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Series
Public Record Office: Accessions of Records, Registered Files (Case Files)
Catalogue reference: PRO 57
What's it about?
PRO 57
The files in this series, which was started in 1956, were used by the officers of the Records Administration Division and its successor, the Government Services Department, whose responsibility it is to select those records which should be...
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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PRO 57
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Accessions of Records, Registered Files (Case Files)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1956-2014
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series, which was started in 1956, were used by the officers of the Records Administration Division and its successor, the Government Services Department, whose responsibility it is to select those records which should be preserved permanently at the Public Record Office and to oversee their transfer into Public Record Office series.
Files contain the formal transfer document, later known as the 'Blue Form' and notes on the documents transferred. Copies of publications etc issued by the Records Administration Division giving advice to government departments are in PRO 52.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The CA file series ran for five years and was succeeded by the 2/CA series (which ran from 1961 to 1965), the 3/CA series (1966-1970), the C1 series (1971-1975), the CASE 1 series (1976-1980), the 2/CASE 1 series (1980-1986) and the RAA series (1987 onwards).
Some files relate to more than one record series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Both the case files and subject file series were preceded by 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)
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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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- Public Record Office, 1838-2003
- The National Archives, 2003-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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16791 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Public Record Office , from 1989
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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)
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Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A key to the The National Archives series covered by these files is available on open access. 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/C12096/
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: Accessions of Records, Registered Files (Case Files)
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