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Series
British Council: Drama and Dance Advisory Committee: Minutes of Meetings
Catalogue reference: BW 120
What's it about?
BW 120
Minutes of meetings of the Drama Advisory Committee, and its successor, the Drama and Dance Advisory Committee, concerning their responsibilities for advising on visits by British theatre companies abroad and other means of publicising British...
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BW 120
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Drama and Dance Advisory Committee: Minutes of Meetings
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of meetings of the Drama Advisory Committee, and its successor, the Drama and Dance Advisory Committee, concerning their responsibilities for advising on visits by British theatre companies abroad and other means of publicising British drama overseas.
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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, Drama Advisory Committee, 1939-1980
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1989 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
- Performing arts
- 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 Drama Advisory Committee was formed in 1939 to make provision for sending high quality British dramatic companies abroad as part of wartime cultural propaganda. In 1980, its title was changed to the Drama and Dance Advisory Committee.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3523/
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