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British Council: Registered Files, Iran (Persia)
Catalogue reference: BW 49
What's it about?
BW 49
Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Iran, 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 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Iran (Persia)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Iran, 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)
- 36 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Middle East
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Further accruals are expected
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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 has been represented in Iran (Persia) from 1942 to 1952, from 1955 to 1977, and from 2000 onwards.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3453/
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