Fonds
Official Publications
Catalogue reference: IOR/V
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This record is about the Official Publications dating from 1768-1957.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/V
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Title (The name of the record)
- Official Publications
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1768-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Official Publications sub-fonds provides near-comprehensive coverage of British Indian central and local government publications up to 1947. It also includes British statutes, parliamentary journals, debates and papers and other British official publications relating to Indian affairs. The publications of the Indian states, with the exception of administration reports, are not generally to be found in the collection.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- East India Company
- India Office
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- c 70000 volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Other official publications, including confidential prints, are in the Proceedings (P) and in the Departmental Records (L), expecially the Military Department Library (L/MIL/17), the Political and Secret Department Library (L/PS/20) and the Parliamentary Branch collections (L/PARL/2).
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Official Publications section contains the volumes which formed the reference collection maintained by the Record Department of the India Office.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/43248ffc-c058-4b43-9088-02a50b7e987a/
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Official Publications