Office of the Great Seal

Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Michigan Department of State

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Office of the Great Seal

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Title: Office of the Great Seal

Scope and Content: The Office of the Great Seal is part of the Bureau of Elections in the Michigan Department of State. It is responsible for protecting and maintaining the Great Seal and providing for its proper use, maintaining records filed with the Secretary of State, certifying documents and commissioning notaries public.

Division: Office of the Great Seal

Agency: Michigan Department of State

Notes

Biography or Historical Note: Michigan's Great Seal was designed by Lewis Cass and adopted in 1835. Changes to the seal have been made from time to time, but it has not changed since 1911.

System of arrangement: Records are arranged by type, then by date of transfer to the Archives of Michigan. Record series represented in this collection include case files, the Constitution of the State of Michigan, and reports.

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Office of the Great Seal

Constitution of the State of Michigan

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