Record revealed
Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
This photo shows an African American student choir who toured the UK and whose performances were attended by Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister.
Series
Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulates, United States of America: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 115
What's it about?
FO 115
This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulates in the United States of America. Includes files from the Second World War of the British Supply Council in North America, the British Purchasing Agency, the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 115
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulates, United States of America: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1791-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulates in the United States of America. Includes files from the Second World War of the British Supply Council in North America, the British Purchasing Agency, the British Purchasing Commission, the British Raw Materials Mission and the Advisory Council on Atomic Energy.
A selected record within this series (FO 115/1710) is available to download as digital microfilm.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the records of the British Air Commission and other supply missions to North America:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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TA
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulates, United States of America, 1791-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, United States of America, 1791-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4778 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in original form unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1966 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For indexes to FO 115/2011-3392 see FO 951
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7429/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulates, United States of America: General Correspondence
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