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Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
Discover how plants travelled across the British Empire in the 19th century and the effect this has on our natural environment, and eating habits, today.
Series
British Council: Registered Files, GB Series
Catalogue reference: BW 2
What's it about?
BW 2
Papers of various committees set up in the British Council headquarters and other papers concerned with the promotion of the council overseas, including files relating to finance and accounting policy, office circulars, reports on visits abroad...
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- BW 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, GB Series
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of various committees set up in the British Council headquarters and other papers concerned with the promotion of the council overseas, including files relating to finance and accounting policy, office circulars, reports on visits abroad and files on a variety of cultural and publicity activities and other office matters.
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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)
- GB file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- 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)
- British Council, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 809 files and volumes
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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 1977 British Council
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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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- International
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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)
- The first Advisory Committees were established in 1935, to represent theinterests of the various sectors with which the British Council worked. Theexact committees changed, according to the types of activity the BritishCouncil was engaged in. They included: Visual Arts, Literature, Film,Television and Video, Science and Technology, Law, Libraries and Information,English Teaching, and Universities Advisory Committees. Advisory Panels weresmaller subject specific groups, usually falling under an advisory committee.For example, the Literature Panel fell under the English Language AdvisoryCommittee. In c.2001, the Advisory Committee structure was reviewed, and thesubject specific committees were replaced by a smaller number of sectoradvisory groups. Advisory Panels have remained, albeit on a less formalfooting, to advise the British Council on specific legal or subject areas. Forexample, the Disability Advisory Panel and the Acquisitions Panel which supportthe Art Collection.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3406/
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