Series
International Railway Congress Association: XVI Session London, 1954: Records
Catalogue reference: AN 128
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AN 128
Papers and minutes relating to the organisation of the 1954 international railway congress, including a collection of examples of items available to delegates and their guests, such as programmes of events, brochures, menus and copies of the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 128
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Title (The name of the record)
- International Railway Congress Association: XVI Session London, 1954: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers and minutes relating to the organisation of the 1954 international railway congress, including a collection of examples of items available to delegates and their guests, such as programmes of events, brochures, menus and copies of the Congress Daily Journal, (English edition).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 75 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The collection was kept by Mr C E Whitworth, the English general secretary of the congress, and was donated by his wife Mrs E O Whitworth, on his death.
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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 International Railway Congress Association is a forum for the management of the railways of the world to exchange their views and to standardise their working practices wherever desirable. It meets every four years in various host countries and the 1954 congress was in Britain.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2320/
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International Railway Congress Association: XVI Session London, 1954: Records