The Historic Documents Preservation Program supports municipalities in improving the preservation and management of local government records.

  • Targeted grants are available to all municipalities as further described in the official
    Guidelines.
  • Disaster recovery grants are offered in the event of a records disaster to
    help defray recovery costs for essential, permanent, or archival records, as further
    described in the Guidelines.
  • Note that damage to records of any type must be reported immediately to the Public
    Records Administrator at 860-757-6540, whether or not the municipality intends to
    apply for a grant.

Contact Nicole Besseghir, 860-757-6563 with questions about the Historic Documents Grant Program.

Targeted Grants

FY 2025 Targeted Grants

FY 2024 Targeted Grants

Annual Reports

Grant Program

State Library Preservation Activities

PRE-FY2020 ANNUAL REPORTS
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Forms, Policies, & Procedures 

Forms, policies, and procedures for the Municipal Records Management Program.

Municipal General Retention Schedules 

Records Retention Schedules show how long records must be retained based on administrative, fiscal, and legal requirements, as well as their historical value. General Records Retention Schedules list records that are common to many government offices.

Municipal Records Program 

For the towns, cities, boroughs, districts, and other political subdivisions of the state to access records management Policies, Procedures & Forms; Records Retention Schedules; and the Historic Documents Preservation Grant Program.

Ask Public Records Administration 

For questions on managing public records (retention, disposition, etc)