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Department of Education and Science: Computer Board for Universities and Research...
Catalogue reference: ED 238
What's it about?
ED 238
Registered files of the Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils. dealing with the formation, constitution and development of the Board.The series also includes minutes and papers of a number of sub-committees and working parties of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ED 238
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science: Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils: Registered Files (Numbered Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1966-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files of the Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils. dealing with the formation, constitution and development of the Board.
The series also includes minutes and papers of a number of sub-committees and working parties of the board.
The files in this series originated in the Computer Board's own registry, which used a completely different file numbering system from those used in the rest of the Department of Education and Science.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils, 1966-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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76 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 Higher Education Funding Council for England
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7037/
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