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Dame Evelyn Adelaide Sharp CBE, Permanent Secretary: personal papers
Catalogue reference: HLG 124/68
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1928-1972
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Dame Evelyn Adelaide Sharp CBE, Permanent Secretary: personal papers
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- EST/P3278/1
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- Closed Until 2002
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- Open Document, Open Description
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