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Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
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Series
Dominions Office and Commonwealth Relations Office: Private Office Papers
Catalogue reference: DO 121
What's it about?
DO 121
This series contains private office papers. These unregistered files cover a wide range of subjects including correspondence with British Government representatives overseas, records of meetings held by the Secretary of State, minutes to the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DO 121
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Title (The name of the record)
- Dominions Office and Commonwealth Relations Office: Private Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1911-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains private office papers. These unregistered files cover a wide range of subjects including correspondence with British Government representatives overseas, records of meetings held by the Secretary of State, minutes to the Prime Minister, and papers about the appointment of British Government representatives in Commonwealth countries. The series includes a distinct collection of papers of Sir Eric Machtig, permanent under-secretary of state, 1940-1948.
There is an account of the Ottawa Conference 1932, and a file on the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada and the USA in 1939. Files dating from after the Second World War include a number relating to Central Africa and the formation of the Central African Federation, and some on Bechuanaland and the Khama family.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Up to piece 224, the files are in groups, with general subjects first, followed by the Commonwealth countries in alphabetical order. Thereafter the files are arranged by the former private office file number.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related papers on Central African subjects see: CO 952 CO 1015
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)
- 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)
- 274 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1972 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/C6130/
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