Archiwum Państwowe w Olsztynie - Oddział w Nidzicy

The archive in Nidzica came into existence in 1988 as a branch of Olsztyn State Archive. In 1997-2017 in its building was also located the stock (Ekspozytura) of the State Archive of Capital City of Warsaw established according to the Decree of Chief-Director of State Archives. In 2017 the archive was liquidated and all its collections transferred to the archive in Olsztyn.

The branch of Olsztyn State Archive in Nidzica worked 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.

The archive was located in the reconstucted building of so-called "klasztorek" (small monastery) at Jagiełły street.

The archive in Nidzica possessed 229 collections and archival founds, which makes 21 848 units and 255,25 running meters (as for December 31 2008). The documents date from 1945 to the present time. Th branch of Olsztyn State Archive in Nidzica gathered the following kinds of documents:

• records of general administration and self-government institutions.
• records of special administration and judiciary.
• records of credit institutions, factories and cooperatives.
• records of youth organizations ("Służba Polsce").

Koter Marlena - Archiwum Państwowe w Olsztynie, w: Olsztyńskie Archiwa: informator, pod red. Danuty Kasperek, Olsztyn: Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, Oddział w Olsztynie, Wydawnictwo Littera 2009, s. 9-33.