Margaret Cross Norton working papers (Illinois state Archives), 1924-1958.

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Margaret Cross Norton working papers (Illinois state Archives), 1924-1958.

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Director's administrative and professional files include biennial, monthly, special, and Illinois State Library staff meeting reports (1924-1956); subject files (1934-1957; 1973); and professional correspondence files (1936-1958). Prominent subjects include specifications for and construction and maintenance of the Illinois State Archives Building, the operations of the Archives, the Historical Records Survey, activities in proj\fessional associations (i.e., Society of American Archivists, American Library Association, American Association of State Libraries, Illinois Library Association, American Association of State and Local History), archival cataloging, the Barrow laminating machine, local governmental records, microphotography, archives related legislation, archival education, the emergency of World War II, the organizational location of the New York State Archives, specifications for the Tennessee State Archives, the functions of archivists as differentiated from those of librarians and historians, and records management. Also included are photographs depicting Norton and Archives staff gatherings (1930-1958). The Illinois State Archives Building was renamed the Margaret Cross Norton Building in 1994 by Senate Joint Resolution 133 (88th G.A., pp. 3110-3111).

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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...

Norton, Margaret Cross, 1891-1984

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Society of American Archivists

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