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City of Boston Collections
The City Archives is now using ArchivesSpace as our online public access catalog.
The information previously available in our "Guide to the Records in the City of Boston Archives," which was created with grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), is now available in our catalog. Our catalog contains detailed descriptive information about our collections. The catalog also provides links to finding aids and online digital access when available.
We've digitized thousands of Boston's archival documents and photographs. You can browse our digitized and born digital records in our Digital Repository
Still have questions? Contact:
Archives and Records Management
201 Rivermoor Street
West Roxbury, MA
02132
Finding aids by record group
Finding aids- Guide to the Office of the City Clerk records
- Guide to the City Census records
- Guide to the Married Women doing Business records
- Guide to the Mayor's Office of Cable Communications filings
- Guide to the Personal Records of Members of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council
- Guide to the Records of Qualifications (Oaths of Office)
- Guide to the Contracts and leases
- Guide to the City Council proceedings
- Guide to the City Council meeting and hearing transcripts
- Guide to the City Council Committee hearing transcripts
- Guide to the City Council Committee records 1828-1912 (bulk, 1860-1895)
- Guide to the City Council Committee on the Extension of Faneuil Hall Market records
- Guide to the City Council Joint Committee on Alien Passengers records
- Guide to the City Council Committees on the Army and Navy Monument records
- Guide to the City Council Committee on the Fire Department records
- Guide to the Franklin Fund records
- Guide to the Boston Tercentenary Committee records
- Guide to the Mayor James M. Curley collection
- Guide to the Mayor Frederick W. Mansfield records
- Guide to the Mayor Maurice J. Tobin scrapbooks
- Guide to the Mayor John B. Hynes collection
- Guide to the Mayor Kevin H. White records
- Guide to the Mayor Raymond L. Flynn records
- Guide to the Boston Marathon Bombing Response Mail collection
- Guide to the William Arthur Reilly collection
- Guide to the School History Collection
- Guide to the Committee for Superintending the School for Mutual Instruction records
- Guide to the Department of School Health Services subject files
- Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings
- Guide to the Horace Mann School for the Deaf records
- Guide to the Hyde Park High School collection
- Guide to the Desegregation-era Records collection
- Guide to the Department of Implementation records
- Guide to the Department of Implementation records II
- Guide to the Citywide Parents Council records
- Guide to the Citywide Parents Council records II
- Guide to the Office of General Counsel records
- Guide to the Morgan Case working files
- Guide to the Allen Case working files
- Guide to the School Committee Secretary Desegregation files
- Guide to the Desegregation Related grants
- Guide to the Department of Statistics records
- Guide to the Louise Day Hicks papers
- Guide to the City Law Department records: Morgan and related cases files