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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: Natural Resources Department:...
Catalogue reference: OD 25
What's it about?
OD 25
Records of the Natural Resources Department (1966-1969), the Natural Resources, FAO and Voluntary Organisations Department (1969-1970) and the Natural Resources and Voluntary Organisations Department (1970-1972) of the various overseas...
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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OD 25
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Natural Resources Department: Registered Files (NR Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1963-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Natural Resources Department (1966-1969), the Natural Resources, FAO and Voluntary Organisations Department (1969-1970) and the Natural Resources and Voluntary Organisations Department (1970-1972) of the various overseas development departments, including some re-registered Department of Technical Co-operation records. The series deals with the issues of rural and agricultural development and development of natural resources, and includes files on the work of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the FAO Department see OD 64
Earlier Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food files on relations with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation before January 1965 are in MAF 252
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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)
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NR file series
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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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- Ministry of Overseas Development, Natural Resources Department, 1964-1969
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Natural Resources, FAO and Voluntary Organisations Department, 1969-1970
- Overseas Development Administration, Natural Resources and Voluntary Organisations Department, 1970-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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243 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1963-1972
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11396/
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