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Adoption Societies: Report of the Departmental Committee on Adoption of Children...
Catalogue reference: HO 342/33
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This record is about the Adoption Societies: Report of the Departmental Committee on Adoption of Children... dating from 1958-1960 in the series Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 342/33
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1958-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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Adoption Societies: Report of the Departmental Committee on Adoption of Children (Cmd.9248, 1954) and other published papers
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Children
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1441324/
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HO 342
Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files
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