letters sent to Santa Claus from all over the world. Turku The Turku branch houses archives of government offices in Southwest Finland and Satakunta as well as documents from congregations, societies, associations, companies and individuals. The oldest document stored there is a border inspection document from 1510, written on parchment. Vaasa The Vaasa branch has archives from local officials of the Ostrobothnia region. The oldest document is a bill of sale from 1407. In addition to the seven branches (former regional archives), the National Archives also includes the Sami Archives in Inari, founded in 2012. It stores documents from Sami officials and archives of individuals, families, societies and companies that are considered relevant to Sami research. It also has a recording archive for audiovisual material. Military Archives The military archives were integrated in to the National Archives of Finland in 2008. The contain records on the Finnish Defense Forces dating from independence to the present, as well as private organizations and persons who had links with the defense administration. Directors From 1880 onwards, the directors of the National Archives held the title of State Archivist. This was changed to Director General in 1992, although the title of State Archivist continues to be given to the current Director General. Between 1949 and 1992, State Archivists were also given the title of Professor. The following is a list of State Archivists (1880–1992) and Directors General (1992–present) of the National Archives. K. A. Bomansson (1880–1883) Reinhold Hausen (1883–1916) Leo Harmaja (1917) J. W. Ruuth (1917–1926) Kaarlo Blomstedt (1926–1949) Yrjö Nurmio (1949–1967) Martti Kerkkonen (1967–1970) Tuomo Polvinen (1970–1974) Toivo J. Paloposki (1974–1987) Veikko Litzen (1987–1996) Kari Tarkiainen (1996–2003) Jussi Nuorteva (2003–2022) Päivi Happonen (2022– ) Material Documents The oldest document in the National Archives is a letter of protection from Birger, King of Sweden to the women of Karelia, which is dated 1 October, 1316. From the middle ages, the archives has 66 original documents and 223 reproductions. The oldest continuous series of documents is the collection of the so-called vogt's accounts (), account books of local governments, the oldest of which are from the 1530s. A majority of the materials in the collections of the National Archives were written in Swedish, the second official language, as Finland remained under Swedish rule from the 13th into 19th century. Although the majority of material in the archives comes from government officials, it also has documents