§ 15.5. Private repositories.
Though the legal status of historical local public records that have been accepted by private repositories prior to the passage of the act of August 14, 1963 (P. L. 839, No. 407) (16 P. S. § § 13001—13006) and the Municipal Records Act (53 P. S. § § 9001—9010) has not been defined by the courts, it is the position of the Commission that the records are still public property. In regard to the records:
(1) The Commission appreciates and supports the position of those private Commonwealth repositories that want to continue to have physical custody of those records that were transferred prior to the statutes cited in this section, so long as they can demonstrate their ability to maintain minimum standards for archival records.
(2) The Commission will accept local public historical records from those private repositories that feel they cannot adequately care for records accepted in the past by their institutions.
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