Correspondence files ('ED' files) - Education Department (GRG18/2)
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Access Determination
Unrestricted after 60 years (AD 2002/0033)"
Retention status
Permanent. SRC GRG motion, 09/11/1999;;;;In December 1963 the Libraries Board of South Australia granted a standing authority for the Registry Section of the Education Department to cull files of no further administrative or historical value 6 years after the files were closed. Only files deemed to be of permanent value were transferred to archival custody. This arrangement appears to have been maintained for at least 10 years. [GRG56/7 file 164]
Description
This is the major correspondence series of the Education Department. Correspondence files consist of letters and other documents received by the Department, memoranda of action taken, internal reports or inquiries, and usually either brief notes outlining the reply (nineteenth century), or copies of letters sent (twentieth century). A correspondence file generally only relates to one particular subject or individual, but documents received over a number of years may be the placed in the same file. The file cover may be annoted with the file numbers of related files. Continues from GRG 18/3. 465 metres.
A small amount of unregistered correspondence (1931-1949) has been filed at the end of this series (Unit No. 1987).
For 1957 files see 4921/1956 - 9752/1956 (during 1957 the Department appears to have used surplus file covers from 1956.)
For correspondence 1960 onwards see GRS 809. For records relating to technical education see GRS 849.
For indexes see GRG 18/8, GRG 18/9, GRG 18/48, GRG 18/124 and GRG 18/125. For some files click Consignment ID below.
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