Archives timeline

A list of key dates in the development of archives and related bodies.

This list is for general 'foundings, transformations, and closings' of archives - the chronologies of specific archives should be put on their particular pages.


 * 1451 University of Glasgow founded - archives date back to this point (but some older).
 * February 27, 1901 Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH)
 * 1945 Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (ARS) created (based on earlier bodies).
 * 1946 Archivo Histórico Provincial de Córdoba founded.
 * 1965 Archives of the History of American Psychology established
 * 1966 The Alabama Historical Commission created by an act of the state legislature
 * July 1998 Archives of Indian Labour established.