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Reference code
AG-025
Title
United Nations Registry Section (1946-1979)
Date(s)
- 1923 - 2010 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Size/Number of Items/Parts: 9829 boxes, No. of Boxes: 4228
Context area
Name of creator
Registry Section
Administrative history
The first records registry was set up during the London period of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations (between 21 November 1945 and 31 January 1946) and patterned after that of the British Foreign Office. The system was discontinued in 1979, after the decision to move to a decentralized records management system. Function was the centralization of Secretariat recordkeeping in one large classification system. Succeeded by decentralized recordkeeping by departments in consultation with the Archives Section's records management programme.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fond contains all the centrally filed records of the Secretariat from its early period. Predominant date range is 1940 - 1950.
Arranged numerically according to numbered file classification system.
Fonds consists of the following Sub-Fonds:
AG-025-003 Registry Section
AG-025-002 Branch Registries
AG-025-001 Central Registry Section
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Previous number(s)
RAG-1, RAG-2, RAG-3