Several of the items in this collection were formerly in the “City” section of the GRPL Ephemera Collection. Due to the volume of growth with the transfers of rare or fragile materials from the GRPL Local History Book collection, it became necessary to create a specific collection to better organize and present these materials to the user.

Series have been created for the various City departments, as materials are available. There series are listed roughly in alphabetical order, with some exceptions. Within the series, items are usually listed chronologically, or in some cases, alphabetically and then chronologically.