The following represent significant reports on local
government records from a national perspective from the mid-1960s to
the present.
See also 2006
survey conducted for the LGATF project.
1964: Ernst Posner, American State Archives. Standards
for state archives concerning the care and preservation of local archives
(2 pp)
(Word document,
27 KB)
1976: David Levine, "The Management and Preservation
of Local Government Records: The Report of the State and Local Records
Committee," including results of a survey
of of state archives' programs for managing and preserving local government
records, American Archivist (April 1977): 189-199. (PDF,
174 KB) Permission to post granted by the
Society of American Archivists.
1982: National Association of State Archives and
Records Administrators, Principles of Local
Government Records (5 pp)
(Word document,
27 KB)
1983: Richard J. Cox, "Consultant
Report: Local Government Records Programs,"
pages 19-36 in Documenting
America: Assessing the Condition of Historical Records in the States
(18 pp)
1987: Howard Lowell, "Elements of a State Archives
and Records Management Program" three
benchmarks concerning responsibilities for local government records
(1 p) (Word document,
27 KB)
1993: Council of State Historical Records Coordinators,
Data on local government records programs
and services in state archives and records programs. (Word
document, 643 KB)
