Commissioner Idilio Gracia Peña records
Collection REC0018 - RG 043. Department of Records and Information Services
Abstract
Extent
43.5 cubic feet (87 boxes)
Dates
1961-1995, bulk 1977-1995
Conditions Governing Access
Physical Location
Processing Information
The records are particularly strong in a few areas. These include the files on Department of Records and Information Services budgets, the Commission on Public Information and Communication with the Office of the Comptroller, Commissioner Invitations, finances and reports, Municipal Reference and Research papers, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission and initiatives set up by the Mayor's Office.
There are also various reports, budgets, grants and microfilm information regarding the Municipal Archives, as well as detailed information and applications for National Endowment for the Humanities grants during 1990-1993.
Idilio Gracia Peña began his long and distinguished career working at the New York City Municipal Archives and Records Center in 1964. Gracia Peña served as the Director of the New York City Municipal Archives from 1978-1989. He became Commissioner of the New York City Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) and served in this capacity from 1990-1995.
During his tenure as Commissioner of DORIS, Idilio Gracia Peña functioned as the chief archivist, chief public records officer, and chief librarian for New York City. He administered the City's $4 million archives, library records management, and information services programs. In that capacity, he advised the Mayor, the City Council, and borough presidents on matters that related to government archives, library and records management, and information services. Idilio Gracia Peña was a member of the New York State Governor's Task Force of Recording and Filing, the New York State Local Government Records Advisory Council, and the New York City Commission on Public Information and Communication.
Gracia Peña has also served on the boards of several academic, professional and community organizations. The list includes the Pratt Institute School of Library and Information Science Board of Advisors, New York Archival Society Board of Directors, Long Island Archives Conference Board of Directors, Latin American Integration Center Board of Directors, and Queens Borough President's Historical Advisory Committee. He was a member of several professional organizations including the Society of American Archivists, the Academy of Certified Archivists, Association of Records Managers and Administrators, National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, and the New York Association of Local Government Records Officers.
- Title
- Guide to the Commissioner Idilio Gracia Peña records, 1976-1995
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nathalie Belkin, Municipal Archives intern
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
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Revision Statements
- 2019 July: Series 2 updated with processed container list.