VPRS 8042 Alphabetical Card Index to Public Building Files

This series is a location card index and was created simultaneously with the Public Building Files (VPRS 7882/P1) and the numerical card index (VPRS 8041/P1) which were created around the year 1924. The series continued to develop till 1988 when the function relating to public building (P.B.) regulation was transferred to the Department of Planning and Environment. It forms part of the overall public building recordkeeping system which includes the numerical card index (VPRS 8041/P1) and general indexes (VPRS 8043/P1).This card index was originally maintained within a sequence of 5 metal cabinets which for a time were located in the PROV Reading Room at the former Laverton Repository. The units were removed when the information from these cards were transcribed into a online searchable index which was placed on the PROV website. In 2010 the cards were removed from these cabinets. Units in this series originally represented a drawer of cards within the cabinets. In 2010 each unit is a box containing the cards that were removed from the same drawers.

本系列为位置卡片索引，与1924年左右编制的公共建筑档案（VPRS 7882/P1）及数值卡片索引（VPRS 8041/P1）同期创建。该系列持续完善至1988年，彼时公共建筑（P.B.）监管职能移交至规划与环境部。本系列隶属于整体公共建筑档案管理体系，该体系包含数值卡片索引（VPRS 8041/P1）与综合索引（VPRS 8043/P1）。该卡片索引最初存放于5组金属柜中，曾一度设于原拉弗顿馆藏点的PROV阅览室。当这批卡片上的信息被转录为可在线检索的索引并发布至PROV官网后，原金属柜被移出。2010年，这批卡片被从柜中取出。本系列中的原始单元对应柜内的一整抽屉卡片；2010年，每个单元变更为收纳盒，用以存放从原同一抽屉中取出的卡片。