A100 - Government bodies and actions (1821-2015)
This records section refers to the City Council’s political activity, the purpose of which is the government and administration of the whole municipality, as well as that of other bodies responsible to, or linked to, the City Council which manage municipal services.
A102 - Supramunicipal territory (1828-1901)
Records of actions affecting an area which includes more than one municipality that have been ratified by the Catalan Parliament. Also includes territorial aggregations and segregations within the Barcelona municipality.
A105 - Municipal residents’ register (1930-1996)
Public record containing a list of all the residents within the municipal area. Its creation, upkeep and rectification are the responsibility of the City Council, which renews it in line with prevailing legislation. Control and management of the municipal population. [Restricted consultation]
A112 - Electoral register (1889-1951)
Official lists or registers of citizens with the right to vote.
A113 - Military service (1841-1993)
Call-up files with all the records of anyone who has done military service in accordance with the legislation in force and regardless of the incidents that might flow from that. General call-up files, registers and personal files of those called up, as well as records of deserters, exclusions, extended service, discharges and residents abroad. [Restricted consultation]
A167 - Civil register (1836-1986)
Set of records and books stating the facts and circumstances that affect the life and civil status of the population. Indexes and registers of births, marriages, divorces and deaths. [Restricted consultation]
A122 - Electoral procedures (1933-1976)
Records referring to electoral processes of a political character, whether they involve the local authority or not. That means municipal, autonomous regional, general or state, and European elections will be identified as well as specific searches concerning especially important political questions. [It should be borne in mind that elections before this date can be found in section A183 (Governance Committee)]
A134 - Full City Council - Minutes (1840-2000)
Full City Council meeting minute books.
A135 - Standing Municipal Committee- Minutes (1924-1931; 1939-1961; 1980-1988)
Standing Municipal Committee meeting minute books.
A137 - Municipal Accountability Committee (1931-1934)
Minute books of meetings held by this committee, charged with demanding political responsibility for material or moral damages caused under the government of General Primo de Rivera.
A142 - Municipal Government Committee - Minutes (1934-1939)
Municipal Government Committee meeting minute books.
A174 - Municipal Executive Committee - Minutes (1961-1979)
Municipal Executive Committee meeting minute books.
A182 - Finance Committee (1821-1935)
Records generated as a result of managing the City Council’s economic affairs: income, expenditure and budgets, as well as market permits and abattoir plans, among others. The Finance Committee was one of the City Council’s three standing committees from the Liberal Triennium (1820-1823) to the Second Republic. [The other municipal economic records preserved in this archive are classified in section H100 (Finances)]
A183 - Governance Committee (1823-1966)
One of the City Council’s three standing committees from the Liberal Triennium (1820-1823) to the Second Republic.
This section includes records generated by its powers and functions, such as statistics, the municipal residents’ register, civil register, elections, military service, municipal rights and duties, causes pies, municipal schools, local primary education board, house of correction, charity, health, ceremonials, festivals, weights and measures, market inspections, and so on. This is now a closed record series, covering the period from 1823 to 1944.
Catalogue A183 - Governance Committee
A184 - Eixample Committee (1865-1943)
Records generated by the committee’s administration and internal affairs, as well as its meetings and deliberations (minutes and agendas), given that it was a collegiate body. This is now a closed record series, covering the period from 1865 to 1943.
A185 - Junta Municipal d’Associats - Minutes (1870-1924)
Minutes of the meetings held by this collegiate body responsible for overseeing certain aspects of municipal finances, such as budgets, the imposition and distribution of new taxes and checking the municipal accounts.
A186 - Public Works Committee (1881-1934)
Administrative documents and meeting minutes of this committee. The Finance Committee was one of the City Council’s three standing committees from the Liberal Triennium (1820-1823) to the Second Republic.
[The records generated by this committee’s functions and activities are classified in section Q100 (Urban planning and public works)]
A129 - Municipal Charter - Background (1958)
Working documents generated or used to draw up the Municipal Charter and Special Act on the City of Barcelona, enacted in 1960.
A141 - District municipal councils (1980-1990)
Files nominating the members of municipal district councils.
A144 - Mayor (1912-2015)
Subject dossiers and correspondence on various subjects, received and generated by the Mayor’s Office.
A191 - Mayor’s secretary (1835-1919)
Documents generated by the mayor’s private secretary, who was responsible for handling matters that flowed from the powers that municipal legislation bestowed on mayors in the first third of the 19th century. Includes affairs which, in many cases, may have supplemented or paralleled those dealt with by other municipal bodies, given that mayoral powers were very diverse and affected a large part of municipal competences. This is now a closed record series, covering the period from 1835 to 1929.
A111 - Neighbourhood mayors (1882-1950)
Documents generated by the administrative support functions carried out by these mayors.
A145 - Deputy mayors (1986-1991)
Documents generated in the course of their exercising the responsibilities assigned to them by the mayor.
A146 - Non-elected city councillors (1971-1997)
Documents resulting from the coordination of the political and administrative affairs of the sectors these councillors are given responsibility for.
A160 - Decrees (1961-2010)
Documents that refer to orders dictated by the mayor. They also include resolutions approved by other government bodies and which are identified as a resolutions book.
A193 - Municipal Operations Centre for the Olympic Games (1991-1992)
The Municipal Operations Centre was set up to coordinate all the municipal bodies involved in the Olympic Games under the City Council - Olympic Games Programme.
This body gathers the documents relating to municipal action and immediate, urgent decisions taken with the organising committee COOB ‘92. This is now a closed record series, covering the period from 1991 to 1992.
