The Granma Historical Archives Network has among its functions to treasure, organize, guard, conserve and disseminate the documentation of historical or permanent value corresponding to its territories, coordinate the training and development of the territory's human resources, provide advisory and consultancy services to agencies, institutions or organizations in the field of document management in their field, issue certifications and certified copies of the documents they hold, to people who demonstrate a legitimate interest, those that are considered authentic documents. In addition, to guarantee access to the information of the hoarded funds and collections to users through adequate knowledge management, prior written request of the interested party and authorization of the Director of the corresponding Archive.
The Network of Historical Archives of Granma is made up of 4 archives:
Three municipal archives:
Jiguani Municipal Historical Archive
Municipal Historical Archive of Manzanillo
Municipal Historical Archive of Niquero
Subordinate to the Provincial Historical Archive of Granma ¨José Manuel Carbonell Alard.¨
The historical archives are public institutions of a territorial nature, repositories of the documentation generated by the provincial and municipal governments and their dependencies, as well as by other institutions and prominent personalities based in the territory.
According to the provisions of the Regulation of the National System of Documentary Management and Archives of the Republic of Cuba in Chapter III Section Second Article 21.1, they have among their functions:
- To store, organize, process, guard, conserve and disseminate the documentation of historical or permanent value corresponding to their territories;
- to organize and control the operation of the State Archives Fund and its Registry in the territories; to provide advisory and consultancy services in the field of Documentary Management and Archives in the territories;
- to guarantee the completion of funds and collections;
- to implement computer applications that allow managing the processes and documents of the archiving activity;
- to implement and develop programs for the dissemination of archive activity; to implement training and professional improvement actions for the workers of the Documentary Management and Archives systems of the territory; and others to be determined;
- to ensure information and reference services to national and foreign users, prior written request of the interested party and authorization of its Director;
- to issue certifications and certified copies of the documents they hold to people who demonstrate a legitimate interest, those that are considered as authentic documents;
- to ensure information and reference services to national and foreign users, prior written request of the interested party and authorization of its Director;
- to issue certifications and certified copies of the documents they hold to people who demonstrate a legitimate interest, those that are considered as authentic documents.