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Series
Colonial Office: Africa: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 847
What's it about?
CO 847
This series relates to British policy in Africa in general and includes a proportion of correspondence with the Foreign Office on the international implications outside Africa. The very varied subject matter includes: constitutional development,...
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CO 847
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Africa: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1932-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series relates to British policy in Africa in general and includes a proportion of correspondence with the Foreign Office on the international implications outside Africa. The very varied subject matter includes: constitutional development, cultural questions, education, finance, game and national parks, health, labour, matters relating to migration and citizenship, missionaries, personnel, political organization, religion, scientific research, trade and tariffs, transport and various wartime arrangements.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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106 file(s)
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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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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers to this correspondence see CO 917
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5036/
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