City directory
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A city directory is a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, giving their location in a city. It may be arranged alphabetically or geographically or in other ways.
Information
Antedating telephone directories, they were in use for centuries.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/researchlearn/directories|title=City Directories|website=www.oberlinheritagecenter.org|language=en|access-date=2017-05-22}} Many older directories have been digitized and are available on the open web and through subscription databases.{{Cite web|url=http://guides.nyu.edu/c.php?g=276753&p=1845804|title=Research Guides: New York City: City Directories|last=Moazeni|first=Sarah|website=guides.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-05-22}}
Examples include Kelly's Directory, R.L. Polk & Company, the Boston Directory, and the New York City Directory. Henderson's Directories were available for several cities in Canada.
References
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Further reading
- {{citation |title=Direct Me NYC 1786: A History of City Directories in the United States and New York City |author= Philip Sutton |year=2012 |publisher=New York Public Library |url= http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/06/08/direct-me-1786-history-city-directories-US-NYC |work=NYPL Blogs }}
- {{cite journal |title=How Reliable is the Modern City Directory? | volume= 30| issue =2| pages =154–158|date=June 1986 |journal=Canadian Geographer |author=Richard Harris, Ben Moffat |doi=10.1111/j.1541-0064.1986.tb01040.x}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4062 |title= City vs. Telephone Directories |work=Ancestry.com |author=George G. Morgan}}
- {{cite book |author=A. V. Williams |title=The Development and Growth of City Directories |location=Cincinnati |year=1913 |publisher=Williams directory co. |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008698693}}
- {{cite book |author=Florence May Hopkins |title=Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them: Atlases; City Directories; Gazetteers |publisher=The Willard Company |year=1919 |url=https://archive.org/details/referenceguides05hopkgoog }}
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External links
- [https://hellosection8.com/housing_authority_page_1.html Housing Authority Directory]
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