93:. With the administrative reforms of 1988, the archive came under the General Administration of Culture of the Ministry of Education. It was later ascribed to the Nicaraguan Historical Institute and since 1990 has been run by the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture.
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Education
Collection (1900-1984): The most complete collection in regards to volume, documentary structure, and years covered. This collection is not completely processed, but are mostly in chronological
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Presidential
Collection (1900-1979): Administrative archives, divided into sections for the Private Secretary, Presidential Secretary, Secretary of General Command, and Secretary of Information and the
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decreed the creation of the
General National Archive as the repository for the holdings of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government, as well as holding the archives of the
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The
General National Archive is housed on the second floor of the National Museum of Nicaragua, which is located in the old Palacio Nacional, across from the new Palacio Nacional in
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Nicaraguan
Railroad Collection (1912-1987): Accounting books and inventories of goods and services. A nearly-complete collection of the now-defunct Nicaraguan Railroad Company.
205:: Divided into four sections: History of Nicaragua, National Periodical Publications, Archival, and Documentary Sources. Includes approximately 1,500 volumes.
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Finance
Collection (1931-1954): The ledgers of the Ministry of Finance. Consists of 731 books grouped by issued and ordered chronologically.
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Governance
Collection (1925-1979): Archives of the Ministry of Governance and its attached bodies such as Justice, Police, and Charity.
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In
October 1959, another decree was issued to regulate the operations of the archive. Until 1979, it was under the auspices of the
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Fototeca (1893-1976): 1,200 photographs of people, places, buildings, highways, etc. from various presidential administrations.
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190:" Archive (1909-1976): Contains 3,800 documents relating to the private and business life of former president DĂaz.
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A presidential decree on
February 21, 1863, regulated the functions of the General Governmental Archive (Spanish:
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158:"José Dolores Gámez" Collection (1783-1923): Bulk 1894–1899. Includes a registry and maintained in numeric order.
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The collection, caretaking, and placing into public service the documents produced by public institutions,
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The
Archive offers such services as a reading room, an auxiliary consultative library, and photocopying.
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The archive holds approximately ten million documents, which are organized in the following collections:
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and the dissemination, through printed publications and other media, of documents of historical interest.
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Mosquitia Collection (1894-1895): Hand-written books relating to the process of the incorporation of
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Planoteca (1912-1978): The utmost representation of the urban and rural populations in Nicaragua.
44:, standardizing the national archival system, and promoting research and access to information.
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Archive of the Nicaraguan Consulate in France (1898-1937): Registers of consulary affairs.
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151:"Somoza GarcĂa" Section (1923-1956): Documents related to the governmental activity of
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Mapoteca (1934-1976): Composed of 98 original maps of Nicaraguan populations.
168:"Sandino" Collection (1896-1935): Contains 133 documents relating to General
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Colonial Section (1526-1821): A collection of photocopies obtained from the
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provoked a fire that destroyed the majority of the archives, including the
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Legislative Section (1943-1979): In numeric order, indexed.
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Caring for and conserving legal and private collections,
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The functions of the General National Archive include:
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89:, at which point in came under the control of the
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326:Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1838)
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19:For other entities with the same name, see
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60:. But it was not until July 7, 1896, that
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21:General National Archive (disambiguation)
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237:GuĂa del archivo general de la naciĂłn
172:, including 275 photocopies from the
336:United States occupation (1912–1933)
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126:National Archives of Costa Rica
359:Post-Sandinista period (1990–)
16:National archives of Nicaragua
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354:Sandinista period (1979–1990)
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76:earthquake of March 31, 1931
54:Archivo General del Gobierno
37:Archivo General de la NaciĂłn
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673:Water supply and sanitation
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341:Somoza Family (1936–1979)
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255:List of national archives
462:Administrative divisions
321:Mexican rule (1822–1823)
174:General National Archive
28:General National Archive
798:Government of Nicaragua
153:Anastasio Somoza GarcĂa
87:Ministry of Governance
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170:Augusto CĂ©sar Sandino
529:Territorial disputes
203:Special Collections
91:Ministry of Culture
58:Minister of Finance
808:National libraries
598:Telecommunications
80:SecciĂłn de Tierras
65:José Santos Zelaya
803:National archives
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763:Bibliography
643:Demographics
565:Central Bank
504:Armed Forces
487:Human rights
467:Constitution
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555:Agriculture
492:LGBT rights
386:Earthquakes
346:Sandinistas
188:Adolfo DĂaz
792:Categories
711:Mass media
701:Literature
638:Corruption
572:(currency)
482:Government
391:Ecoregions
349:v. Contras
230:References
658:Languages
648:Education
608:Transport
524:President
472:Elections
431:Volcanoes
411:Mountains
369:Geography
291:Nicaragua
163:Mosquitia
97:Functions
62:President
42:Nicaragua
772:Category
668:Religion
570:CĂłrdoba
519:Politics
450:Politics
295:articles
249:See also
218:Location
210:Services
116:Holdings
749:Outline
716:Museums
691:Cuisine
683:Culture
622:Society
603:Tourism
560:Banking
543:Economy
401:Islands
311:Nicarao
303:History
241:Managua
224:Managua
48:History
32:Spanish
777:Portal
663:Health
583:Energy
426:Rivers
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178:Mexico
139:order.
132:Press.
756:Index
706:Music
406:Lakes
396:Fauna
696:Film
74:The
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