City of Vaughan Archives

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ON00373

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City of Vaughan Archives

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      • Government
      • Municipal

      Contact area

      Chris Rainville, Manager - Records and Information Governance & City Archivist

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      Street address

      2141 Major Mackenzie Drive

      Locality

      Vaughan

      Region

      Ontario

      Country name

      Kanada

      Postal code

      L6A 1T1

      Telephone

      905-832-8585 ext. 8189

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      Gillian Shaw, Archival Records Analyst

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      905-832-8585 ext. 8793

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      Description area

      History

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      Records management and collecting policies

      The City of Vaughan Archives is a municipal government business unit that manages government records that document important municipal policies, programs, decisions, allocations, functions, and activities. This ensures the availability of documentary evidence for legal and administrative purposes, as well as the long-term reference and planning needs of City Staff. The Archives also collects, preserves, and makes available for research permanently valuable non-government records from the Vaughan community that document the rich and diverse heritage of the City of Vaughan.

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      The City of Vaughan Archives holds a variety of records such as: all City records with long-term legal and administrative value (e.g. by-laws, Council minutes, assessment rolls, vital statistics, financial records, reports, correspondence, etc.), historic photographs, maps, plans, architectural drawings, records of local organizations, diaries, journals, logs, letters, family histories, unpublished histories and studies, land records, newspapers, directories, censuses, and business, school, and church records.

      Finding aids, guides and publications

      Finding Aids can be found on the City of Vaughan Archives' website at: https://www.vaughan.ca/services/vaughan_archives/findingaids/Pages/default.aspx

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      Opening times

      As part of the City's COVID-19 response, the City of Vaughan Archives remains closed to the public at this time. For more information on all affected City services and when they may resume, please visit: vaughan.ca/covid19.

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      Accessibility

      The City of Vaughan Archives is fully accessible.

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      Research services

      The City of Vaughan Archives offers a reading room with a microfilm reader, DVD player, light table, magnifiers, finding aids, and local history books. Researchers may also wish to bring their laptops, USB keys, and cameras (no flash, please). Archival Services staff are available to assist throughout the research process. There is a fee for photocopies.

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