The records of smaller towns and villages of Pomerania date from XIII century to 1945 and refer to former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Słupsk, Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Ciechanów, Olsztyn and Elbląg. The holdings contain precious parchment documents written by Polish rulers, dignitaries of the Teutonic Order, bishops and abbots, castellans (governors of castles) and starosts (governors of districts). The majority of the records are foundation charters and their confirmations, leasing contracts, registration books, assessors books, exemptions from charges, religious privileges, protocols of the sessions of city councils, documentation of guilds and other records of municipal administration.