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Series
British Council: Governing Board and Executive Committee: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: BW 68
What's it about?
BW 68
This series contains the minutes and an incomplete set of papers of the Executive Committee, and minutes of the initial Governing Board of the British Council. The original terms of reference are in the minutes of its first meeting: BW 68/2
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BW 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Governing Board and Executive Committee: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1934-1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the minutes and an incomplete set of papers of the Executive Committee, and minutes of the initial Governing Board of the British Council. The original terms of reference are in the minutes of its first meeting: BW 68/2
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Council, Executive Committee, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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58 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 1979 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
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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 Executive Committee was first suggested in order to create machinery which would carry on the work of the British Council between its meetings, and first met in February 1935. By the Royal Charter (1940) which incorporated the British Council, the government of the council and the management and direction of its affairs were formally vested in the Executive Committee.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3472/
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