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Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
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Series
British Council: Secretariat: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: BW 82
What's it about?
BW 82
A miscellaneous collection of unregistered papers of the British Council's Secretariat. These include minutes, papers and correspondence of the Committee on the Education and Training of Students from Overseas (1933-1935); correspondence of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 82
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Secretariat: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1933-1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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A miscellaneous collection of unregistered papers of the British Council's Secretariat. These include minutes, papers and correspondence of the Committee on the Education and Training of Students from Overseas (1933-1935); correspondence of senior officers about the formation of the British Council; its relations with the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Information; reports from officers in the field; Second World War plans and activities; and post-World War cultural co-operation, meetings, committees and activities, including two volumes of texts of speeches (1949-1956) by the council's chairman, Sir Ronald Adam.
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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, Secretariat, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 26 files and volumes
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3486/
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British Council: Secretariat: Miscellanea
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