Scope and Contents

This collection mostly contains administrative records of the department, including inspection reports of private markets, applications for vendors, files for specific markets, and other material. The volumes include newspaper clippings of commodity prices. Some items in these files predate the creation of the Department of Public Markets in 1931. They were produced under the Department of Public Property and became the responsibility of the new department after this date.

Scope and Contents The records of the French Market Corporation consist of the following: Subject files Correspondence, ordinances, reports, and financial records (including records of Farmers' Market receipts, 1938-1969; cash receipts and disbursements, 1943-1968; and payrolls, 1936-1970). Divided into separate series based on accession date. Arranged alphabetically by folder title. Minutes of the Board of Directors Official minutes, many signed by the individual directors....