Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002 |
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National and state archives together in Morrow
Georgia's State Archive facility, once housed in Atlanta, and the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Southeast Archives, formerly located in East Point, are joining together in historical matrimony the first such pairing of state and national archive facilities in the same location. The State and National Archives will house an incredible wealth of historical, and especially genealogical, documentation. It is estimated that 50,000 historians and genealogists will visit the new archives complex annually. Documents of regional significance will also find a resting place within the archives facility. Currently the federally operated NARA safe-keeps notable pieces ranging from the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Manhattan Project, and from the Marshall Space Flight Center to CDC records. The state archives, which possesses documents relevant to Georgia history, will place heightened emphasis on genealogical records. Helping Georgians locate family roots is a high priority of the archives mission. The Georgia State Archives building, which broke ground in October of 2001, is slated for a spring 2003 opening. The federal archives project, which broke ground last month, has its initial foundation work scheduled for late 2002 and a targeted occupancy in the summer of 2004. Clayton State will lend the archive complex expertise in its signature area of expertise, Information Technology (archival files are now highly electronic), and through the University's new History major, which will feature a strong archival history component. Indeed, part of the planning for the History major included a September 2001 meeting of local and regional archival representatives at Clayton State, wherein advice was provided to the University's administrators and history faculty concerning the best design for the archival component of the history proposal. For more information concerning the archives project and Clayton State, please contact johnshiffert@mail.clayton.edu or call 770-960-2109.
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