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Archival Collections Listed Alphabetical By Title

Collection / Record Series Title [Record Series Number], Dates [Extent/Size]
Record Group Title [Record Group Number]
Alternate Records Location (if applicable)

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

Accounts, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (ACC)], 1866-1932 [15 document cases (7.5 cubic feet)]

American Bicentennial (1776-1976) Collection [Record Series 1121-044], 1968-1976, no date [28 folders, 1 tube (0.75 cubic feet)]

Archaeological Artifacts: Cloverdale Waste Water Sewer System Project [Record Series 1121-034], circa 1850-circa 1916, no date [1 archival box (0.5 cubic feet)]

Archaeological Artifacts: Cluskey Embankment Stores Archaeology Project [Record Series 1121-034], circa 1850-circa 1920, 2012-2014, no date [22 records cartons, 1 oversized folder (11.25 cubic feet)]

Architectural Drawings and Plans (non-City Buildings) [Record Series 1121-061], 1934-2013, no date [1 box, 4 oversized folders, 2 compact disks, 33 JPEG images (1.5 cubic feet, 405 MB storage)]

Ardmore Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.02], circa 1920-2017, no date [3 folders, 74 digital files (0.1 cubic feet, 5.0 GB storage)]

Oral History recordings online through Voices of Savannah

Artwork Collection, City of Savannah [Record Series 1121-033], 1969-1977, no date [10 items (2.8 cubic feet)]

Artifact Collections: U.S.S. Savannah and N.S. Savannah [Record Series 1121-028], 1938, 1962, 2012, no date [4 records cartons, 1 document case, 1 undersized box, 1 oversized box, 1 oversized framed item (7.5 cubic feet)]

ASALH and Related Cultural Organizations records [Record Series 1121-109], 1903, 1909, 1931-1957, 1964-2004, no date [51 records cartons, 13 oversized boxes, 23 oversized folders, 1 framed item, 1 rolled item (65.1 cubic feet)]

Assessments and Licenses, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (ASL)], 1893-1896, 1911-1932 [5 document cases (2.5 cubic feet)]

Augusta Oelschig art collection [Record Series 1121-077], 1938-1976, no date [78 items]

Avondale Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.07], 2023 [1 folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

Ayers, Mary L., World War II scrapbook [Record Series 1121-120], 1942-1943, no date [0.5 oversized box (0.1 cubic feet)]

B

Bacon Park Commission [Record Series 5600BP], 1931-1932 [1 volume (0.13 cubic feet)]

Bacon Park and Sandfly Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.09], 2023 [1 folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

Benjamin Van Clark Neighborhood Documentation Project [Record Series 6112-003], 2003-2004 [6 document cases (2.75 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Oral History Collection; Uncommon Knowledge: When the Meadows Became Benjamin Van Clark, booklet (City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 2004)

Bill Durrence photographs [Record Series 1121-083], 1971, 2018 [2.0 oversized folders (0.5 cubic feet)]

Bills of Sale for Enslaved People [Record Series 1121-126], 1826, 1836, 1841-1859, 1863, no date [4 folders; 1 oversized folder (0.5 cubic feet)]

Board of Trade [Record Series 5600BT], 1925 [1 folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

Building and Zoning, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (B&Z)], 1870-1932 [2 document cases (1.0 cubic feet)]

Building Inspector, Office of the (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (PER)], 1909-1941 [35 document cases (17.5 cubic feet)]

1909-1919 Index Digitized: by Street Name ; by Ward

Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Department - Plans and Designs [Record Series 6120-004], 1921-1925, 1939-2017, no date [453 items (30.0 cubic feet)]

C

Cadastral Survey, Savannah - Ward Survey Maps [Record Series 3121-019], 1939-1940 [252 sheets (1.5 cubic feet)]

Collection Fully Digitized

Canal District Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.06], 2019, 2022 [1 folder, 42 digital files (0.1 cubic feet, 8.5 GB)]

Carver Village Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.01], 1946-2017, no date [4 folders, 460 digital files (0.1 cubic feet, 15.2 GB)]

