The archive contains the official records of the Washington Free Public Library and the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). The records include photographs, slides, correspondence, scrapbooks, posters, newsletters, blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, meeting minutes, internal memoranda, audiotapes, reports, payroll ledgers, financial information, and other official files. The records document the operations and projects of the library’s directors, board of trustees, divisions, departments, central library, and branch libraries. The D.C. Community Archives is the official repository of the records of offices, divisions, departments and trustees of DCPL. The Library follows a records management program and records schedules for transfer of permanently valuable historic records to the archive.