The story of
Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games
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Series
Department for Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Social Survey Division:...
Catalogue reference: PF 344
What's it about?
PF 344
This series consists of selected registered files of the Social Survey relating to surveys covering a wide range of subjects, providing research and insight into the development of government policy
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PF 344
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Social Survey Division: Registered Files (SSD Prefix Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1992-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of selected registered files of the Social Survey relating to surveys covering a wide range of subjects, providing research and insight into the development of government policy
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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)
- SSD Prefix
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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)
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 54 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 2023 Department for Digital, 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)
- This series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17836249/
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