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Series
British Council: Registered Files, The Baltics
Catalogue reference: BW 196
What's it about?
BW 196
Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), including correspondence with the British Council Representatives 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 196
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, The Baltics
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1991-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), including correspondence with the British Council Representatives there.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also BW 2
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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)
- BLT prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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)
- 2 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 2015 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
- Europe and Russia
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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 represented in the Baltics since 1991; the Baltic States covering Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Previously the British Council coordinated activities in the member states of the USSR via the Soviet Relations Committee. The records can be found in series BW 2.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14458169/
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British Council: Registered Files, The Baltics
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