Archief van de Vroedschap: resoluties met munimenten of bijlagen
Item
Country
NL
Name of institution (English)
Amsterdam City Archives
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
dut
Contact information: postal address
Vijzelstraat 32, 1017 HL Amsterdam
Contact information: phone number
0031 202511511
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
stadarchief@amsterdam.nl
Reference number
5025
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Vroedschap archives: resolutions with documents or annexes
Title (official language of the state)
Archief van de Vroedschap: resoluties met munimenten of bijlagen
Language of title
dut
Creator / accumulator
Vroedschap
Date(s)
1536/1795
Language(s)
dut
Extent
169 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Vroedschap fonds comprises documents relating to the local administration of the general policy of the city of Amsterdam. Considering the importance of the Sephardic community in the Amsterdam trade, some documentation refers to a few of its members. Israel Salvator Révah used documents from this collection in his research on Portuguese and Spanish New Christians, as witnessed by the copies comprised in his personal collection held by the Alliance Israelite Universelle (Paris).
Archival history
Some of the documents comprised in the Archief van de Vroedschap: resoluties met munimenten of bijlagen fonds were part of the original collection of the Amsterdam City Archives.
The history of the Amsterdam City Archives dates back to the 19th century. On April 7, 1848, Pieter Scheltema (1812-85) was appointed archivist of the city of Amsterdam. At the time of his appointment, Scheltema had already been occupied for a number of years with the organisation and description of the Amsterdam archives. Under his care were the documents produced until 1795. Over the years, the archives under Scheltema's management grew, especially with the incorporation of the documentation produced by the Wisselbank (1863) and with the transfer of some Gildearchieven (guild archives). Moreover, Scheltema bought as many stray documents as possible and went to great lengths to acquire private archives through donations or loans. The management of the municipal archives had meanwhile been extended. Then, the archivist became responsible for managing documentation produced before 1812.
As a result of the increase in its collection, the Amsterdam archive was lacking space. Therefore, collections and items were disposed of throughout the second half of the 19th century. For example, books that were duplicated or not specifically related to the history of Amsterdam were donated to the City Library and later to the University Library. The last collection that was disposed of was the city's collection of “stedelijke historiepenningen” (urban history tokens) and “noodmunten” (coins) that went to the Stedelijk Museum in 1909.
On March 21, 1888, it was decided to make the former St. Anthoniswaag on the Nieuwmarkt, also known as the Waag, the headquarters of the Oudarchief der gemeente (old archives of the municipality). Then, the documentation produced before 1812 was moved to the Waag. Later records were left in the attics of the Town Hall. The municipal archivist had to divide his attention between these two archives.
Soon, the Waag proved to be too small and to have numerous technical flaws: it was damp and smelled because the walls of the building were used as a public urinal. In 1900, an internal renovation was necessary to accommodate the transferred archives of the hospital and orphanages. When the archives of the Hoofd Provoost of the Aalmoesseniers-Weeshuis were transferred in 1901, the archive repository was full.
On April 28, 1909, the City Council of Amsterdam accepted the proposal to use the former Town Hall of Nieuwer-Amstel on Amsteldijk as an archive building. The construction of a new archive depot and the renovation of the Town Hall were completed in 1912. The transfer of documentation lasted until August 1914. The extra space obtained by the move was already largely filled in 1915 with the incorporation of the notarial archives.
The entry into force of the 1918 Archives Act on September 16, 1919, had far-reaching consequences for the City Archives. Management was entrusted to the municipal archivist, who became the head of a separate municipal service. In effect, in the council meeting of November 5, 1919, the Amsterdam municipal archivist was reappointed, and a new ordinance on the archive was established.
The new building of the Amsterdam City Archives had to contend with a lack of space from the start. On September 26, 1926, the City Council accepted a plan to expand the building. However, when municipal archivist Joh. C. Breen died unexpectedly in early 1927, it was decided to postpone the plan until the appointment of a new archivist. The successor was A. le Cosquino de Bussy, who rejected the plan.
In the course of the 1930s, damages caused by the excessive load of both archives became apparent. Also, the fire protection of the building on Herenmarkt did not meet the minimum requirements. On February 16, 1938, the City Council approved a new plan for expanding the archive, this time including the two adjacent schools. Before the construction started, World War II broke out, and the plans were shelved. Extensive documentation was then dispersed in multiple buildings for safekeeping and security reasons.
When a new municipal archivist, W. F. H. Oldewelt, took office in 1950, the city archives were spread over four locations: the documents up to 1827 were in the old archive at Amsteldijk 67; documents from 1827 to 1928 were in a new archive divided between a building in Herenmarkt 10-12 and the Centrale Markthallen (Central Market); and 1928-1946 items were located in the Bank van Lening in Oudezijds Voorburgwal 300.
