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Mandate
The Halifax Regional Municipality Archives identifies, acquires, preserves and promotes access to municipal government and non-government archival records documenting the history of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
HRM Archives is the official repository for all inactive Municipal records of enduring administrative, legal, fiscal, historical, or informational value. These records are preserved as evidence of the Municipality’s functions, policies, decisions, operations and citizen interactions.
The municipal record is complemented by the archival records of individuals, businesses and organizations active in the municipal sphere. The Archives preserves this documentary heritage and makes its holdings accessible and meaningful for today’s needs and for future generations.
History:
How the Municipal Archives came to be HRM’s newest oldest treasure:
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- HRM’s Information Resource Management receives over 1km of historical City and County of Halifax records when the Public Archives of Nova Scotia repatriates municipal records to municipalities throughout Nova Scotia.
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| 2005 |
- Halifax Regional Council budgets for archival storage space adjacent to the HRM Records Centre and Corporate Library in Burnside, and for the position of Municipal Archivist.
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- Susan McClure becomes HRM’s first Municipal Archivist.
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- HRM Archives earns institutional membership in the Council of Nova Scotia Archives.
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| 2006 |
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- The Municipal Archives begins regular opening hours.
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