WCC, Town Clerk's Department Registers and indexes of early correspondence

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Archives Identifier00231Date Range1878-1926DescriptionThese registers provide the main control mechanism for managing and locating correspondence received by Council, and inter-departmental correspondence.

Upon receipt, incoming correspondence was numbered and arranged in sequential order. The year and the number were written on the document, and the documents were, generally, stored in simple sequential order. The exception is with complex matters, where correspondence covered an extended period of time and letters were sometimes attached to earlier or later documents concerning the same matter.

Each volume covers range of years. A single annual number system has been used, with each incoming piece of correspondence being allocated the next sequential number. Other descriptive information includes dates received, author and subject matter. The first six volumes also contain an index of names and subjects. From 1906 the indexes were maintained as separate volumes [Archive Series 00232].Quantity (Linear Metres)2MediumBound VolumeSystem of ArrangementChronological by year. Entries within in annual file registration number, roughly chronological by date of receipt of documents.Collection TypeWellington City Council

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Controlling or Creating AgencyTown Clerk's DepartmentRelationship Date Range1870-1991

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WCC, Town Clerk's Department Registers and indexes of early correspondence