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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Portugal
Catalogue reference: BW 52
What's it about?
BW 52
Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Portugal, 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 52
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Portugal
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1937-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Portugal, 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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Portuguese
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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)
- 55 file(s)
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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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- 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)
- The British Council sent its first representative to Lisbon in November1938,although support had been given to the British Institute there since 1937. ThePortugese office is the longest continuous representation of the BritishCouncil.'- admin history
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3456/
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