VPRS 11462 Card Register of Inward Correspondence (Board Matters)

Full description

This series consists of inward correspondence registration cards which formed a part of subject based correspondence filing system maintained by the Geelong Harbour Trust/Port of Geelong Authority (VA 1425) during the period ?1944 to ?1980.

The series provides access only to those inward letters that were considered by the Board of Commissioners for action. The inward letters are located in VPRS 11470 General Correspondence Subject Files.

With 10 entries per card, the information provided for each entry included:
registration number.
date of letter
from whom letter was received
subject (of letter)
subject title under which letter has been filed
date filed

Previous Series

Until 1944 (?), all inward correspondence was registered in the Register of Inward Correspondence VPRS 11459. Since the early 1940s correspondence referred to the Board for action were registered in this series, the card register. VPRS 11459 continued to be used to register all other correspondence besides matters for the board.