L’Archivio di Stato di Enna was officially established as a Section of the State Archive by decree of the Ministry of the Interior on December 27, 1950, pursuant to art. 2 of the law of December 22, 1939, no. 2006, effective from January 16, 1951, although even earlier, in 1941 immediately after the construction of the Government Palace, the provincial administrators had worked hard to request its establishment. The subsequent circumstances related to the state of war caused the postponement until 1949. It became a State Archive thanks to the Presidential Decree of September 30, 1963, no. 1409. It is a peripheral body of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, General Directorate for Archives. It carries out activities of protection and supervision of the archives of the state administrations of the Province. It preserves the acts of the judicial magistracies, of the state administrations of the Province, acts of past magistracies, and of different ceased administrations and moral entities. It plays a leading role in the work of protection, safeguarding, and enhancement of the documentary heritage. In the State Archive of Enna, which preserves the documentation coming from the State Archives and from the financial offices of the provinces of Caltanissetta and Catania, administrative documentation relating to matters concluded over 40 years ago can be deposited, or even earlier if there is a risk of dispersion and/or damage. The volume of the collections amounts to about 52,000 items arranged on about 6,000 linear meters of shelving, of which just over half are of the compactable type. The premises are sufficiently equipped for the functional needs of the Institute and the deposits offer good reception opportunities for submissions.
Information about State Archive of Enna
Via Angelo Tranchida
94100 Enna (Enna)
0935 37347
as-en@beniculturali.it
www.asenna.beniculturali.it
Source: MIBACT