Select Digitized Records: Carver Village Community Collection photographs
Oral History recordings online through Voices of Savannah

Cemeteries Department - Artifacts [Record Series 6124-018], after 1876, no date [7 items (1.0 cubic foot)]

Cemetery Papers, Board of Health (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (CEM)], 1871-1933 [4 document cases, 1 volume (2.2 cubic feet)]

City Attorney [Record Series 5600CA], 1903-1913 [2 volumes (0.33 cubic feet)]

City Attorney, Office of (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (ATT)], 1860-1930 [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

City Council Miscellaneous Papers (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (MSC)], 1849-1930 [3 document cases (1.5 cubic feet)]

City Court [Record Series 5600CC], 1798-1934 [88 volumes, 157 document cases (118.88 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records:Record Series 5600CC-35 Naturalization Records - Immigration Index
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City Court of Savannah (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (CRT)], 1864-1927 [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

City Hall Centennial Research Collection, Historical Research Projects [Record Series 1121-032], 1903-2006 [6 document cases, 3 archival boxes (4.0 cubic feet)]

City Lots, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (LOT)], 1863-1931 [3 document cases (1.5 cubic feet)]

City Manager's Office - Administrative Files [Record Series 0120-001], 1940-2012, no date [527 records cartons (527.0 cubic feet)]

City Manager's Office - Photographs [Record Series 0120-006], 1969-1991, no date [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

Additional Index: Identified Individuals
Select Digitized Records: City Manager’s Office photographs (Representative Sample)

City Marshal [Record Series 5600CM], 1846-1964 [41 volumes, 2 reels microfilm (10.16 cubic feet)]

City Marshal Papers, Committee on Finance (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (MAR)], 1914-1931 [4 document cases (2.0 cubic feet)]

City of Savannah Honors and Awards collection [Record Series 1121-078], 1986-2019, no date [1 half document case, 1 records carton, 1 oversized box, 4 oversized items, 62 digital items (3.25 cubic feet; 1.29 GB)]

Clerk of Council [Record Series 5600CL], 1790-1976, no date [448 volumes, 13 folders, 1 document case, 27 reels of microfilm (86.78 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Automobile Registration Books, 1909-1919
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Clerk of Council - Addenda in Clerk of Council's Office [Record Series 5600CL-A-COC], 1787-2001 [230 volumes (220.07 cubic feet)]

Alternate Records Location: These records are available in the Clerk of Council's Office, City Hall, Bay Street at Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, (912) 651-6441. Please call ahead to make an appointment.

Cloverdale Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.10], 2022 [1 folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

Committee of the Whole (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (WHL)], 1905-1932 [6 document cases. 1 volume (3.2 cubic feet)]

Community Planning and Development Department photograph collection [Record Series 3104-008], circa 1980-2004 [8 records cartons, 1 slide box (8.25 cubic feet)]

Contracts (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (CON)], 1852-1957 [24 document cases (12.0 cubic feet)]

Council-Manager Government, Frank Jacocks Scrapbooks (First City Manager), Historical Research Projects [Record Series 1121-032], 1954-1959 [2 scrapbooks in 1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

Council-Manager Government, Historical Research Projects [Record Series 1121-032], 1954-2004 [1 records carton (1.0 cubic foot)]

Cuyler-Brownville Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.08], 2023 [1 folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

D

Deeds (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (DDS)], 1817-1955 [19 document cases (9.5 cubic feet)]

Drainage Commission [Record Series 5600DC], 1877-1920 [2 volumes (0.3 cubic feet)]

Drainage, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (SEW)], 1859-1929 [2 document cases (1.0 cubic feet)]

Dry Culture, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (DRY)], 1869, 1871, 1877-1888 [1 folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

E

Eastside Neighborhood Documentation Project [Record Series 6112-003], 1885-2011, no date [1 records carton, 1 document case, and 2 undersized boxes (1.7 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Oral History Collection; Ebb and Flow: Life and Community in Eastern Savannah by Martha L. Keber (City of Savannah Department Cultural Affairs, 2011)

