City directory

A city directory is a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, giving their location in a city. Antedating telephone directories, they have been in use for centuries.

Examples include Kelly's Directory and the Boston Directory.

References

• Richard Harris, Ben Moffat (June 1986). "How Reliable is the Modern City Directory?". Canadian Geographer. 30 (2): 154–158. doi:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1986.tb01040.x.
• George G. Morgan. "City vs. Telephone Directories". Ancestry.com.
• A. V. Williams (2009) [1913]. The Development And Growth Of City Directories. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1-120-78407-7.
• Florence May Hopkins (1919). Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them: Atlases; City Directories; Gazetteers. The Willard Company.

Further reading

• Philip Sutton (2012), "Direct Me NYC 1786: A History of City Directories in the United States and New York City", NYPL Blogs, New York Public Library