Series
Political and Secret Department Library
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/20
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This record is about the Political and Secret Department Library dating from 1757-1952.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/L/PS/20
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Title (The name of the record)
- Political and Secret Department Library
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1757-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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A very large and varied collection of confidential prints, official publications and commercially published works, analogous to the Military Library (see under L/MIL/17), it largely consists of military reports, gazetteers, summaries of correspondence, handbooks etc. dealing with the Indian States, the frontier regions and neighbouring countries.There is a separate index.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- Approximately 150 boxes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available for research unless otherwise stated
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c14ac849-e0e7-4492-8e0c-00e8a1d92023/
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Political and Secret Department Records
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Political and Secret Department Library