Edgemere Sackville Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.03], 2018-2019, no date [3 folders, 23 digital files (0.1 cubic feet, 1.71 GB)]

Select Digitized Records: Edgemere Sackville Community Collection

Ellis Square Oral History Project [Record Series 6119-001], 2002-2009, no date [2 document cases, 3 undersized archival boxes (2.5 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Oral History Collection

Engineering Department [Record Series 5600EN], 1879-1968, no date [141 volumes, 40 document cases, 2 half-size document cases, 1 folder (87.74 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records:5600EN-120A Private Property Surveys Index (use index to identify available surveys)

Engineering Department Major Subdivision Maps [Record Series 3121-020], 1871-1972, no date [249 items]

Select Digitized Records:Major Subdivision Maps (representative sample)

Engineering Department Retrospective Maps Collection - East / West Maps [Record Series 3121-008], 1799-1927, no date [1,106 items]

Engineering Department Retrospective Maps Collection - General Maps [Record Series 3121-007], 1756-2019, no date [1,112 items]

Select Digitized Records:General Maps (representative sample)

Engineering Department Retrospective Maps Collection - Property Maps [Record Series 3121-009], 1853-1982, no date [1,305 items]

Select Digitized Records:Property Maps (representative sample)

Engineering Department Retrospective Plans and Designs Collection [Record Series 3121-010], 1902-2015, no date [509 items]

Select Digitized Records:Plans and Designs (representative sample)

Engineer's Department Reports, City (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (ENG)], 1901-1932 [3 document cases (1.5 cubic feet)]

F

Finance Committee (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (FIN)], 1863-1932 [34 document cases (17.0 cubic feet)]

Fire Department [Record Series 5600FD], 1867-1947 [3 volumes (0.25 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Artifacts [Record Series 5100-070], no date [2 folders (0.1 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Earl W. Mock Donation [Record Series 5100D-005], 1950 (circa)-1991 [17 items (0.15 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Equipment Maintenance Records [Record Series 5100-053], 1939-1961 [1 document case (0.25 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Frank Cook Donation [Record Series 5100D-001], 1898-2000 (circa), no date [4 document cases, 1 oversize folder (2.25 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, General Subject Files - Policy and Program Development Records - Analysts [Record Series 5100-014], 1976-1988, no date [1 record carton (0.8 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, General Subject Files - Policy and Program Development Records - Assistant Fire Chiefs [Record Series 5100-015], 1994-2000, no date [1 record carton (1.0 cubic foot)]

Fire Department, General Subject Files - Policy and Program Development Records - Awards, Certificates, Proclamations and Scrapbooks [Record Series 5100-016], 1983, 2001 [2 items (0.05 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, General Subject Files - Policy and Program Development Records - Fire and Service Studies and Surveys [Record Series 5100-018], 1970-1998, no date [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, General Subject Files - Policy and Program Development Records - Fire Chief / Bureau Head [Record Series 5100-019], 1955-2002, no date [3 document cases, 2 record cartons (3.5 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, General Subject Files - Policy and Program Development Records - Media Coverage [Record Series 5100-020], 1997-2001 [1 record carton (0.7 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Invoices [Record Series 5100-006], 1931, 1952-1975 (circa) [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Leave Records [Record Series 5100-046], 1954 (circa)-1963 (circa) [1 volume (0.1 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Louis F. Wilson, Jr. Donation [Record Series 5100D-002], 1920s (circa)-2006, no date [1 document case, 48 items (1.0 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Policies and Procedures [Record Series 5100-022], 1973-2004, no date [2 document cases (1.0 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Publications [Record Series 5100-021], 1942-2004, no date [1 record carton, 5 document cases, 1 oversize folder (3.25 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Receipts [Record Series 5100-008], 1938 (circa)-1942 (circa) [2 volumes (0.2 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Registers and Journals [Record Series 5100-009], 1911-1913 [1 oversize box (0.62 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Savannah Fire Department Rules and Regulations (W. E. Jones Donation) [Record Series 5100D-003], 1924, 1933 [2 items (0.05 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Station / Company Log Books [Record Series 5100-069], 1933-2014 (some gaps) [174 document cases (87.0 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Steffanie Baker Donation [Record Series 5100D-004], 1880s (circa), 1940s (circa) [9 items (0.05 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Visitor Log Books [Record Series 5100-024], 1956-1976 [1 document case (0.05 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Visual Materials - Architectural Drawings [Record Series 5100-025], 1904 (circa)-1999 (circa), no date [23 items (4.0 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Visual Materials - Maps [Record Series 5100-026], 1966-1994, no date [18 items (4.0 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Visual Materials - Photographs [Record Series 5100-027], 1880 (circa)-1998, no date [35 items (2.1 cubic feet)]

