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Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
This photo shows an African American student choir who toured the UK and whose performances were attended by Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister.
Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Valparaiso, Chile: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 596
What's it about?
FO 596
This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Valparaiso, Chile. Includes papers relating to the Shackleton expedition.
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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FO 596
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Valparaiso, Chile: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1871-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Valparaiso, Chile. Includes papers relating to the Shackleton expedition.
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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)
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Valparaiso, Chile, 1823-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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127 files and volumes
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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
- Americas
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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There were no archives for 1940-1941 which qualified for preservation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7897/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Foreign Office: Consulate, Valparaiso, Chile: General Correspondence
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