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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Netherlands West Indies
Catalogue reference: BW 125
What's it about?
BW 125
Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in the Netherlands West Indies, comprising correspondence between the headquarters of the British Council and its Caribbean representative who was responsible for British Council...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 125
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Netherlands West Indies
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in the Netherlands West Indies, comprising correspondence between the headquarters of the British Council and its Caribbean representative who was responsible for British Council activities in the area.
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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, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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 British Council representative was based in Trinidad, but covered the whole of the Caribbean, making regular visits not only to Netherlands West Indies but also to other Caribbean islands.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3528/
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British Council: Registered Files, Netherlands West Indies
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