Fire Department, Work Schedules and Timesheets [Record Series 5100-050], 1938-1969 [4 document cases (1.75 cubic feet)]

Fire, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (GAS)], 1861-1932 [5 document cases (2.5 cubic feet)]

Frogtown, Yamacraw, and West Broad Street Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.04], circa 19122019, no date [67 digital files (22.25 GB)]

G

Gannam, George Karam papers [Record Series 1121-062], 1917-1950, no date [2 records cartons, 6 document cases, 2 oversized boxes, 10 undersized boxes, 2 flag boxes, 1 oversized folder (9.0 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Family Scrapbook

Gannam, Nazer Karam papers and Gannam family genealogy research [Record Series 1121-063], 1944-1946, no date; reproductions 1927-2011, no date [1/2 document case, 1 oversized folder (0.3 cubic feet)]

Georgia General Assembly, Acts of the (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (ACT)], 1894-1920 [2 document cases (1.0 cubic feet)]

Gaston family papers [Record Series 1121-116], 1867-1945, no date [0.5 records carton, 1.0 oversized folder (0.6 cubic feet)]

Gilbert, Ralph Mark papers [Record Series 1121-117], 1926, 1933-1948, 1952, no date [0.25 records carton, 1.0 oversized box (0.5 cubic feet)]

Girvin family collection of Savannah stereographs [Record Series 1121-069], circa 1865-circa 1903, no date [91 digital items, 1 access binder (5 GB, 0.08 cubic feet)]

Collection Fully Digitized

Godley Station Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.11], 2022 [1 folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

H

Harbor and Wharves, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (HAR)], 1860-1932 [3 document cases (1.5 cubic feet)]

Health Department [Record Series 5600HE], 1803-1948 [33 volumes (9.39 cubic feet)]

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Health, Board of [Record Series 5600HA], 1822-1866 [6 volumes (1.0 cubic feet)]

Health, Committee on Public (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (HEA)], 1861-1932 [4 document cases (2.0 cubic feet)]

Hernandez family papers [Record Series 1121-118], 1915, 1935-1939, 1979-1982, no date [5.0 legal folders, 2.0 oversized folders (0.5 cubic feet)]

Historic Savannah Inventory Ward Notebooks [Record Series 1121-073], 1962-1966, no date [digitized reproductions of 43 binders (3.4 GB)]

Howard, Lilliemae Greatheart family papers [Record Series 1121-115], 1889, 1898, 1904-1938, 1963-1966, no date [2.0 records cartons, 4.0 oversized folders (2.5 cubic feet)]

I

Industrial and Domestic Water Treatment Plant, Inventories [Record Series 2581-023], no date [1 folder (0.05 cubic feet)]

Industrial and Domestic Water Treatment Plant, Minutes and Agendas, Industrial and Domestic Water Supply Commission [Record Series 2581-017], 1961-1977 [14 folders (0.1 cubic feet)]

Industrial and Domestic Water Treatment Plant, News clippings and Scrapbooks [Record Series 2581-022], 1946 (circa)-1960 (circa), no date [1 scrapbook, 9 folders (0.4 cubic feet)]

Industrial and Domestic Water Treatment Plant, Utility Systems Operating and Maintenance Records [Record Series 2581-024], 1954 (circa)-1966, c1985 (circa)-1986 [2 folders (0.05 cubic feet)]

