The story of
The Treason Trial in South Africa, 1956–1961
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Series
Colonial Office: General Register of Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 378
What's it about?
CO 378
This series contains general registers of Colonial Office correspondence.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 378
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: General Register of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general registers of Colonial Office correspondence.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 218 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A card index is available at the Natioanl Archives. It is in two parts and relates only to CO 378/80-214. The first part is arranged by file series in numerical order. Other information given on the card includes year subject and the piece number of the
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
- 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/C4569/
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