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Foreign Office: Library and the Research Department: General Correspondence from...

Catalogue reference: FO 370

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FO 370

This series contains correspondence, etc, of the Library and of the Research Department from 1946. Includes records of the British Council Section. FO 370/596-630 were not used.

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FO 370

Title
Foreign Office: Library and the Research Department: General Correspondence from 1906
Date

1844-1966

Description

This series contains correspondence, etc, of the Library and of the Research Department from 1946. Includes records of the British Council Section.

FO 370/596-630 were not used.

Related material

For later Foreign Office Library, and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Research Department files see FCO 51

For records of the British Council Section after it became the Cultural Relations Department see FO 924

For later Foreign Office Library, and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library files see FCO 12

For Library Department correspondence up to 1905, see

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

2930 files and volumes

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
International
Research
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Series is accruing

Unpublished finding aids
Papers up to 1951 are indexed in FO 409
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7684/

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