Industrial and Domestic Water Treatment Plant, Visitor Logs and Sign-In Sheets [Record Series 2581-018], 1948-1957 [2 volumes (0.2 cubic feet)]

Industrial and Domestic Water Treatment Plant, Visual Materials - Architectural Drawings / Technical Plans [Record Series 2581-019], 1928-1995, no date [45 items (0.75 cubic feet)]

Industrial and Domestic Water Treatment Plant, Visual Materials - Maps [Record Series 2581-020], 1946, 1986, no date [3 items (0.05 cubic feet)]

Industrial and Domestic Water Treatment Plant, Visual Materials - Photographs [Record Series 2581-021], 1945 (circa)-1990 (circa), no date [365 items (0.6 cubic feet)]

Inspections Department [Record Series 5600IN], 1866-1977 [52 volumes, 84 document cases (46.78 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: 5600IN-10.1

L

Law, Geneva, Dorothy Law and Tessie Law Sanders family papers [Record Series 1121-114], 1915, 1927, 1943-1994, 2000-2004, 2007, no date [2.0 records cartons (2.0 cubic feet)]

Law, W. W. see W. W. Law

Library Collections: Reports and Studies Containing Savannah Information [Record Series 1121-038], 1961-1995, 2000, no date [7 records cartons (7.0 cubic feet)]

Liquor, Committee on Near Beer Licenses (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (NBL)], 1910-1916 [3 document cases (1.5 cubic feet)]

Liquor Licenses (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (LIQ)], 1866, 1868, 1875, 1877-1878 [1 folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

M

Market, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (MKT)], 1860-1932 [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

Mayor's Office [Record Series 5600MY], 1817-1953, 1955-1966, 1970-1979, no date [262 volumes and 5 document cases (21.4 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Mayor's/Municipal Annual Reports, 1855-1923; Mayor's Letter Books, 1817-1904 and Mayor Malcolm Maclean's Speech File Books, 1960-1966

Mayor's Office Papers (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (MAY)], 1864-1932 [12 document cases (6.0 cubic feet)]

Mayor's Papers - John P. Rousakis [Record Series 0110-001], 1967-1993, no date [108 document cases (54.0 cubic feet)]

Merchants and Miners Transportation Company records [Record Series 1121-122], 1934-1940, no date [12.0 legal folders (0.5 cubic feet)]

Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) Historic Preservation Map Collection [Record Series 8126-008], 1942-1958, no date [1 oversized box (2 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.

Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) Historic Preservation Photographs, Chatham County-Savannah [Record Series 8126-006], circa 1970s-circa 1990s [6 slide boxes, 6,327 digital files (2 cubic feet, 3.32 gb electronic files)]

Select Digitized Records:MPC Historic Preservation Photographs (representative sample)

Microfilm, City of Savannah, Georgia Records [Record Series 5600mf], [5 records cartons, 1 oversize folder (5.6 cubic feet)]

Alternate Records Location: This microfilm is available for public use in the Kaye Kole Genealogy and Local History Room (Georgia Room), Bull Street Branch, Live Oak Public Libraries, 2002 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, (912) 652-3697. Please call ahead for Georgia Room hours.

Military Requests (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (MIL)], 1861, 1868, 1872, 1879, 1894-1895, 1907, no date [1 folder (0.05 cubic feet)]

Minis collection of glass plate negatives, Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. [Record Series 1121-071], no date [30 digital items, 1 access binder (0.05 cubic feet, 2.82 GB)]

Select Digitized Records: Minis collection of glass plate negatives

Municipal Airport [Record Series 5600AP], 1925, 1929-1931, 1934-1935, no date [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

Municipal Auditorium [Record Series 5600MA], 1911-1916 [2 items, 20 folders (1.5 cubic feet)]

N

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - Savannah Branch Records [Record Series 1121-102], 1911-2013, no date (bulk 1931-2001) [60.5 records cartons, 20 document cases, 9 oversized boxes, 49 oversized folders, 30 volumes, 9 rolled items, 1 framed item (81.8 cubic feet, 2.0 linear feet)]

