Contact Information

• Name:

  Public Records and Archives Administration Department, Regional Office, Korforidua

• Postal Address:

  P.O. Box 373
  Korforidua
  Ghana

• Location:

  Residency Road

• Telephone:

  (233) 081-22768

• Director:

  George B. Owusu

• Year founded:

  1967

Collections

• Type of repository:

  Archive

• Types of source material:

  Archival records
  Government records
  Newspapers
  Photographs
  

• Holdings:

  The holdings are mainly files, court records, newspapers, pictures and publications. Most of them are in good condition,though a few are in bad condition. 1. Files (1905-1987), 4,282 volumes 2. Court records (1892-1978) 1,352 volumes 3. Newspapers (1977-to date) 14,000 copies 4. Pictures (1955- ) 17 pieces 5. Publications (1892-1958) many of them plus gazettes

• Receiving new material?

  No

• Languages:

  English.
  

Access Conditions

• Access conditions:

  A searcher should be recommended by a person resident in Ghana and identifiable from a professional directory (eg. Solicitor, Senior government official, foreign diplomatic staff, school master, tutor, or director of studies.) Foreign students should also present a letter of recommendation from their place of study.

• Access restrictions:

  30 years

• Finding tools:

  Accession lists or registers
  Guides
  Inventories
  

• Copier available?:

  No

Repository publications: