History and Holdings

The Irving Archives was established in 1981 as a part of the city's Records Management Division within the City Secretary's Office. In October 1996, the Archives was moved from the City Secretary's Office to the Irving Public Library (now, the Jack D. Huffman Building). It is located at 801 W. Irving Blvd.

The Archives' holdings encompass the political, municipal, and social history of the city. Collections include material relating to the history of the city, its schools, churches, clubs and businesses, as well as the history of its predecessor communities, founding families, and notable residents.

Holdings date from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and are made up of photographs, scrapbooks, paper records, newspapers and other publications, oral history tapes, videotapes, digital records, and small artifacts.

Collections Guide

A digital Collections Guide to the Archives' holdings is available for visitors to explore.



The collections are listed alphabetically by donor followed by a brief description of the material and then the accession or collection number. If an digital finding aid is available for a collection a link is provided to it in the Status column.

Processed Collections

A processed collection is a collection that the archivist has arranged and prepared a finding aid for. Abstracts have been created for all processed collections along with a link to the finding aid.

Contact Archivist

Paola Alonso Guerrero

We recommend contacting the Irving Archives to insure a complete search.

Digitized Photo Collections

Several large photograph collections are available online.

Online Exhibits

View our online exhibits