Record revealed
Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
This photo shows an African American student choir who toured the UK and whose performances were attended by Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister.
Series
Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department:...
Catalogue reference: FCO 95
What's it about?
FCO 95
This series covers the period from 1966 to 1991 and includes registered files (IR and PR series) of the Information Research Department (IRD - closed in 1977) concerning the provision of anti-communist information via British overseas missions...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FCO 95
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered Files (IR and PR series) and Publications Produced by Successor Bodies
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Date (When the record was created)
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1948-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series covers the period from 1966 to 1991 and includes registered files (IR and PR series) of the Information Research Department (IRD - closed in 1977) concerning the provision of anti-communist information via British overseas missions and posts and other outlets. The series covers the relationship between IRD and other government departments such as the Ministry of Defence and the Central Office of Information, as well as the BBC, and IRD's relations with Western European governments including the United States. This series also contains later publications produced by FCO departments which succeeded IRD.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also FCO 168
For earlier IRD files, see FO 1110
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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)
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IR and PR series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Department, 1980-2002
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Research Department, 1968-1977
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Overseas Information Department, 1977-1980
- Foreign Office, Information Research Department, 1948-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2505 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 2006 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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)
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1967 to 1977
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected under acquisition policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the use of covert propaganda in furthering British foreign policy objectives
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16234/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: FCO
Records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors
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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered Files (IR and PR series) and Publications Produced by Successor Bodies
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