For over half a century New York has been at the forefront of efficient document management. The New York Chapter was founded in 1920 as the Filing Association of New York. We retained the name until the early 1950’s, when the organization became the Records Management Association of New York, and we incorporated in 1955. The name change represented the growing professionalism of our members and the broadened scope of their field. When the national organization was formed in 1956, we became one of the charter (and largest) branches of the affiliation. In 1969, our name was changed to American Records Management Association — New York Chapter, Inc., to conform to the standard nomenclature of the national organization.
The Association of Records Executives and Administrators (AREA) was formed in November, 1955 by twelve New York City Records Administrators. Membership grew steadily to around 300 in 1966, with members located throughout the United States, Canada and a few other foreign countries. Because of the repeated requests, in 1966 other chapters were chartered in Washington, DC; Toronto, Canada; Tallahassee, Florida; Westchester/Fairfield; as well as the original New York Chapter.
In 1975, members of the American Records Association (ARMA) and the Association of Records Executives and Administrators (AREA) voted to merge and form a new international organization to be known as the Association of Records Managers and Administrators, retaining the ARMA acronym. The groups mission was to provide global leadership to records and information management professionals. We became its Metropolitan New York Chapter.
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Last updated: 01/12/12