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Series

Public Trustee Office: Correspondence and Papers

Catalogue reference: PT 1

What's it about?

PT 1

This series contains files relating to the organisation and procedure of the office, accommodation, staffing and general establishment matters, and to the activities of the Public Trustee as Custodian of Enemy Property.

Full description and record details

Reference

PT 1

Title
Public Trustee Office: Correspondence and Papers
Date

1906-1986

Description

This series contains files relating to the organisation and procedure of the office, accommodation, staffing and general establishment matters, and to the activities of the Public Trustee as Custodian of Enemy Property.

Arrangement
Arrangement

PT 1/1-52 are arranged in chronological order; PT 1/53-158 and 159-242 are arranged in registry series order with files (prefix F) arranged before batches (prefix B). Batches was the term used in the Public Trustee Office for folders of papers which were not expected to accrue and consequently registered files were not raised. Further departments used are ADP (automatic data processing), N (departmental notes) and PT (Public Trustee).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

242 files and volumes

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12176/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

348 records

Within the department: PT

Records of the Public Trustee Office

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Public Trustee Office: Correspondence and Papers