Record revealed
The first American invention to obtain an English patent
These intricate 1716 drawings were submitted by Sybilla Masters in the final stage of securing a patent for machinery for 'cleaning and curing Indian corn'.
Series
Overseas Development Administration: United Nations and Commonwealth Department:...
Catalogue reference: OD 56
What's it about?
OD 56
Contains records of the United Nations and Commonwealth Department dealing with questions relating to the United Kingdom's relations with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OD 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Overseas Development Administration: United Nations and Commonwealth Department: Registered Files (IDJ Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1986-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains records of the United Nations and Commonwealth Department dealing with questions relating to the United Kingdom's relations with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By original file series reference within three-year cycle.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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IDJ prefix files from 1989 to 2006 are in: OD 148
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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)
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IDJ file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Overseas Development Administration, United Nations and Commonwealth Department, 1984-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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8 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1999 Department for International Development
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1984
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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OD 56/1-3 were selected for permanent preservation following an accelerated review process under the Open Government Initiative in the Overseas Development Administration identified certain subjects whose records could be released early, including files of the Camberley Group on United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation policy. Other files in the series will be subjected to selection review when they are due regular second review from c 2003.
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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 United Nations and Commonwealth Department was formed in 1984 after the merger of its predecessors, United Nations Departments A and B. Its work dealt with dealing with development aspects of the United Kingdom's relations with the Commonwealth, the United Nations, and various other international development organisations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14909/
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