Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
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Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Social Services Department:...
Catalogue reference: OD 10
What's it about?
OD 10
This series contains registered files from the Department of Technical Co-operation Social Services Department dealing with voluntary services overseas by UK individuals who were usually school leavers and young graduates or similarly qualified...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Social Services Department: Registered Files (SS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files from the Department of Technical Co-operation Social Services Department dealing with voluntary services overseas by UK individuals who were usually school leavers and young graduates or similarly qualified people. Most tended to be teachers who received an allowance for board and lodgings from the DTC and, usually, a small allowance from the host government. Those graduates who did not receive allowances from host governments tended to work in social welfare, agricultural and community development programmes.
Also contained in this series are files on financial aid to various institutions such as the Tropical Products Institute, the Anti-Locust Research Centre and the Pest Infestation Laboratory for research, and funds to overseas research stations for research on various projects.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Anti-Locust Research Centre see
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SS files series
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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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- Department of Technical Co-operation, 1961-1964
- Ministry of Overseas Development, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 179 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- See Aid to Developing Countries, published in September 1963 (Cmnd. 2147).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11381/
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