Manuscript Mondays: NYC Municipal Archives

Manuscript Monday – A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society

Date: Monday, March 16 @ 8pm EST
Guest Presenter: Kenneth Cobb, Assistant Commissioner, New York City Department of Records & Information Services
Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, The Manuscript Society
A live presentation followed by a Q & A with presenter Kenneth Cobb

Title:

The New York City Municipal Archives

Overview:

New York City bureaucrats have been creating records that document its government since the first Dutch settlers established a colony here in 1624. The records now total more than 250,000 cubic feet and are preserved in the Municipal Archives, one of the largest archival repositories in North America. Mr. Cobb will present an illustrated review of the holdings which include manuscripts, photographs, ledgers, maps, and plans from numerous municipal departments and functions such as the mayor, courts, police, health, parks, finance and education.

Register: https://manuscript.org/events/

Presenter:

Kenneth R. Cobb has been associated with the Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS) for more than 46 years. Cobb served as Director of the Municipal Archives from 1990 to 2005 when he was appointed Assistant Commissioner at DORIS. Cobb received an M.A. in American History at Columbia University in 1978.

In 2018 he received the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York outstanding Archival Achievement award, and in 2023 he won a Sloan Public Service Award. Cobb is a native of Poughkeepsie, New York.