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Indian Affairs registry files [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1936-1971

Reference:

R216-713-4-E, RG22-A-1-b

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

133156

Context of this record:

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

Deputy Minister's Office registry system

Indian Affairs registry files
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Sub-series includes:

137 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1936-1971

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.0 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of administrative records of the Deputy Minister's Office that were maintained in a special registry for Indian Affairs files. This registry used a duplex-numeric filing system somewhat similar to that of the Indian Affairs Branch. The first number was unique to the agency and the second number indicated the subject. The subjects include agency files covering schools, medical concerns, lands and estates. A series of files have the designation, "originals taken from files disposed of as copies of correspondence held on Branch Records". This has been described by departmental records staff as resulting from the change-over to a new classification. When the registry system was converted in 1971 files still within the physical control of the DMO were stripped of "original" material and placed in new file jackets. They were assigned the same responsibility code for location but an additional subject secondary was added. Under this system all subjects were placed on this single file, "xxx/1-1" for each agency (example Abitibi Indian Agency has such a file 371/1-1). There is another file relating to a specific subject 371/3 Medical file. Records which were already in the federal records centre did not undergo the stripping and consolidation on the 1-1 file therefore they will retain the original file number.

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(Electronic) Finding 22-2 is a computer generated file list. 22-2

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

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RG22-A-1-b
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Textual records

[Consultation32 Restricted by law]

Volume [RG22] 1201--1210

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

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