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Georgia Archives Week 2001 Proclamation
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
A PROCLAMATION
GEORGIA ARCHIVES WEEK
| WHEREAS: |
Archival institutions are instrumental in collecting, preserving,
organizing, and making available records and materials that document the
history of the State of Georgia and the nation for present and future
generations; and |
| WHEREAS: |
Archives have a responsibility to provide the public with access to
their records, and it is the goal of archives to increase public awareness
of the vital role they play in safeguarding knowledge of our intellectual,
cultural, social, and governmental heritage; and |
| WHEREAS: |
Archival records possess legal, administrative, fiscal and historical
value, documenting our citizens' everyday lives and activities, thus
bringing a focus to the 2001 theme for Georgia Archives Week,
"Investigate Your History"; and |
| WHEREAS: |
In addition to the State Archives, Georgia has numerous municipal,
county, university and private archives that collect and preserve our
state's historical records; and |
| WHEREAS: |
During Georgia Archives Week we celebrate the value of Georgia's
historical records, publicizing the many ways historical records enrich
our lives and recognizing those who maintain our communities' historical
records; now |
| THEREFORE: |
I, ROY E. BARNES, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim
October 8-14, 2001, as GEORGIA ARCHIVES WEEK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of
the Executive Department to be affixed this 19th day of September in the
year of our Lord two thousand one. |
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