Indiana’s state archives, original and irreplaceable paperwork documenting the people’s business since before statehood, got rained on a few weeks ago — for the third time this year.
A fourth time seems inevitable.
The building that houses them, built nearly four decades ago by RCA as a warehouse for eight-track tapes, has a leaky roof. And while Indiana’s Department of Administration has scheduled some patch-up work in the coming days, people familiar with the building say the roof surely will leak again — as it has for the past decade, despite repeated repairs.
The recent soaking — 30 boxes of House and Senate bills from the 1960s — was discovered promptly, and the documents were dried out and saved. They’ve been returned to their shelves and covered by sheets of clear plastic.
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