Sub-series GR-0441.A - Series I: Indexes and registers to correspondence inward

A variety of indexes and registers were created in the premier's office between 1895-1933 to provide administrative control of correspondence. These indexes and registers may be used to aid researchers in locating the desired information on file in the Premier's Papers. Researchers should be aware that a listing in one of the indexes or registers is no guarantee that the letter can be found. Letters may have been directed elsewhere, refiled or misfiled, or have gone missing for reasons unknown. In addition, the series of indexes and registers is not complete. The indexes record the number assigned to the letter for filing, the name of the correspondent and a brief account of the subject of the letter. Before 1915, the name of the correspondent or body in whose name the letter was addressed was indexed alphabetically in separate listings for each year. Subject listings were not indexed, but it is possible though time consuming to scan the columns which list subjects. Beginning in late 1915 at the inception of the Bowser administration letters were filed either in a series of numbered subject files, unnumbered subject files or in a series of alphabetical files. A new subject filing system was developed for the period 1930 - 1933. The registers record letters as received, and list the number assigned to the letter for filing, the name of the correspondent and the subject of the letter. Using either an index or a register, once one finds the number or subject file number and year of a letter, the volume number containing that letter may be found by consulting the listing for the appropriate series in this finding aid.