Records management surveys, 1956-1957.

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Records management surveys, 1956-1957.

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Reports of surveys of the records management practices of each state department and agency were conducted by the National Records Management Council, Inc. Surveys outline organizational structure of agencies and make recommendations for records management and retention.

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Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Archive

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National Records Management Council (U.S.)

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Illinois. Office of Secretary of State

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The Office of Secretary of State, successor to the territorial Secretary, was established by the 1818 Constitution to keep both the state archives and a register of the Governor's official acts. The Secretary was appointed by the Governor until the 1848 Constitution made the office elective. In 1873, the Dept. of Archives and Index was created to "make and keep proper indexes to the executive records and all public acts, resolutions, papers and documents" filed with the Secretary of State. This ...

Illinois. State Archives Division

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The Division of Archives and Index, the predecessor of the Illinois State Archives, was established in 1873. However, it failed to develop as an archival unit and concerned itself primarily with the care of current records. In 1921 the Secretary of State established an Archives Division within the State Library for the purpose of properly caring for official state records that have permanent historical, legal, or administrative value (L. 1921, p. 837). The State Records Act of 1957 made the Illi...