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Colonial Office: Research Department: Original Correspondence

Catalogue reference: CO 927

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CO 927

This series contains files of the Research Department on all aspects of research in science and the social sciences. Includes minutes and papers of the Colonial Research Council and the Committee for Colonial Agriculture and other colonial...

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CO 927

Title
Colonial Office: Research Department: Original Correspondence
Date

1944-1962

Description

This series contains files of the Research Department on all aspects of research in science and the social sciences. Includes minutes and papers of the Colonial Research Council and the Committee for Colonial Agriculture and other colonial research organizations, and files on the use of Colonial Development and Welfare (CDW) funds on research in colonial territories.

Related material

Later records on research projects can be found in OD 11

For other records of the Anti-Locust Research Centre, see AY 35

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

825 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
Welfare
International
Research
Farming
Unpublished finding aids
For registers of this correspondence see CO 976
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5116/

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