Series consists of sixteen minute books, five folders of correspondence and division lists and one poster from the Town and City Councils of Guelph dating from 1851 to 1962. These records document the deliberations and decisions of Council that affected life in Guelph and the operation and administration of city government. The minute books detail the date, meeting place, attendance, and a brief description of matters discussed, petitions and correspondence received for consideration, delegations appearing before Council, resolutions and by-laws passed, and other council business. Includes council correspondence, division lists, and a poster dating from 1901, proclaiming February 2, 1901 as a day of mourning for Queen Victoria's death. These records document the official business of Council and its actions.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year. Loose correspondence and division lists have been filed separately from the minute books for conservation reasons.

Series consists of two minute books detailing arbitration hearings regarding the separation of the City of Guelph from the County of Wellington in 1879 and the courtroom transcript of an investigation into the conduct of the Chief of Police of the City of Guelph. Included in this series are negotiations regarding the sharing of the costs of justice administration, court house, gaol, house of industry, and poor house maintenance, roads, equalization assessments, and the distribution of assets and liabilities between the county and the city. The records also include the courtroom transcription of the investigations into allegations of drunkenness against the City's Chief of Police.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

Series consists of minutes of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee.

Series consist of sixty bound tax collector rolls, documenting the property taxes owed and received by the City of Guelph collector. These rolls include names of parties assessed, street and lot number, assessment value and amounts of real and personal property, school and city tax mill rate amounts, first and second tax instalments, local improvement charges, discounts or percentages added, remarks and tax amounts collected. These records document the City of Guelph's tax collection system.

The information recorded in the collector's roll is arranged by ward division. The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

Series consists of twelve bound minute books, documenting the decisions of the City of Guelph Finance Committee regarding the fiscal activities of the City. The minute books record the recommendations of the Finance Committee concerning the payment of department, commision, committee and board accounts, activities of the City's Treasurer and Auditors, tenders and quotations, petitions from Guelph citizens for taxation and assessment relief and the authorization of expenditures on behalf of the City of Guelph. These records document the activities of the Finance Committee in managing the City's finances.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

Series consists of eleven bound ledgers, which document the amount of school and city taxes and local improvement charges paid and still owing by residents to the City of Guelph. These records document the tax collection system in Guelph.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

Series consists of two minute books documenting the decisions of the Court of Revision regarding property assessments in the City of Guelph from the years 1933-1967.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

Series consists of two reports,dated 1945 and 1967. The City Planning Commission report addresses the long term fifteen year planning forecast of the City of Guelph. The 1967 City Planner's report, written at the request of the Guelph Planning Board, is a brief to the Waterloo County Local Government Review, regarding the proposal for regional government in the Waterloo-Wellington Counties area. These reports document the planning issues facing city planning staff at the local level.

The reports are arranged chronologically by year.

Series consists of four minutes books documenting the activities and decisions of the City of Guelph Board of Health for the years 1895-1967. Included in this series are the recording of meeting dates, places and times, items discussed, resolutions passed and related correspondence. These records document the mandate of the Board of Health to direct public health policy and practices in the City of Guelph.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

Series consists of 2 reports from the Medical Health Officer documenting the activities of this position. Included in this series are records discussing concerns over outbreaks of diseases and their possible origin. In addition, these records help to document the City's efforts in improving health care for Guelph residents.