OAR 166-010-0000: General

The Archives Division, Office of the Secretary of State, is administered by the State Archivist. The State Archives accepts custody of permanently valuable public records and provides access to those public records in the official custody of the State Archivist. The State Records Center provides storage and retrieval services for inactive records of state agencies. The Archives Division also provides advice and assistance to state and local agencies, and operates the Security Copy Depository which is a storage and retrieval service for security copy microfilm from state or local agencies.