Catalogue description Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Library: Registered Files (COL Series)

Search within or browse this series to find specific records of interest.

Date range

Details of CO 1059
Reference: CO 1059
Title: Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Library: Registered Files (COL Series)
Description:

This series contains selected registered files of the librarian of the Colonial Office (to August 1966) and the Commonwealth Office, dealing mainly with records management issues.

Date: 1966-1967
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: COL file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Colonial Office, Librarian, 1854-1966

Commonwealth Office, Library, 1966-1967

Physical description: 5 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The libraries of the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office were merged upon the creation of the Commonwealth Office in August 1966. Following the creation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1968, the library was merged with that of the Foreign Office.

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research