Winnipeg in Focus is a database for archival descriptions and digital collections at the City of Winnipeg Archives.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Clerk's Department. Archives and Records Control Branch

Original digital objects not accessible

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Winnipeg (Man.). City Clerk's Department. Archives and Records Control Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • City of Winnipeg Archives

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1978-

History

Winnipeg was established as a city in 1874 and began creating records immediately, but it did not have a city archives until 1978. Many of the surrounding municipalities that were later amalgamated into Unicity in 1972 were in a very similar situation, and their surviving records have now become part of the Winnipeg City Archives' holdings. The building at 380 William, the old Carnegie Library, was set aside for storage of records and archives. Since its formation, the Archives and Records Control Branch has been responsible for managing records in storage, developing records management policy and practice, and facilitating research access to the City’s archival collection.

The required enabling bylaw for the records and archives provisions of the City of Winnipeg Act was passed in 1996, and the Records Committee was created and first met in June 1997.

See Terry Cook, "In the Public Trust: A Strategic Plan for the Archives and Records Management Services in the City of Winnipeg," (November 29, 1999).

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Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Under sections 109 and 100 of the City of Winnipeg Charter, the City is required to appoint a City Archivist and to establish a Records Management program.

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Access points area

Subject access points

Place access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

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Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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Maintenance notes

  • Clipboard

  • Export

  • EAC

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