The story of
Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games
In the summer of 1948, neurologist Ludwig Guttmann set up a sporting competition between patients. It was the birth of the Paralympic Games.
Series
Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport and Predecessors: Bill Papers
Catalogue reference: PF 232
What's it about?
PF 232
This series contains records relating to Bills, Acts of Parliament and departmental papers
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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PF 232
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport and Predecessors: Bill Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1980-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to Bills, Acts of Parliament and departmental papers
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in volumes in number order within individual Bills
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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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Bill Papers
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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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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
- Home Office, 1782-1782
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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57 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 2020 Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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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
- Sports
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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These records were created by Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport and Predecessors. Policy responsibility had previously passed from the Home Office (1980-1991), to the Department of National Heritage (1992-1997), and the Department for Culture Media and Sport (1997-2017).
Records of the Legal and Parliamentary Branch from 1980 include papers relating to the Broadcasting, National Lottery and Licensing Act and Bills
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17107000/
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