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Series
Department of National Heritage and predecessor: Public Loans Committee Records (PLC...
Catalogue reference: PF 412
What's it about?
PF 412
This series contains records relating to the development of the British Library and cover co-ordination and progress of the project. The records also relate to a Public Loans function offered by the Department of the Environment in support of the...
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 412
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Title (The name of the record)
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Department of National Heritage and predecessor: Public Loans Committee Records (PLC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1990-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the development of the British Library and cover co-ordination and progress of the project. The records also relate to a Public Loans function offered by the Department of the Environment in support of the British Library.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For more in-depth records relating to the DCMS British Library Project, see PF 402
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)
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PLC
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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 of National Heritage, 1992-1997
- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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10 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2025 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Some of the records were inherited from the Department for the Environment following the creation of the Department of Heritage in 1992.
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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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The Public Loans function was offered by the Department of the Environment in support of the British Library (which came into existence in its own right in 1973). In 1992, responsibility for major infrastructure projects relating to heritage organisations was transferred from the Department of the Environment to the newly-established Department of National Heritage.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19768287/
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Department of National Heritage and predecessor: Public Loans Committee Records (PLC Series)
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