# State papers > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/State_papers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/State_papers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_papers > Source revision: 1334795294 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Term in the British Isles for government records}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2008}} The term '''state papers''' is used in Britain and [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) to refer to [government](/source/government) archives and records. Such papers used to be kept separate from non-governmental papers, with state papers kept in the State Paper Office and general public records kept in the [Public Record Office](/source/Public_Record_Office). When they were written, they were regarded as the personal papers of the government officials writing them, but in 1702, the State Papers Office was established and requisitioned them. ==Ireland== {{See also|Public Record Office of Northern Ireland}} In Ireland, these records were held in a single repository, the Public Record Office. In 1922, this was in two locations, the Bermingham Tower of [Dublin Castle](/source/Dublin_Castle) and the [Four Courts](/source/Four_Courts) on [Dublin](/source/Dublin)'s quays. However, the vast majority of records, particularly before 1790, were held in the Four Courts. When the Four Courts was occupied by [anti-Treaty](/source/Anglo-Irish_Treaty) forces of the [Irish Republican Army](/source/Irish_Republican_Army) in April 1922, the [pro-Treaty](/source/Anglo-Irish_Treaty) forces came under pressure to remove them. Following the assassination of the British Field Marshal, [Henry Hughes Wilson](/source/Sir_Henry_Wilson%2C_1st_Baronet) by anti-Treaty forces on 22 June, the British government pressed the [Provisional Government](/source/Provisional_Government_of_Ireland_(1922)) to take action or else British forces, still occupying Ireland, would intervene. On 27 June, [Michael Collins](/source/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)), leader of the pro-Treaty IRA, gave the order to attack the occupying force in what is widely regarded as the opening shot of the [Irish Civil War](/source/Irish_Civil_War). In the process, [whether by external artillery or internal sabotage](/source/Battle_of_Dublin), most of these records were destroyed. The Irish State Paper Office contains papers from the offices of: * [President of Ireland](/source/President_of_Ireland) * [Taoiseach](/source/Taoiseach) * [Oireachtas](/source/Oireachtas), i.e. [Dáil Éireann](/source/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann) and [Seanad Éireann](/source/Seanad_%C3%89ireann) * [Departments of State](/source/Department_of_state_(Ireland)) There are papers also from former offices of state, including: * [King of Ireland](/source/King_of_Ireland) * [Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland relating to Ireland](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland) * [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland) * [Chief Secretary for Ireland](/source/Chief_Secretary_for_Ireland) * [Under Secretary for Ireland](/source/Under_Secretary_for_Ireland) * [Irish House of Commons](/source/Irish_House_of_Commons) & [Irish House of Lords](/source/Irish_House_of_Lords) * [House of Commons of Southern Ireland](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Southern_Ireland) * [Attorney-General for Ireland](/source/Attorney-General_for_Ireland) * [Governor-General of the Irish Free State](/source/Governor-General_of_the_Irish_Free_State) The Irish State Paper Office was formerly located in [Dublin Castle](/source/Dublin_Castle), while the Irish Public Records Office was located at the [Four Courts](/source/Four_Courts). In the late 1980s the distinction was abolished and both archives merged and moved to a new [National Archives of Ireland](/source/National_Archives_of_Ireland) in Bishop Street in Dublin.[http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1017/macgiollacoilleb.html Death of former State archivist] RTÉ News, 2006-10-17. ==United Kingdom== [The National Archives](/source/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)) of the United Kingdom is located in [Kew](/source/Kew), near [London](/source/London). The [Royal Archives](/source/Royal_Archives) are kept separately at [Windsor Castle](/source/Windsor_Castle). There are separate national archives for [Scotland](/source/Scotland) (the [National Records of Scotland](/source/National_Records_of_Scotland)) and [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland) (the [Public Record Office of Northern Ireland](/source/Public_Record_Office_of_Northern_Ireland)). ==See also== * [Thirty Year Rule](/source/Thirty_Year_Rule) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== ===Calendar of state papers relating to Ireland=== * [https://archive.org/details/calendarireland01greauoft CSPI 1509–1573] * [https://archive.org/details/calendarireland02greauoft CSPI 1574–1585] * [https://archive.org/details/1887calendarofstatep03greauoft CSPI 1586 – July 1588] * [https://archive.org/stream/calendarofstatep04greauoft#page/n5/mode/2up CSPI Aug 1588 – Sep 1592] * [https://archive.org/details/1890calendarofstatep05greauoft CSPI Oct 1592 – June 1596] * [https://archive.org/details/calendarireland06greauoft CSPI July 1596 – December 1597] * [https://archive.org/details/1895calendarofstatep07greauoft CSPI Jan 1598 – March 1599] * [https://archive.org/details/calendarireland08greauoft CSPI April 1599 – Feb 1600] * [https://archive.org/details/1903calendarofstatep09greauoft CSPI Mar 1600 – Oct 1600] * [https://archive.org/details/1905calendarofstatep10greauoft CSPI 1 Nov 1600 – 31 July 1601] * [https://archive.org/details/1912calendarofstatep11greauoft CSPI 1601–1603] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091770812 CSPI 1603–1606] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091770820 CSPI 1606–1608] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091770838 CSPI 1608–1610] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091770846 CSPI 1611–1614] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091770853 CSPI 1615–1625] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091770879 CSPI 1625–1632] * [https://archive.org/stream/calendarofstatep02grea#page/n3/mode/2up CSPI 1633–1647] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091770895 CSPI Adventurers for Land 1642–1659] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091770861 CSPI 1647–1660] * [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa00mahagoog CSPI 1660–1662] * [https://archive.org/details/calendarstatepa12offigoog CSPI 1663–1665] * [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091769590 CSPI Sep 1669 – Dec 1670] Category:Politics of the Republic of Ireland Category:Collection of the National Archives (United Kingdom) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [State papers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_papers) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_papers?action=history)). 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