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Series
British Council: Registered Files, West Africa
Catalogue reference: BW 8
What's it about?
BW 8
Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in various countries in West Africa, including correspondence with the overseas representative. There is also a single volume of unregistered library reports for West Africa, including...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, West Africa
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in various countries in West Africa, including correspondence with the overseas representative. There is also a single volume of unregistered library reports for West Africa, including reports for Mauritius: BW 8/9
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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)
- 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)
- 9 file(s)
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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
- International
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3412/
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British Council: Registered Files, West Africa
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