Series
Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1974-1979
Catalogue reference: PREM 16
What's it about?
PREM 16
The records in this series cover the Labour administration of 1974 to 1979. Files relate to all matters in which the Prime Minister was involved, except for honours and patronage.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PREM 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1974-1979
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1973-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series cover the Labour administration of 1974 to 1979. Files relate to all matters in which the Prime Minister was involved, except for honours and patronage.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2297 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 2004 Cabinet Office
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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)
- The majority of these files are selected for permanent preservation as they range across all the topics within the TNA Acquisition Policy criterion 2.1.1 concerning the policy and administrative processes of the state.
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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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Harold Wilson was Prime Minister from 1974 to 1976. James Callaghan was Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15739/
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Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1974-1979