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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Angola
Catalogue reference: BW 195
What's it about?
BW 195
Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in Angola, including correspondence with the British Council Representative there.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 195
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Angola
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in Angola, including correspondence with the British Council Representative there.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ANG prefix
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English, French and Portuguese
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Council, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2016 British Council
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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))
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- Topics
- International
- Africa
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under The National Archives Records Collection Policy, meeting criteria 3.1.1: significant records concerning international relations.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The British Council has been active in Angola since 1980 but with no in-country representation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14458168/
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