Policies

ELCA Region 8 Archives Policies

Click on the links below to view the ELCA Region 8 Archives policies. At the bottom of each page there is a link to a print quality PDF copy of the policy.

• Acquisition Policy
• Reproduction Policy
• Research Rules
• Usage and Publication Policy

ELCA Records Management Policies

Click on the links below to view print quality PDF copies of commonly used ELCA records management and archives policies. For further information, please visit the ELCA Archives web page.

• A Brief Guide for Archives of Congregations
• Care of Information on Persons Rostered in the Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Disposition of Records: Advice for Disbanding Congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Maintaining the Parish Register
• Records Management for the Churchwide Organization
• Records Retention Schedule for Business Records
• Records Retention Schedule for the Congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Records Retention Schedule for Programmatic Records
• Records Retention Schedule for the Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• The Work of a Congregational Archivist and/or Archives Committee