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Series
Department for Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: British Library Project...
Catalogue reference: PF 402
What's it about?
PF 402
This series contains records regarding the development and establishment of the British Library site at Euston. The series is mainly composed of project documentation including method statements; progress and site reports; drawings; and minutes...
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 402
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: British Library Project (BL; BLP) Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1988-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records regarding the development and establishment of the British Library site at Euston. The series is mainly composed of project documentation including method statements; progress and site reports; drawings; and minutes of the project steering committee.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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More records concerning the development of the Euston site can be found in: CM 23 CM 42
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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)
- BL, BLP
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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
- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
- Office of Arts and Libraries, 1979-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 27 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 2024 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
- Archives and libraries
- Sports
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Some of the records were inherited from the Office of Arts and Libraries and the Department for the Environment, following the creation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (then Department of Heritage) in 1992.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19363069/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
8,083 records
Within the department: PF
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: British Library Project (BL; BLP) Registered Files
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