Oldewelt called in the provincial inspector in North Holland who, after a visit to these locations in December 1950, wrote a report warning about the poor condition of the Amsterdam archives. An ad hoc committee advised the implementation of short-term measures to prevent the loss of documentation and a definitive solution for housing the archive in the longer term. In the final report of June 3, 1953 (adopted by the City Council on 8 July), the committee advocated for the construction of a new archive on the Amsteldijk. In spite of the City Council's approbation of the plan for a new building on the Amsteldijk in 1955, other priorities emerged, and the plan was postponed. Finally, the construction was approved in December 1960, which lasted until 1985.
Since the summer of 2007, the City Archives have been located in the monumental building De Bazel, in the heart of Amsterdam.
The history of the Amsterdam City Archives dates back to the 19th century. On April 7, 1848, Pieter Scheltema (1812-85) was appointed archivist of the city of Amsterdam. At the time of his appointment, Scheltema had already been occupied for a number of years with the organisation and description of the Amsterdam archives. Under his care were the documents produced until 1795. Over the years, the archives under Scheltema's management grew, especially with the incorporation of the documentation produced by the Wisselbank (1863) and with the transfer of some Gildearchieven (guild archives). Moreover, Scheltema bought as many stray documents as possible and went to great lengths to acquire private archives through donations or loans. The management of the municipal archives had meanwhile been extended. Then, the archivist became responsible for managing documentation produced before 1812.
As a result of the increase in its collection, the Amsterdam archive was lacking space. Therefore, collections and items were disposed of throughout the second half of the 19th century. For example, books that were duplicated or not specifically related to the history of Amsterdam were donated to the City Library and later to the University Library. The last collection that was disposed of was the city's collection of “stedelijke historiepenningen” (urban history tokens) and “noodmunten” (coins) that went to the Stedelijk Museum in 1909.
On March 21, 1888, it was decided to make the former St. Anthoniswaag on the Nieuwmarkt, also known as the Waag, the headquarters of the Oudarchief der gemeente (old archives of the municipality). Then, the documentation produced before 1812 was moved to the Waag. Later records were left in the attics of the Town Hall. The municipal archivist had to divide his attention between these two archives.
Soon, the Waag proved to be too small and to have numerous technical flaws: it was damp and smelled because the walls of the building were used as a public urinal. In 1900, an internal renovation was necessary to accommodate the transferred archives of the hospital and orphanages. When the archives of the Hoofd Provoost of the Aalmoesseniers-Weeshuis were transferred in 1901, the archive repository was full.
On April 28, 1909, the City Council of Amsterdam accepted the proposal to use the former Town Hall of Nieuwer-Amstel on Amsteldijk as an archive building. The construction of a new archive depot and the renovation of the Town Hall were completed in 1912. The transfer of documentation lasted until August 1914. The extra space obtained by the move was already largely filled in 1915 with the incorporation of the notarial archives.
The entry into force of the 1918 Archives Act on September 16, 1919, had far-reaching consequences for the City Archives. Management was entrusted to the municipal archivist, who became the head of a separate municipal service. In effect, in the council meeting of November 5, 1919, the Amsterdam municipal archivist was reappointed, and a new ordinance on the archive was established.
The new building of the Amsterdam City Archives had to contend with a lack of space from the start. On September 26, 1926, the City Council accepted a plan to expand the building. However, when municipal archivist Joh. C. Breen died unexpectedly in early 1927, it was decided to postpone the plan until the appointment of a new archivist. The successor was A. le Cosquino de Bussy, who rejected the plan.
In the course of the 1930s, damages caused by the excessive load of both archives became apparent. Also, the fire protection of the building on Herenmarkt did not meet the minimum requirements. On February 16, 1938, the City Council approved a new plan for expanding the archive, this time including the two adjacent schools. Before the construction started, World War II broke out, and the plans were shelved. Extensive documentation was then dispersed in multiple buildings for safekeeping and security reasons.
When a new municipal archivist, W. F. H. Oldewelt, took office in 1950, the city archives were spread over four locations: the documents up to 1827 were in the old archive at Amsteldijk 67; documents from 1827 to 1928 were in a new archive divided between a building in Herenmarkt 10-12 and the Centrale Markthallen (Central Market); and 1928-1946 items were located in the Bank van Lening in Oudezijds Voorburgwal 300.
Oldewelt called in the provincial inspector in North Holland who, after a visit to these locations in December 1950, wrote a report warning about the poor condition of the Amsterdam archives. An ad hoc committee advised the implementation of short-term measures to prevent the loss of documentation and a definitive solution for housing the archive in the longer term. In the final report of June 3, 1953 (adopted by the City Council on 8 July), the committee advocated for the construction of a new archive on the Amsteldijk. In spite of the City Council's approbation of the plan for a new building on the Amsteldijk in 1955, other priorities emerged, and the plan was postponed. Finally, the construction was approved in December 1960, which lasted until 1985.
Since the summer of 2007, the City Archives have been located in the monumental building De Bazel, in the heart of Amsterdam.
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System of arrangement
The fonds are divided into typologies of documents (indexes, extracts, annexes). Series are organised chronologically.
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Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2023
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