Focus on
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: Establishment, Registered Files (E Series)
Catalogue reference: PRO 68
What's it about?
PRO 68
This series contains files of the Establishment and Accounts Division primarily on the commissioning of the new PRO building at Kew, which opened in 1977, but also covering a review of the organisation and management of the PRO, staff relations...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 68
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Establishment, Registered Files (E Series)
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-1980
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series contains files of the Establishment and Accounts Division primarily on the commissioning of the new PRO building at Kew, which opened in 1977, but also covering a review of the organisation and management of the PRO, staff relations and papers of the Research and Planning Unit.
-
Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
-
Former reference order.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Public Record Office, Establishment and Accounts Division, 1958-1992
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 35 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
Public Record Office
-
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))
-
- Topics
- Archives and libraries
-
Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Created and held within Establishment and Accounts Division, Public record Office.
-
Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1971-1975
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Only key policy files have been preserved.
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
Establishment and Accounts Division was responsible for personnel functions ( including recruitment, discipline and staff relations), financial functions (including accounts and estimates), file registry for the whole PRO and procurement of equipment and stores.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12110/
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
You are currently looking at the series: PRO 68
Public Record Office: Establishment, Registered Files (E Series)
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history. -
Record revealed
Sir Henry Cole’s rat
Our collection includes many weird and wonderful records – one of the weirdest is undoubtedly a small box containing the remains of two long-dead rats.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.