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British Council: Registered Files, Tanganyika
Catalogue reference: BW 147
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BW 147
Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Tanganyika, including correspondence with the overseas representative there.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 147
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Tanganyika
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council activities in Tanganyika, including correspondence with the overseas representative 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
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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)
- 3 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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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
- Africa
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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 was represented in Tanganyika from 1950. Prior to 1964, the representative in Tanganyika also had responsibility for council affairs in Zanzibar. In 1964, Zanzibar joined Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3550/
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