Catalogue description Records of the Research Department

Details of Division within CO
Reference: Division within CO
Title: Records of the Research Department
Description:

Contains records of the Research Department relating to all aspects of research in the colonies and into colonial affairs.

Correspondence of the department is in CO 927, with registers in CO 976
Date: 1944-1962
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Colonial Office, Research Department, 1945-1961
Physical description: 2 series
Administrative / biographical background:

The Research Department was established in 1945 with responsibility for all aspects of research in the colonies and in fields relating to colonial affairs. By 1949 it was included in the Economic Division, and in 1961 it was transferred to the Department of Technical Co-operation.

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