Archives preserve Detroit city history
*By Eric T. Campbell
*_The Michigan Citizen
_
DETROIT — City records stored in various locations around the city are 
now safely housed in the newly formed City of Detroit Archives and 
Records Management Division. The grand opening event on April 29 marked 
the official opening of the City department devoted entirely to the 
preservation of Detroit’s civic history.

The offices, located on the 16th floor of the Cadillac Towers, will 
serve as a public resource center with access to codes and ordinances, 
petitions and complaints, budget information, proposals and information 
dealing with the City of Detroit.

It was months into her tenure as City Clerk when Janice Winfrey realized 
that vital historical records had been stored for years without much 
consideration to order or accessibility. After a massive recovery 
effort, Winfrey says she committed herself to the idea of a permanent 
archive office. There was no question what the first step toward that 
goal would be.

“As the official keeper of records, I needed to figure out how to get 
them into one place,” Winfrey told the Michigan Citizen during a recent 
tour of the new office.

More at www.michigancitizen.com.

-- 
Tom Belton, CA
Senior Archivist
Western Archives
The University of Western Ontario

Office: WL 140B (Archives and Research Collections Centre)
Tel.: 519-661-2111 x.81343
Web: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/archives