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Series
German War Documents Project: South African Government Selections (S Afr)
Catalogue reference: GFM 8
What's it about?
GFM 8
Copies of files from the captured German Foreign Ministry Archives, filmed for the German War Documents Project, relating to South Africa and to wider African questions, for example the proposed telegraph route (1898 to 1909) between Cairo and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- GFM 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- German War Documents Project: South African Government Selections (S Afr)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of files from the captured German Foreign Ministry Archives, filmed for the German War Documents Project, relating to South Africa and to wider African questions, for example the proposed telegraph route (1898 to 1909) between Cairo and the Cape. These files were selected for filming by the South African Government.
The film copies (negative and positive) duplicate the material represented by paper prints.
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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)
- S Afr
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 190 microform
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in microform only unless otherwise stated
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Printed material found in the files has been omitted in all cases where it was deemed to be of such a nature that it can readily be found in research repositories and libraries in South Africa.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8568/
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