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Series
Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: Personnel Services Executive: Registered...
Catalogue reference: OD 47
What's it about?
OD 47
This series contains registered files produced by the Personnel Services Executive of the Overseas Development Administration, dealing with the recruitment, training, placement and support of UK development advisers 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)
- OD 47
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: Personnel Services Executive: Registered Files, Overseas Appointments and Service (PSE Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files produced by the Personnel Services Executive of the Overseas Development Administration, dealing with the recruitment, training, placement and support of UK development advisers overseas.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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By former file reference within 3 year file cycles.
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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)
- PSE 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)
- Overseas Development Administration, Personnel Services Executive, 1970-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 31 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2001 Department for International Development
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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
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1970 to 1974
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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 Personnel Services Executive of the various Overseas Service and Manpower divisions of the ministry and administration dealt with appointments and after care work for officers appointed under the Overseas Service Aid Scheme and other regional technical assistance programmes.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11418/
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