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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 and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department:...
Catalogue reference: FO 1110
What's it about?
FO 1110
This series contains registered and miscellaneous files of the Information Research Department (IRD) concerning the provision of anti-Communist information via British overseas missions and posts and other outlets, such as regional information...
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 1110
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: General Correspondence (PR and IR Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1948-2013
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered and miscellaneous files of the Information Research Department (IRD) concerning the provision of anti-Communist information via British overseas missions and posts and other outlets, such as regional information offices. The series covers the relationship between IRD and other government departments such as the Ministry of Defence and the Central Office of Information, as well as the British Broadcasting Corporation; IRD's relations with Western European governments including the United States; persons of interest; and the establishment of IRD's working methods. The files reveal the difficulties encountered by the existing services in carrying out IRD work which fell outside orthodox Foreign Office activity.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later Information Research Department (IRD) files are in FCO 95
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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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IR 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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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Department, 1980-2002
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Research Department, 1968-1977
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Overseas Information Department, 1977-1980
- Foreign Office, Information Research Department, 1948-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2622 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 1995 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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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 Information Research Department was formed in 1948 to collect information concerning Communist policy, tactics and propaganda and to provide material for anti-Communist publicity. In 1968, the department became the responsibility of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8409/
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