In 1978, Cumberland County Government and Cumberland County Historical Society (CCHS) entered into a formal agreement to transfer older government and court records. The records, officially on long-term loan to the Society according to the agreement, are housed at the Society in an archival environment. Acid free supplies are used to store the records and the Society's archives provide a temperature and humidity controlled environment to better preserve these early documents.
Over seven hundred volumes and numerous additional documents dating from 1750 to the 1960s are currently housed at CCHS. Most of the records focus on the period prior to 1930. A year-long project, started in the fall of 2007 by the county government and CCHS, has enhanced the accountability and access to these volumes. The inventory that follows deals with the volumes that are housed at the Society. It is divided by Office (Record Group) with an alphabetical listing of the volume titles (Record Series) for that Office along with a tide's date span and number of volumes.
The "Preliminary Guide to Cumberland County Records -Volumes" is located in the Stuart Reading Room of CCHS. This finding aid expands on the summary below and provides a general description of the content of a tide along with information regarding arrangement and any integral indexing. A listing of individual volumes of a tide is also provided to share any major content that differs from the general description.
This information can also be found on the official Cumberland County Archives web site at www.ccpa.net/ccarchives. Additional titles and volumes stored at other county locations are in the process of being added to the site. Record Series for Papers and Microfilm also appear on the web site. Many of the Paper Series have been digitalized. Watch for the "camera" icon to view images of original documents.
The advancement of civilization demands a full development of the minds of our girls. The day when the boy is to be educated and the girl neglected has, like other relics of barbarism, passed into history.