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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
Series
Public Record Office: Registered Files: Numerical Series
Catalogue reference: PRO 54
What's it about?
PRO 54
This series of Public Record Office correspondence files was started in January 1956 and consists of subject files dealing with staff matters and with the work and functions of the office.Subjects include publications policy, records...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 54
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Registered Files: Numerical Series
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series of Public Record Office correspondence files was started in January 1956 and consists of subject files dealing with staff matters and with the work and functions of the office.
Subjects include publications policy, records administration, care of records, photo-reproduction of records, the Particular Instance Papers Committee, copyright, buildings and branch repositories, appointment of places of deposit, organisation and methods, and the Public Records Act.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
There were three consecutive cycles, each closed after five years. The second and third cycle references were prefaced 2/ and 3/ respectively. At first an attempt was made to arrange subjects in alphabetical order, but new subjects were added serially after subject code 193.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Both series were preceded by the general correspondence files which are in PRO 1
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Public Record Office, 1838-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 320 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1988 Public Record Office
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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
- Archives and libraries
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a key to former reference subject code prefixes. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12093/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,787 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Public Record Office: Registered Files: Numerical Series
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