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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, Costa Rica
Catalogue reference: BW 25
What's it about?
BW 25
Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Costa Rica, including correspondence with the overseas representative there.
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 25
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Costa Rica
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1935-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Costa Rica, including correspondence with the overseas representative there.
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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)
- 8 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
- Americas
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- The British Council opened an office in Costa Rica in 1978, only to close iteleven months later as a cost cutting measure. It has been involved in culturalrelations with the country since 1970.' British Council, 1936-. From 1977British council.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3429/
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British Council: Registered Files, Costa Rica
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