GOZO SECTION
The Gozo Section (NAG) of the National Archives of Malta continued to render its services at Triq Vajrinġa in Ir-Rabat from where it has been functioning for the last thirty-one years. It serves as the public record office for the documentation produced and received by Government departments and establishments in Gozo and Comino.
7.1
COVID-19 Pandemic
Notwithstanding the restrictions imposed, the Gozo Section of the National Archives continued to give its services to customers uninterruptedly. All necessary precautions were taken, and staff alternated between telework and work at the premises. Requests for information received online or by telephone were dealt with in due time.
7.2
Records Management
During the year 2020 visits were carried out at the Law Courts at the Ċittadella and at the Gozo Passports Office and a number of volumes were earmarked for eventual transfer to the NAG. Due to lack of space in Victoria, arrangements were made to transfer the Law Courts’ records directly to the Għarb Deposit whilst records from the NAG were also transferred to the Għarb Deposit to make space available for the transfer of Passport applications from the Gozo Passport Office.
7.3
Accessions
The following records were added to the Gozo Section of the National Archives during 2020. Accession Source and description Ref. No.
Extent
2020-1
Private donation by Dr George Azzopardi – Bill of visit to Gozo (20 November 1874)
1 sheet
2020-2
Private donation by Dr George Azzopardi – old postcards and photographs of Gozo (ca. 1900 -1940’s)
23 items
2020-3
Private donation by Fr Charles Cini SDB – Ġabra ta’ Poeżija ta’ George Mercieca (ca. 1960’s -1970’s)
1 volume
2020-4
Private donation by Fr Charles Cini SDB – Cronaca di una Vittoria (1987)
1 volume
2020-5
Private donation by Mr Toni Calleja – Discorsi – Panegirici Manuscripts (1900’s)
2 volumes
2020-6
Private donation by Mr Charles Bezzina – Poem and WWII books (1987-2020)
16 books
2020-7
Gozo Law Courts – Registri Sentenze Superiori Civili
257 volumes
2020-8
Gozo Passports Office – Passports Applications
83 volumes
2020-9
Photographs from Ministry for Gozo
130 items
2020-10
Micellanea in fond ZM01
30 volumes
2020-11
Plans and Maps
23 items
2020-12
Government Savings Bank
37 volumes
Annual Report 2020
55
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