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Ordinance of the County of Allegheny authorizing the transfer of custody of miscellaneous items of County personal property to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania to allow for its maintenance and preservation at no cost to the County under preservation guidelines established by the Society of American Archivists and for public access to the miscellaneous items of County personal property at the Senator John Heinz History Center.
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Whereas, on April 21, 2015, County Council passed a bill which became Ordinance No. 13-15-OR, which authorized the transfer of custody of: (1) official minutes of meetings of the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners from January 23, 1868 through December 27, 1999 and (2) document books of the Allegheny County Institution District from 1940 through 1977 to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, doing business as the Senator John Heinz History Center, hereinafter the “Heinz History Center,” to allow for the maintenance and preservation of these County records at no cost to the County under preservation guidelines established by the Society of American Archivists and for public access to these records at the Heinz History Center; and
Whereas, on October 18, 2016, County Council passed a bill which became Ordinance No. 35-16-OR, which authorized the transfer of custody of 32,000 County photographs to the Heinz History Center to allow for the maintenance and preservation of these County photographs at no cost to the County under preservation guidelines established by the Society of American Archivists and for public access to these records at the Heinz History Center; and
Whereas, the County is in possession of numerous items of personal property, including, but not limited to, photographic negatives and prints, film (in multiple formats), and volumes of miscellaneous official registers, dockets and other records related to veterans and elections (collectively the “County Personalty”) which are in dan...
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