New Orleans jail release receipts and chain gang vouchers [Record Series 1121-127], 1846 [1 legal folder (0.1 cubic feet)]

O

Oglethorpe Marble and Granite Company records [Record Series 1121-082], 1911-2020, no date [3.0 document cases, 1.0 photograph box, 7.0 oversized boxes, 1.0 oversized folder, 2.0 rolled items (7.8 cubic feet)]

Olaf Otto, Sr. photograph collection [Record Series 1121-072], 1922-1931, 1955, 1960, no date [1 half document case, 1 oversized box (1.0 cubic foot)]

Select Digitized Records: Savannah River Bridge scrapbook, 1922-1929

Ordinances (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (ORD)], 1863-1932 [15 document cases (7.5 cubic feet)]

P

Palumbo collection of Savannah-area materials [Record Series 1121-070], 1846-2020, no date [3 postcard boxes, 2 half document cases, 1 artifact box (103.5 GB; 2.0 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Subseries 1 Stereographs. Subseries 2 Photographs (fully digitized), Subseries 4 Postcards (fully digitized); Lucas Theater Programs, Week of May 29, 1922, and Week of July 24, 1922

Park and Tree Commission [Record Series 5600PC], 1789, 1850-1977, 1995, no date [106 volumes, 1 item, 56 document cases, 12 half document cases, 3 records cartons, 2 oversize folders (48.82 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Applicants for Cemetery Lot Care, circa 1924-1943
Select Digitized Records: Minutes of the Park and Tree Commission, 1896-1929, 1916-1972
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Paving, Board of Appraisers (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (PAV)], 1860-1930 [2 document cases (1.0 cubic feet)]

Pensions and Charities Papers, Board of (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (PEN)], 1912-1932 [2 document cases (1.0 cubic feet)]

Petitions, Miscellaneous (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (PET)], 1860-1932 [6 document cases (3.0 cubic feet)]

Photographic Collections, Artwork of Savannah [Record Series 1121-041], 1902 [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

Photographs, Digital [Record Series 1121-041], 1989-2021, no date [4,132 files,(5.66 GB)]

Select Digitized Records: Digital Photograph Collection (Representative Sample)

Police, Committee on (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (POL)], 1860-1932 [5 document cases (2.5 cubic feet)]

Police Department [Record Series 5600PL], 1808-1987 [91 volumes, 1 folder, 2 rolls microfilm (21.1 cubic feet)]

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Police Department - Police Chief's Office - Artifacts [Record Series 4101-008], 1989-1999, no date [2 boxes (2.0 cubic feet)]

Police Department - Police Chief's Office - Department Histories and Publications [Record Series 4101-010], circa 1963-2007 [1 box (1.0 cubic feet)]

Police Department - Police Chief's Office - Newspaper Clippings and Historical Research [Record Series 4101-009], 1860-2006, no date [1 box (1.0 cubic feet)]

Police Department - Police Chief's Office - Photographs [Record Series 4101-007], circa 1948-1996 [4 boxes (4.0 cubic feet)]

Postcard Collection, City of Savannah [Record Series 1121-051], circa 1900s-1959, no date [1 small document case (0.25 cubic feet)]

Posters, Banners, and Presentation Materials [Record Series 1121-068], 1935, 1976-2021, no date [348 digital items, 7.0 oversized folders, 1.0 oversized box, 8.0 oversized presentation boards, 1.0 records carton, 3.0 rolled items (3.5 gigabytes; 4 cubic feet)]

Powder Magazine Papers, Committee on Public Buildings (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (PMZ)], 1868-1922 [1 folder (0.05 cubic feet)]

Proceedings of Council (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (PRO)], 1880-1936, 1941-1952 [222 document cases (111 cubic feet)]

Proud Savannah Oral History Collection [Record Series 1121-1001], 2021-2022 [25 interviews]

