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The department was created in 1955 from the archives section of the Island Records Office which itself was established by the Islands Records Law (Law 6 of 1879) when it took over the functions of the Island Secretary's Office. [2] [3]
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Jamaica) Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica) Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Jamaica) Ministry of National Security (Jamaica)
The Jamaican Historical Society (occasionally also referred to as the Jamaica Historical Society) was established in 1943 at the offices of the British Council in Jamaica, by C. B. Lewis, H. Paget, H. E. Vendryes and J. G. Young.
The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness . The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.
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The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register were made in 1997. [1] By creating a compendium of important library and archive holdings – including books, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, and digital documents [2] – the program aims to use its networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and ...
The church established its own archives in 1957 at the Bethlehem Teachers' College, under the supervision of Mrs Vera MacLeavy. In 1974 the records were placed in temporary deposit at the Jamaica Archives. The five categories of records in the collection are: Records of the Provincial Elders Conference; Congregation Registers and Diaries
Some national archives collections are large, holding millions of items spanning several centuries, while others have been created more recently and have modest collections. Many national archives are effectively dispersed, especially in post-colonial countries, and often have smaller local collections due to cultural imperialism and the theft ...