Archives Division research inquiries correspondence for 1965 to 1974
Description
The Municipal Archives and Records Center (active from 1952-1977) was one of the predecessor agencies whose jurisdiction was later subsumed by the Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS). DORIS, a New York City agency established in 1977, is an administrative body that has jurisdiction over three departments: the Municipal Archives; the Municipal Library; and the Municipal Records Management Division. The accession consists of correspondence and notes pertaining to research inquiries that were submitted to the Archives Division (now the Municipal Archives) that was a division within the Municipal Archives and Records Center. Incoming and outgoing correspondence are included but there is somewhat more outgoing correspondence than incoming. The outgoing correspondence consists of responses to research inquiries that were prepared and compiled by Archives Division staff. The responses cover a broad range of historical and genealogical inquiries. There is no index or inventory to the correspondence. Arranged chronologically.
Extent
1 cubic feet
Dates
1965-1974
Record Groups
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