Public Development Retrospective Plans [Record Series 3101-019], 1962-1985, no date [205 items]

Public Information Office - Photographs [Record Series 0123-045], 1948-1949, 1974-2000, no date [8 records cartons, 1/2 flat archival case, 3 oversize folders (8.9 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Public Information Office Photographs (representative sample)

Public Works, Department of (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (DPW)], 1860-1932 [30 document cases (15.0 cubic feet)]

R

Recorder's Court [Record Series 5600RC], 1830-1971 [373 volumes (183.5 cubic feet)]

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Research and Budget Department photographs [Record Series 1102-025], 1989 [50 items (0.25 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: City of Savannah employee photographs taken by Jack Leigh, 1989

Resolutions (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (RES)], 1905-1932 [50 document cases (25 cubic feet)]

Revenue Department - Real Estate Appraisals [Record Series 1111-101], circa 1950-1959 [83 document cases (22.0 cubic feet)]

River and Harbor Improvements, Committee on [Record Series 5600CR], 1891 [1 volume (0.3 cubic feet)]

Riverfront Artifacts [Record Series 6120-001], circa 1734-early 1900s [382 artifacts (2.7 cubic feet)]

Riverfront Urban Renewal Project designed by Gunn & Meyerhoff A.I.A., Architects [Record Series 1121-056], 1965-1994, no date [1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)]

View Gallery of Images of River Street, August 1973

Robert W. Bush papers [Record Series 1121-1002], 1993-2021, no date [168 digital files (1.89 GB)]

Collection Fully Digitized

S

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Savannah, Georgia [Record Series 8126-007], 1916-1973 [9 boxes (5.0 cubic feet)]

Collection Fully Digitized

Savannah Area Local Government Documents Collection [Record Series 1121-027], 1905-present (bulk 1970s-present) [3,336+ items]

Savannah Area Local Reference Files, 1979 (circa)-current

Savannah Bananas Baseball Team collection [Record Series 1121-085], 2016-2019 [1 1/4 records cartons, 1 oversized folder, 3 digital files (1.35 cubic feet, 404 MB)]

Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross records [Record Series 1121-059], 1940, 1944, no date [1 folder (0.02 cubic feet)]

Savannah Development and Renewal Authority administrative subject files [Record Series 3206-001], 2000-2018, no date [1 record carton, 1 oversized box, 4 oversized folders (2.0 cubic feet)]

Savannah Development and Renewal Authority (SDRA) Executive Board files [Record Series 3206-006], 1999-2020, no date [2.25 record cartons, 13 digital files (2.25 cubic feet, 2.5 MB)]

Savannah Development and Renewal Authority photograph collection [Record Series 3206-004], 1988-1996, no date [1 records carton, 3 document cases, 3 slide boxes (3.5 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records:Images from the SDRA photograph collection (representative sample)

Savannah LGBTQ+ Oral History Project, 2021-present

Oral History recordings online through Voices of Savannah

Savannah Pharmacy Records and Fonvielle Family Papers [Record Series 3205-015 thru 3205-039], 1874-1876, 1903-2008, no date [83.25 cubic feet]

Stoney family papers [Record Series 1121-121], 1879, 1904-1915, 1926, 1952, no date [0.5 oversized box, 1.0 folder (0.5 cubic feet)]

Street Railway Reports (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (STR)], 1914-1916 [1 folder (0.05 cubic feet)]

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Tony Cope World War II Liberty Ships research collection [Record Series 1121-065], 1943-2009, no date [4 document cases, 1 slide box, 1 cassette tape box (2.23 cubic feet)]

Traffic Engineering Plans and Designs [Record Series 2152-002], 1944-2020, no date [1,318 items (313.45 cubic feet)]

Treasurer, City [Record Series 5600CT], 1791-1978, no date [1,213 volumes, 5 document cases, 4 folders, 39 rolls microfilm (326.22 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: 5600CT-410 Vol 8
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V. & J. Duncan Postcard Collection [Record Series 1121-057], circa 1870s-circa 2000s, no date [2,097 digital items, 16 access binders (29.2 GB, 2.5 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: V. & J. Duncan Postcard Collection (representative sample)

