Archives départementales du Tarn

  • Departmental Archives of Tarn

Address

1 avenue de la Verrerie CS 35678
Albi
81013 Albi Cedex 9
France

Phone

(+33)(0)5 63 36 21 00

Email


Web

https://archives.tarn.fr/accueil

History

Created by the law of 5 brumaire an V, the primary purpose of the Departmental Archives was to preserve the administrative archives of the Ancien Régime institutions and the new administrations set up by the Revolution.

Mandates/Sources of Authority

Since the decentralisation laws of 1983, the departemental archives have been a service of the Tarn department, and their director, under the authority of the Ministry of Culture, exercises scientific and technical control over public archives.

The departmental archives are the historical memory of the department. They are responsible for the scientific and technical control of public archives, collecting and sorting, classifying, preserving, communicating to government departments and the public, and promoting the cultural value of the documentary collections they hold.

The Departmental Archives also receive private collections through donations, deposits, bequests and acquisitions.

Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication

These finding aids are freely available in the reading room:

  • inventories of archives held in the Tarn and neighbouring departments
  • standard works: dictionaries, encyclopaedias, works on local and regional history
  • periodicals: Annuaire du Tarn, Almanach du Tarn libre, Bulletin de la SSABLT, Revue du Tarn, Revue du Rouergue, Annales du Midi, Revue du Cercle généalogique du Languedoc, etc.

Online Tarn resources: https://archives.tarn.fr/decouvrir-et-apprendre/ressources-tarnaises

Opening Times

  • Monday from 13:30 to 17:30
  • Tuesday to Friday from 09:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:30

Conditions of Access

Before entering the reading room, you must leave your personal belongings (outdoor clothing, bags, panniers) in the free, compulsory cloakroom, to which you will keep the key while you are at the Archives.

You may only enter the reading room with the equipment you need to take notes (pencil, loose-leaf paper, laptops and cameras).

You can request the reservation of 5 documents in advance for the following day or for a later date, using the pre-order forms available in the reading room or using the form available online.

You may place on reserve documents that have not been fully consulted for a maximum of 7 working days, up to a limit of three documents, using the reserve forms available in the reading room. At the end of the 7 days, without any news from you, the reserve will be cancelled and the documents reinstated.

You can request up to 10 documents per half-day in batches of no more than 5. Requests are made on 2 self-service computers.

Storekeepers will collect the requested documents at fixed times: 9.30am, 10.15am, 11am, 11.45am then 2pm, 2.45pm, 3.30pm, 4.15pm.

Research Services

The reading room is a free research and consultation area open to all.

  • 34 places for original documents
  • 7 places for consulting the Tarn Departmental Archives website
  • 1 space in a cubicle for consulting audio documents
  • 1 space at reception for consulting microfilms

Sources

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