What we do

The Department of Records (DOR) determines the information-storage standards for all City departments, boards, commissions, and agencies. Our department manages:

The City Archives
The Records Storage Center
The Recorder of Deeds
Central reprographic (copying) services

In addition to records management, we:

Provide the public access to City records.
Set and collect fees to cover the cost of copies of records.
Take in realty transfer taxes and document recording fees.
Maintain the City’s real property database and tax maps.

Connect

Address	City Hall Room 156 Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email	records.info@phila.gov
	Phone: (215) 686-2262

Posts

The interactive mural along the walls at the new City Archives; it shows an old street grid map of Passyunk Avenue from Reed to South Street.

Post

Philadelphia’s new City Archives is open: Here’s how you can use it!

November 14, 2018

Looking for more information?

You can find more about the Department of Records on the City's legacy pages.

Go to DOR

Staff

Name	Job title	Email	Phone #	Social
James P. Leonard	Commissioner	james.leonard@phila.gov	(215) 686-2261
Lynda Yerkov	Records Operations Manager	lynda.yerkov@phila.gov	(215) 686-2268

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