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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Guinea-Bissau (GNB file series)
Catalogue reference: BW 184
What's it about?
BW 184
Registered files produced by the British Council in London recording dealings with Guinea-Bissau after it achieved independence from Portugal. The files relate to the operation of staff engaged in promoting cultural and educational links between...
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 184
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Guinea-Bissau (GNB file series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1975-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files produced by the British Council in London recording dealings with Guinea-Bissau after it achieved independence from Portugal. The files relate to the operation of staff engaged in promoting cultural and educational links between the United Kingdom and Guinea-Bissau remotely from headquarters in London and from other offices in the region.
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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)
- GNB file series
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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)
- 1 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2004 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
- Africa
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Occasional further accruals 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 and 2.2.1.6, documenting the development of United Kingdom cultural relations with Guinea-Bissau.
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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 never had an office in Guinea-Bissau.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15881/
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