Favorite Archival Object: Seattle Fire Department Central File - Serial Arsonist
Channel: SeattleArchives
Date: 2022-03-08

The "Favorite Archival Object" series is a monthly installment featuring archivists from Seattle Municipal Archives highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections.  

Processing Archivist Julie Kerssen describes a Central File from the Seattle Fire Department on a serial arsonist from 1935.

Citations:
 – Fire Investigation - Arson - Robert Bruce Driscoll (1935), Item 2801_03_096_003, Record Series 2801-03: Fire Department Central Files
 – Fighting the Fire Bomb (1941), Item 891, Record Series 2801-11: Seattle Fire Department Moving Images
 – “Firebug Given Prison Sentence.” (1935, May 28). Seattle Daily Times, p. 9. 

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)