Jamaica Archives and Records Department
# Jamaica Archives and Records Department

The Jamaica Archives and Records Department is the national archives of Jamaica.

## History

The department was created in 1955 from the archives section of the Island Records Office which itself was established by the Islands Records Law (Law 6 of 1879) when it took over the functions of the Island Secretary's Office.

## Collections

In 2007, the department participated in the Endangered Archives Programme.

