CPA Projects – Detailed Report

Stored inside the vault located in the Department of Planning and Community Development at Town Hall is an archive of historic documents, maps, photographs, and plans dating from the late 1800s. These records provide insight in Arlington’s evolution and development and include paper records, photographs, slides and microfilm. The goal of this project is to work with an archivist to assess the exiting records and receive recommendations for both physically preserving these invaluable, impermanent public resources, but also consider digitization and eventual online access for the general public. The Community Preservation Act Committee hopes that this project will serve as a model and guide for future similar efforts, as many other Departments also house valuable resources from our past that are worth conserving.