Colonial Office

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1854-1966
History:	Became an independent office in 1854. Responsible for administering all aspects of government in the Empire's colonies. In Aug 1966 it merged with the Commonwealth Relations Office to form the Commonwealth Office.
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C277262

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1845-2000: Colonial Office and successors: Annual Reports	The National Archives, Kew	CO 1071
2	1835-2012: Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives	The National Archives, Kew	FCO 141
3	1900-1940: Colonial Office: Registers and Indexes of Maps and Plans		CO 1072
4	1900-1905: War Office and Colonial Office: Civilian Claims to Military Compensation Boards, South African War	The National Archives, Kew	WO 148
5	1815-1986: Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection	The National Archives, Kew	CO 1069
6	1955-1993: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Office of the Governor of Gibraltar: Correspondence Files		FCO 193
7	1879-1952: Photographs Extracted from CO series	The National Archives, Kew	CN 3
8	1798-1949: Colonial Office and predecessors: Ceylon, Original Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 54
9	1878-1951: Colonial Office: Cyprus, Original Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 67
10	1778-1951: Colonial Office and predecessors: Mauritius, Original Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 167
11	1878-1951: Colonial Office: Cyprus Register of Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 512
12	1904-1908: Colonial Office: South Africa, Intercolonial Council Original Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 527
13	1902-1903: Colonial Office: South Africa Railways Original Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 528
14	1904-1908: Colonial Office: South Africa, Intercolonial Council Register of Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 634
15	1904-1908: Colonial Office: South Africa, Intercolonial Council Register of Out-letters	The National Archives, Kew	CO 635
16	1903: Colonial Office: South Africa Railways Register of Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 636
17	1903: South Africa Railways Register of Out-letters	The National Archives, Kew	CO 637
18	1919-2004: Colonial Office: Palestine Original Correspondence and Other Records	The National Archives, Kew	CO 733
19	1927-1964: Colonial Office: East Africa: Original Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	CO 822
20	1897-1973: Colonial Office: Public Relations Department, later Information Department: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	CO 875
21	1843-1970: War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern	The National Archives, Kew	CO 882
22	1570-1990: Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies	The National Archives, Kew	CO
23	1821-1867: Colonial Office and Foreign Office: Consulate, Algiers, Algeria: General Correspondence, Series II	The National Archives, Kew	FO 112
24	1843-1990: Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices	The National Archives, Kew	DO
25	1825-1873: Colonial Office: Secret Service Activities Abroad, Letterbook	The National Archives, Kew	HD 4

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Commonwealth Office	Successor/Predecessor		See Also