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Series
Colonial Office: Research Department: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 927
What's it about?
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...
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 927
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Research Department: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later records on research projects can be found in OD 11
For other records of the Anti-Locust Research Centre, see AY 35
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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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825 file(s)
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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
- Welfare
- International
- Research
- Farming
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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 976
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5116/
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