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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Czechoslovakia
Catalogue reference: BW 27
What's it about?
BW 27
Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Czechoslovakia, comprising correspondence between the headquarters of the British Council and its overseas representative in Czechoslovakia, and other papers relating to council...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Czechoslovakia
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Czechoslovakia, comprising correspondence between the headquarters of the British Council and its overseas representative in Czechoslovakia, and other papers relating to council activities 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)
- 47 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure 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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- Topics
- International
- Europe and Russia
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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)
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The British Council was represented in Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1950. From 1963 an officer of the council was attached to the British Embassy, but there was no separate council office. The British Council was again represented in Czechoslovakia after the restoration of democratic government in 1990. After the separation of the Czech and Slovak republics in 1993, the British Council maintained offices in both Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3431/
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