[1][2] The archives include over 300 separate collections of records created by the city.
[1][2] Among the highlights of the collections are the first governmental meeting records from Bejar, which date to the 1770s; the architectural plans for the Alamo; an 1895 letter sent by Mexican president Porfirio Díaz; and one of the oldest maps of the city, which documents the area within a one-mile (1.6 km) radius from the Cathedral of San Fernando.
The Office of the City Clerk has an annual budget of approximately $4 million.
[4] Prior to being named the university archivist at the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries in January 2010, Sean Heyliger served as the assistant archivist at the San Antonio Municipal Archives.
[5] The archives have received grant funding, including grants from the Alamo Area Council of Governments, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and the San Antonio Conservation Society.