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Series
West Indies Development and Welfare Organisation: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: CO 1042
What's it about?
CO 1042
This series consists of files of the Development and Welfare Organisation relating to its wide range of responsibilities in the fields of economic and social development, including projects arising from the Colonial Development and Welfare Act...
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 1042
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Title (The name of the record)
- West Indies Development and Welfare Organisation: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files of the Development and Welfare Organisation relating to its wide range of responsibilities in the fields of economic and social development, including projects arising from the Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1940. Subjects covered include agriculture, fisheries, industrial dvelopment, transport and employment, and the development of welfare services, health, education and housing, together with public administration and public relations.
Includes files relating to the Organisation's involvement with the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission (later the Caribbean Commission), the West Indian Conferences of 1944 and 1946, the 1947 Conference on Closer Association, and the Standing Closer Association Committee which resulted from it and papers of the Commission on Unification of Public Services.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also CO 950
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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)
- 404 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5231/
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