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Records of Royal Institute of International Affairs
Catalogue reference: RIIA
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This record is about the Records of Royal Institute of International Affairs dating from 1920-.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RIIA
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Royal Institute of International Affairs
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1920-
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of Chatham House from its foundation, including correspondence and texts of off-the-record meetings held at the Institute (speakers include many of international repute); unpublished material from research and meetings department of the Institute.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Institute of International Affairs
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <corpname>Royal Institute of International Affairs</corpname>
- <corpname>British Institute of International Affairs</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 150 metres
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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30 year closure on all archives; archives dealing with purely internal Chatham House affairs are closed indefinitely.
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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 Royal (formerly British) Institute of International Affairs was founded in 1920 to encourage and facilitate the scientific study of international questions and to provide and maintain means of information upon international affairs. The Institute developed a programme of meetings, research, study groups, conferences and publications, and has a specialist Library and Information Service. It is a privately-funded membership organisation, frequently known as Chatham House from the name of its building in St James's Square.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- <p>International Affairs; International Affairs cumulative index 1922-1976, ed. Frances L. Kent, (Oxford, 1978).</p>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/dd3bf197-db62-425d-8dc4-3afcb135078d/
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Records of Royal Institute of International Affairs