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Catalogue description British Council: Books and Periodicals Committee and British Books Overseas Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
| Reference: | BW 70 |
|---|---|
| Title: | British Council: Books and Periodicals Committee and British Books Overseas Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers |
| Description: |
Minutes and papers of the British Council's Books and Periodicals Committee, and the later British Books Overseas Advisory Committee, concerning their responsibilities for recommending books for inclusion in the libraries of oversea missions, for exhibitions and for export, and advising on such matters as copyright, translations and publications of books on British life and thought. |
| Date: | 1936-1993 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
British Council, Books and Periodicals Committee, 1936-1948 British Council, British Books Overseas Advisory Committee, 1959-1963 |
| Physical description: | 7 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1979 British Council |
| Selection and destruction information: | No records of the Books and Periodicals Committee after 1946, or its successor, the Books and Periodicals Advisory Panel, are known to have survived. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1948 the Books and Periodicals Committee became the Books and Periodicals Advisory Panel. In 1959 a new British Books Overseas Advisory Committee was formed to advise the British Council on how to counter the perceived threat posed by the distribution, especially in South-East Asia, of Chinese and Russian produced books in English. |
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