Events Tagged: "records"

Royal archives established - Philip Augustus creates permanent record-keeping after losing documents at Fréteval

Jacques Fournier begins Pamiers inquisitions - meticulous interrogations of suspected Cathars, records daily life and beliefs in mountain villages

Keep Commission (Committee on Department Methods) recommends vertical filing for all federal agencies - modernizes government record-keeping

President Theodore Roosevelt orders all federal departments to adopt modern filing systems following Keep Commission report

U.S. government adopts decimal classification system for documents based on Dewey Decimal System