The collection is arranged into the following series:
- Correspondence,
1878-1956
- Drawings and
Sketches, 1871-1980
- General Files,
1892-1989
The Correspondence Series is arranged chronologically. There are some early boxes in
which page sequence order also corresponds with date sequence, however this is not
true throughout the collection. The tabbed indices found in separate folders
throughout Boxes 1-13 are for correspondence “recipients” (i.e. correspondence sent
by the City Engineer to a specific recipient). These indices were originally a part
of bound volumes of correspondence sent by the City Engineer. No such indices were
received with the correspondence sent to the City Engineer. The indices provide both
the name of the recipient(s) and a page number. This page number is located on the
individual corresponding page in the upper right hand corner and provides another
frame of reference when searching in these boxes using the indices. The remainder of
the collection is arranged alphabetically.
