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Transfer of records from Public Record Office to Rhodes University, South Africa
Catalogue reference: PRO 1/885
What’s it about?
This record is about the Transfer of records from Public Record Office to Rhodes University, South Africa dating from 1947-1948 in the series Public Record Office: General Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 1/885
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Transfer of records from Public Record Office to Rhodes University, South Africa
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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)
- 1196
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3067629/
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Series information
PRO 1
Public Record Office: General Correspondence
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,788 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
1,698 records
Within the series: PRO 1
Public Record Office: General Correspondence
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Transfer of records from Public Record Office to Rhodes University, South Africa
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