Microfilm Centre (), opened in the Château d'Espeyran, in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, in 1973. This centre stores original microforms of documents held in other archive centres, both national and departmental, in case the original documents were destroyed. This centre keeps approximately 61 million views of original documents. Sister agencies National Overseas Archives (ANOM) The National Overseas Archives ( or ANOM), originally the Centre for Overseas Archives (), opened in Aix-en-Provence in 1966. It stores the archives from the ministries in charge of the French colonies and Algeria until the 1960s (such as the Ministry of Colonies) as well as the archives transferred from the French colonies and Algeria at the time of their independence between 1954 and 1962. The ANOM also possesses private and corporate archives related to the former French colonies and Algeria. In total the ANOM keeps of archives from the 17th to the 20th century covering more than 40 currently independent countries spread over 5 continents. Note that the archives concerning Tunisia and Morocco, which were protectorates and not colonies, are kept by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its Diplomatic Archives. In addition to these 36.5 km of archives, the ANOM also possesses 60,000 maps and plans going back to the 17th century, 150,000 photographs, 20,000 postcards, and 100,000 books. National Archives of the World of Labour (ANMT) The National Archives of the World of Labour ( or ANMT), originally the Centre for the Archives of the World of Labour (), opened in Roubaix in 1993. It stores the archives of businesses, trades unions, associations and corporations, and architects. In total it contains of archives (as of 2020). Most of the archives at the ANMT are private archives. See also Rue des Archives References Citations Bibliography Favier, Lucie, 2004. La mémoire de l'État: histoire des Archives nationales. Paris: Fayard. . Claire Béchu (dir.), Les Archives nationales, des lieux pour l'histoire de France: bicentenaire d'une installation (1808–2008), Paris, Somogy & Archives nationales, 2008, 384 p. () Philippe Béchu & Christian Taillard, Les Hôtels de Soubise et de Rohan, Paris, Somogy, 2004, 488 p. () Miller, David C.(2019) "Armand-Gaston Camus: Catholic Scholar, Revolutionary, and Founder of the National Archives of France." Catholic Library World (December) 90, no.2 External links La mémoire de l’Etat: Histoire des archives nationales Ideology, practicality, and fiscal necessity: The creation of the Archives Nationales and the triage of feudal titles by the Agence Temporaire des Titres,