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Records of Industrial and Engineering
Catalogue reference: Division within OD
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Division within OD
Records of industrial and engineering projects relating to assistance given by overseas development departments. Records of the Special Projects Directorate are in OD 42. Earlier files on major development engineering projects are in OD 13....
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within OD
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Industrial and Engineering
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of industrial and engineering projects relating to assistance given by overseas development departments.
Records of the Special Projects Directorate are in OD 42. Earlier files on major development engineering projects are in OD 13.
Engineering Division (ENG, ENA and ENB series): OD 134.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 series
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Overseas Development Department sometimes gave advice and sonsultancy services to major industrial and engineering projects. Between 1966 and 1971 a Special Projects Directorate was set up to perfom these functions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1172/
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