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Series
Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: West Africa Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: OD 65
What's it about?
OD 65
This series contains registered files (WAD series) showing the provision of British development aid to The Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Dahomey and Cameroon.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 65
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: West Africa Department: Registered Files (WAD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1975-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files (WAD series) showing the provision of British development aid to The Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Dahomey and Cameroon.
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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)
- WAD series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development, West Africa Department, 1975-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 53 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 2005 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)
- File series began in 1975
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- One further accession 3 years after the first accession can be expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under Acquisition Policy criteria 2.2.1.3, 2.2.1.5 and 2.2.2.2, documenting the delivery of British development assistance to states in West Africa.
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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 West Africa Department was created in 1975 when the work of the West and North Africa Department of the Overseas Development Administration was split. The department was reformed to become the West and Central Africa Department in 1976.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15750/
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