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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Swaziland
Catalogue reference: BW 188
What's it about?
BW 188
This series contains records created by the British Council in London concerning Council activities in Swaziland.
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 188
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Swaziland
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records created by the British Council in London concerning Council activities in Swaziland.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier files relating to British Council activity in the three High Commission territories, including Swaziland, are in BW 139
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Council, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 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 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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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)
- Records selected under criteria 2.2.1.3 and 2.2.1.6 of the PRO Acquisition Policy, documenting the development of Britain's cultural relations with Swaziland.
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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 overseas representative based in Swaziland.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15905/
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