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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Training Department; Development,...
Catalogue reference: OD 19
What's it about?
OD 19
This series contains Training Department files dealing with various aspects of training, for both British and overseas personnel, in industrial, agricultural, medical, legal and other fields and, after November 1966, public administration. It...
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 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Training Department; Development, Administration and Training Department; Training Executive: Registered Files (TR Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Training Department files dealing with various aspects of training, for both British and overseas personnel, in industrial, agricultural, medical, legal and other fields and, after November 1966, public administration. It includes files which formed the records of the Committee on Training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries (Bridges Committee). There is also material on the work of the East African Common Services Organisation, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford, and the Overseas Service College, Farnham Castle, as well as relations with the British Council and the Commission on Technical Co-operation in Africa South of the Sahara (CCTA).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier files on this subject are in OD 21
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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)
- TR file 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
- Overseas Development Administration, 1970-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 317 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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- Topics
- Aid and development
- Farming
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series began in 1961
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Training Department was merged with the Administrative Services Branch in 1967 to form a Development Administration and Training Department, which the following year moved to the Education Division. This department continued until 1973 when it was disbanded and its functions distributed to other departments in the Ministry. The Training Department was disbanded in 1972 and its work transferred to the British Council.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11390/
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Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Training Department; Development, Administration and Training Department; Training Executive: Registered Files (TR Series)
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