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)