific University Archives
• University of Washington Special Collections
• Washington State Archives (Puget Sound Regional Branch)