Records of the Public Record Office's Internal AdministrationPRO 721996-2001Public Record Office: Presentations to Places of Deposit under the Public Records Act 1958, Section 3(6), dataset
The dataset in this series is derived from a database of public records that were not selected for permanent preservation by the Public Record Office (PRO) but donated to external academic, educational or specialist organisations in accordance with the Public Records Act 1958 (for more details see Administrative/biographical background). The types of data recorded in the dataset are as follows: the file reference for the original documentation; the creator body (the government department that created the public records to be presented); creator contact name; creator address; type and class of records presented; contact name within the presenting organisation; receiving organisation's name and address; date on which the presentation was formally approved and public access conditions applying to the records after presentation.
The following National Archives paper file series comprise the main sources where presentations were documented: CCA; CD; C25; C9; 32; GEN 33; CASE; 2/CASE; 2/GEN; RAL 13; 2/RAL 13 and 3/RAL 13.
The datasets in this series are available to download. Links to individual datasets can be found at piece level.