Archival materials kept in the Nowy Targ Branch of the Archive cover the years 1251-2000 and presently number 44 thousand archival units, that is about 1130 metres of files divided into 500 archival funds. The files come from the area of the former Nowy Targ and Myślenice County. Among the most precious and oldest are parchment documents - royal privileges included in the Old Polish archive of the Town of Nowy Targ. Apart from parchment and paper documents, old town and guild books, we also maintain manor archives of the Homolacs family and Count Władysław Zamoyski (1696-1924) and the Kórnik estate from the 18^th until the 19^th century. We also hold a very interesting construction documentation of villas and guest houses from Zakopane. A supplement to the files collection is the library, which numbers about 2000 volumes of mostly regional publications.

Among the most precious and often used are:

• town files:
  • Nowy Targ (1251-1801), Myslenice (1633-1945), Zakopane (1929-1945);
• files of state and local government administration:
  • local government in Nowy Targ (1918-1950), in Myślenice (1945-1950);
  • communes : Szczawnica (1876-1954), Krościenko (1932-1954), Czorsztyn (1934-1954), Czarny Dunajec (1876-1954);
• files of special administration:
  • District Offices from Nowy Targ (1927-1950) and Myślenice (1945-1950);
  • State Repatriation Offices from Nowy Targ, Myslenice and Zakopane (1945-1950);
• • files of judicial institutions:
    the lower and county courts from Czarny Dunajec (1878-1950), Dobczyce (1934-1948), Krościenko-on-the Dunajec (1885-1946), Nowy Targ (1889-1950), Myslenice (1944-1959), Mszana Dolna (1922-1946), Zakopane (1931-1952);
  • files of notaries from Czarny Dunajec, Jordanów, Mszana Dolna, Nowy Targ and Zakopane;
• • files of secondary schools:
    Middle school in Nowy Targ (1904-1950), School of Woodwork Industry in Zakopane (1878-1948);
  • files of primary schools:
    school chronicles (1878-1952, among others from Biały Dunajec, Bukowina Tatrzańska, Krościenko-on-the Dunajec, Maniowy, Nowy Targ, Ochotnica Ostrowska, Rabka
• registry office files:
  • Roman Catholic registry records (1895-1906)
  • Israelite communes registry records from Nowy Targ and Krościenko-on-the Dunajec (1880-1938)
• files of organisations and associations:
  • of the Climatic Commission in Zakopane (1893-1935),
  • Committee for National Anniversaries in Nowy Targ (1895-1907),
  • Spisz and Orawa Referendum Committee (1918-1920),
  • Spisz and Orawa urbars (1905-1949),
  • Society of Folk Theatre and Quire in Nowy Targ (1914-1946),
  • Society of Voluntary Firemen in Nowy Targ (1907-1929),
  • Society of Dr Badnarski Middle Boarding School in Nowy Targ (1936-1938);
• family and individuals' files
  • manor archive of the Homolacs family and Count Władysław Zamojski (1696-1924),
  • manor files of the Kórnik estate (18thc.-20thc.),
  • manor files of the village of Ochotnica (1791-1923)
  • collections of: Emil Kubala from Myślenice (1529-1945), the Zagarnowie family from Jabłonka (1793-1865), the Bryja family from Łapsze Wyzne (1872-1917), Bartłomiej Bełtowski from Nowy Targ (1890-1939), Andrzej Florek Skupień from Poronin (1942-1974);

Files concerning the Nowy Targ area are also kept in the Archive branches in Cracow:

• Austrian Empire district of Nowy targ (1867-1918),
• Dominia from the area of the Nowy Targ district (1816-1863),
• Austrian Empire county offices of Czarny Dunajec (1855-1860), Krościenko-on-the Dunajec (1855-1867)