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Series
Colonial Office: Private Office Papers
Catalogue reference: CO 967
What's it about?
CO 967
The series contains private office papers on various subjects including the functions and organisation of the Colonial Office, appointments of governors and other officials and visits to and development of the colonies. There are also files...
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 967
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Private Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1873-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains private office papers on various subjects including the functions and organisation of the Colonial Office, appointments of governors and other officials and visits to and development of the colonies. There are also files relating to the League of Nations, the International Tin Agreement and the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee together with correspondence with various governors and semi-official correspondence. Though the papers are unregistered many of those files originating with Sir Thomas Lloyd, Permanent Under Secretary for the colonies 1947-1956, do retain departmental references.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records are arranged by subject or colony to CO 967/152, and thereafter by the name of the minister or official whose private office papers they were.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later private office files see FCO 73
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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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443 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5156/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CO
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