Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1856-11-06-1906-08-20 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
9 selected and described volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Since its creation in 1789, the Department of State has carried out a series of reorganizations and has created new offices and bureaus to deal with new diplomatic challenges. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection includes correspondence received from the US Consulate General in Jerusalem. The 9 selected and described volumes (registers) includes dispatches sent from Jerusalem to Washington DC between 1856 and 1906. A microfilm copy of these registers have been made in 1969 and constitutes the unit number M.453 (5 rolls).
After 1906, the letters received by Washington from US embassies and consulates have been organized by themes (trade, war, customs) and no longer by origin.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
The collection is still increasing.
System of arrangement
The correspondence is organised chronologically by origin until 1906. Afterwards, the letters received by Washington from US embassies and consulates have been organised by themes (trade, war, customs).
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Free access at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Conditions governing reproduction
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Existence and location of copies
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Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G), Second Edition, Ottawa 2000.
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Catalogue prepared on March 2017
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Archivist's note
Description of 9 volumes from the collection untitled US States Department records (1856-1906), held by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (Washington), made by Vincent Lemire, 2017.