SC Archives Summary Guide

South Carolina Archives Series Description

Minutes and Meeting Files of the Board of Corrections, 1958-1993  

 


CALL NUMBER:        S 132095


CREATOR:  Dept. of Corrections.  Board of Corrections.

TITLE:  Minutes and meeting files of the Board of Corrections

DATE:  1958-1993

VOLUME:  13.82 cubic ft.

ARRANGEMENT:  Series arranged in chronological order in two sequences.  The first sequence, which contains both full meeting files and minutes in some cases, has gaps.  Most of the files in the second sequence consist of minutes alone, but this run does include the meetings missing from the first sequence.

SUMMARY SCOPE NOTE:  This series consists of the commissioner's files of meeting minutes of the board of corrections.  Records dating 1958-1960 are bound volumes of minutes and monthly reports.  From 1961 forward, files generally include notices of meetings; meeting agenda, minutes, and attachments; notes on meeting issues for the commissioner prepared by his administrative assistant, and reference materials.

LINKING NOTE:  A separate record, entitled Agency history record, has been written for the Dept. of Corrections describing the functions and history of the agency.

HIERARCHICAL NOTE:  Forms part of the records of the Board of Corrections of the Dept. of Corrections.