PRINTER'S NO. 2429
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
503
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, WATSON, CALTAGIRONE,
KORTZ, DiGIROLAMO, MARSICO, THOMAS, WARREN, BURNS, DUSH,
SONNEY, MACKENZIE, KINSEY, D. COSTA, MILLARD, NEILSON, COX,
MURT, PHILLIPS-HILL, STAATS, LONGIETTI, EVERETT, BIZZARRO,
GILLEN AND DEASY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of October 2017 as "Archives Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The historical documents and records of our nation
and our Commonwealth provide a crucial link to our past; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives recognizes the growing
importance of maintaining its own legislative, committee and
individual member records for posterity; and
WHEREAS, For more than 35 years, the House of Representatives
Archives has served as the official archival repository for the
records of elected members, committees and administrative
agencies of that body; and
WHEREAS, These historical records and documents, if not
professionally collected, cataloged and preserved by dedicated
archivists and staff and housed in a secure location, would be
lost to future generations of our citizens; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives Archives seeks to share
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