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Colonial Office and predecessors: Gibraltar, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 91
What's it about?
CO 91
This series contains original correspondence relating to Gibraltar.
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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CO 91
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and predecessors: Gibraltar, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1705-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Gibraltar.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the Governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations), and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). With some case volumes. Each volume with a contents list, or a précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter. From 1926 correspondence is arranged in subject files.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For corrrespondence after 1951 see CO 926
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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545 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Europe and Russia
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of this correspondence see CO 326 before 1850, CO 342 after 1850. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714.
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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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Gibraltar was captured from Spain in 1704 and formally ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Work began in 1894 to convert Gibraltar into a naval base. Legislative and executive authority was vested in the governor until 1922, when an executive council was appointed. In 1940 the entire civilian population was avacuated to Britain, returning between 1944 and 1951.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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Microfilm copies were created as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (1948-1997). The microfilm images have been digitised and made available online by the National Library of Australia.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4282/
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