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Series
British Council: Registered Files, USSR
Catalogue reference: BW 64
What's it about?
BW 64
Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in the USSR, comprising correspondence between the headquarters of the British Council and its overseas representative in the USSR, and other papers relating to council activities 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 64
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, USSR
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in the USSR, comprising correspondence between the headquarters of the British Council and its overseas representative in the USSR, 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 and Russian
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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)
- 152 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)
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From 1945 to 1947, and since 1967, an officer of the British Council has been attached to the British Embassy in the USSR. There is no separate council office.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3468/
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