Record revealed
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict.
Series
Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Library: Registered Files (COL Series)
Catalogue reference: CO 1059
What's it about?
CO 1059
This series contains selected registered files of the librarian of the Colonial Office (to August 1966) and the Commonwealth Office, dealing mainly with records management issues.
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 1059
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Library: Registered Files (COL Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1966-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected registered files of the librarian of the Colonial Office (to August 1966) and the Commonwealth Office, dealing mainly with records management issues.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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COL file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, Librarian, 1854-1966
- Commonwealth Office, Library, 1966-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 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
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 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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- Topics
- International
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The libraries of the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office were merged upon the creation of the Commonwealth Office in August 1966. Following the creation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1968, the library was merged with that of the Foreign Office.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5248/
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