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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Mauritania
Catalogue reference: BW 217
What's it about?
BW 217
Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in Mauritania.
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 217
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Mauritania
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in Mauritania.
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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)
- MTN 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 and French
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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
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2017 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Created by British Council headquarters, and retained in off-site storage until transfer.
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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 not been represented in Mauritania but has been active there primarily running projects on behalf of the Overseas Development Agency. The British Council Representative in Morocco had responsibility for coordinating any activities in Mauritania.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15660590/
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British Council: Registered Files, Mauritania
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