The cantonal archives contain the contracts, records and archival books of the government, the cantonal administration, courts and parliament. Up until 2012, such documents have been archived mainly according to their pertinence or subject area.
Since 2012, however, incoming material is sorted and registered according to the provenance principle, i.e. according to its origin. But, as this material may also date back decades, in some instances it overlaps in time with material previously archived according to the pertinence principle (see above).
In addition to PDF search tools for individual fonds (see below), the archival information system also provides a search function across all holdings of the Archives of the Grisons.