Vehicle Bonds, Committee on Assessments and Licenses for Jitney or (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (JBD)], 1910-1929 [3 document cases (1.5 cubic feet)]

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Water Committee Papers (City Council Meeting Papers) [Record Series 0115-001 (WAT)], 1865-1932 [4 document cases (2.0 cubic feet)]

Water Operations Department [Record Series 5600WO], 1865-1942 [16 volumes (4.0 cubic feet)]

West Broad Street Appraisals [Record Series 3205-040], 1958-1968 [1/2 document case (0.25 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: West Broad Street Appraisals*
*These collections were digitized with a policy of digitizing every page, front and back, so you may see blank pages throughout the digital document.

Westside Neighborhood Documentation Project [Record Series 6112-003], 1910s-2008, no date [2 1/2 document cases (1.25 cubic feet)]

Select Digitized Records: Oral History Collection; Low Land and the High Road; Life and Community in Hudson Hill, West Savannah, and Woodville Neighborhoods, by Martha L. Keber (City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 2008)

White Bluff Community Collection [Record Series 1121-064.05], 1919-1923, no date [4 folders, 629 digital files (0.1 cubic feet, 113 GB)]

Select Digitized Records: White Bluff Community Collection photographs

Williams, James J., III papers [Record Series 1121-125], 1938, 1946-1992, no date [4.0 records cartons, 1.0 oversized box (4.5 cubic feet)]

World War II in Savannah Research Collection [Record Series 1121-050], 2008-2010 [5 records cartons, 1 oversize folder (5.6 cubic feet)]

W. W. Law Collection: visit the W. W. Law Collection page to learn more about Westley Wallace "W. W." Law and his collections of art, music, photographs and Savannah NAACP Branch records

W. W. Law Art Collection [Record Series 1121-101], 1849, 1895, 1964-1998, no date [158 items]

W. W. Law Awards Collection [Record Series 1121-104], 1894-2005, no date [14 records cartons, 6 oversized boxes, 1 oversized folder (17.5 cubic feet)]

Alternate Inventories: By Date; By Box; By Category

W. W. Law Book Collection [Record Series 1121-107], 1810-2004, no date [366 records cartons, 148 items (366.0 cubic feet, 13.4 linear feet)]

W. W. Law Moving Image and Sound Collection [Record Series 1121-103], 1955-2004, no date [27 boxes (18.0 cubic feet)]

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W. W. Law Music Collection [Record Series 1121-105], circa 1918-2002, no date [253 boxes (154.49 cubic feet)]

W. W. Law Pamphlet Collection [Record Series 1121-111], 1845-2003, no date (bulk 1940-2003) [2,260 items (38.0 cubic feet)]

W. W. Law Periodical Collection [Record Series 1121-108], 1831-1866, 1905-2009, no date [170 records cartons, 1 oversized box, 2 oversized folders (170.5 cubic feet)]

Collection Highlight: The Liberator, Volume 1, Number 1, January 1, 1831

W. W. Law Personal Papers [Record Series 1121-112], 1902, 1913-2005, no date [38 records cartons, 4 oversized boxes, 1 oversized folder, 1 rolled item (40.95 cubic feet)]

W. W. Law Photograph Collection [Record Series 1121-100], 1868-2002, no date [20 document cases, 3 oversized boxes (11.63 cubic feet)]

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W. W. Law Reference Files [Record Series 1121-106], date not determined [1,343 files]

W. W. Law Sheet Music and Songbook Collection [Record Series 1121-113], 1893, 1903, 1912-1986, 1995, 1998, no date [1.5 records cartons, 0.5 oversized box (2.0 cubic feet)]

W. W. Law Working Files [Record Series 1121-110], 1956-2002, no date [27 records cartons (27.0 cubic feet)]

Youth Futures Authority, Chatham-Savannah [Record Group 9101], 1987-2017, no date [11 records cartons, 1 document case (11.5 cubic feet)]

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