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Public Record Office: Registered Files: Records Administration (CD Series)

Catalogue reference: PRO 58

What's it about?

PRO 58

This series of files, started in 1956, concern liaison between the PRO and government departments about the implementation of the Grigg report and Public Records Act 1958, and the selection and transfer of records.Records administration files...

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Reference

PRO 58

Title
Public Record Office: Registered Files: Records Administration (CD Series)
Date

1945-1977

Description

This series of files, started in 1956, concern liaison between the PRO and government departments about the implementation of the Grigg report and Public Records Act 1958, and the selection and transfer of records.

Records administration files were normally kept by the inspecting officers, who were the PRO officers responsible for advising departments on matters relating to records management, and supervising and approving material for permanent preservation. There was a main file for each department or other transferring body, and often sub-files relating to bodies responsible to that department, out-stations and sometimes specific series of records.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

CD file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

697 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

In 1990-2011 Public Record Office

Accruals

No further accruals are expected

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12097/

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: Records Administration (CD Series)