The Department of State is the general recording officer and serves as the secretary of the senate; prepares all ballot labels and maintains the central voter registry, keeps all corporate records, registers notaries, administers the commercial code, has custody of the state seal, keeps original copies of all enacted laws and administers the state archives and state library.
No special restrictions unless otherwise specified.
Copyright is in the public domain unless otherwise specified. We reserve the right to restrict reproduction of materials due to preservation concerns.
Office of the Secretary of State Barbara M. Leonard records, 1998-22, Rhode Island State Archives.
Per RIGL§ 42-8-7. "The secretary of state shall keep a copy of every official letter sent by him or her, and shall preserve all public letter received by him or her."
Records are subject files maintained by the Administrative Office, Hope Spruance, Chief of Staff and span the dates 1993-1994 reflecting the one term of Secretary of State Barbara Leonard. They contain correspondence, memos and publications. The files primarily reflect activities within the divisions of the Department of State (i.e. Archives, Elections, Corporations, Administrative Records). Where no folder existed, items were foldered and folder title assigned in brackets [] according to subject. Where a folder title did not accurately reflect contents, a description is noted in brackets []. It is not apparent to the processor if this series of subject files were arranged in a strict alphabetical sequence or if they were grouped according to Division. Where necessary, items that were misfiled were re-filed into the appropriate subject file.
Accession 2003-47 is a closed law case (January 24, 1993) involving a complaint against lobbyists by Charles M. Silverman of Operation Clean Sweep. The complaint stipulates that several lobbyists did not conspicuously display their lobbyist badges while conducting business at the state house.
The Office of the Secretary of State Barbara M. Leonard records are arranged into the following series:
Transferred from Administrative Office of the Office of the Secretary of State on February 19, 1997. Additional accruals were transferred on September 29, 1999 and February 1, 2003.
Records as produced by the Administrative Office of the Office of the Secretary of State within the Department of State. Subsequently transferred to the State Archives.