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Ministry of Overseas Development and predecessors: Tropical Products Institute and...
Catalogue reference: AY 4
What's it about?
AY 4
This series consists of registered files relating to scientific investigations and enquiries undertaken by the Tropical Products Institute from 1957, and its predecessors the Plant and Animal Products Department of the Imperial Institute, to...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AY 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and predecessors: Tropical Products Institute and predecessors: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1895-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files relating to scientific investigations and enquiries undertaken by the Tropical Products Institute from 1957, and its predecessors the Plant and Animal Products Department of the Imperial Institute, to 1949; the Colonial Products Advisory Bureau (Plant and Animal), 1949 to 1952; and the Colonial Products Laboratory, 1953 to 1957.
The series also contains files of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research relating to the Institute, 1959 to 1965, and of the Colonial Products Research Council (later the Colonial Products Council), 1959 to 1965.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence and papers of the Board of Trade, 1903 to 1907, and the Department of Overseas Trade, 1925 to 1948, relating to the administration of the Imperial Institute, now the Commonwealth Institute see ED 26
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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)
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2994 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Research
- Aid and development
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2718/
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Ministry of Overseas Development and predecessors: Tropical Products Institute and predecessors: Registered Files
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