Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie - Oddział w Pułtusku

The archive in Pułtusk came into existence in 1970 as a County State Archive. In 1976, according to the reform of state administration, the archive was renamed the branch of the State Archive of Capital City of Warsaw.

Nowadays. The branch of the State Archive of Capital City of Warsaw in Pułtusk works on the ground of the Act on National Archival Records and Archives of July 14, 1983, Journal of Law, (Dziennik Ustaw) No 38, 1983.07.19 with later changes.

In 1970-1986 the archive was located in the temporary place in the building of the Roads Administation at Zaułek street. In 1986 it was relocated to the former Protestant church.

The archive in Pułtusk possesses collections and archival founds from 18th century to the present time. The part of collections (about 500 archival founds) were damaged by a big flood in 1979. It returned to Pułtusk after conservation in Warsaw. The richest and the most valuable collection is founds of state and local administration (e.g. the Pułtusk County 1867-1917, records of electoral commissions to Russian Parliament (Duma): 1905-1907, local and self-government offices after 1945. There are about 80 founds of registry books of various religions: Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Orthodox (1808-1900), founds of schools (Piotr Skarga Secondary School for Boys and Klaudyna Potocka Secondary School for Girls), guilds, political and cultural organizations (e.g: founds of "Służba Polsce" 1949-1955).

Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie. Oddział w Pułtusku. Informator o zasobie archiwalnym, oprac. K. Wiśniewski, Warszawa 2013, 383 s.