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Archive Group AG 9 - Archives of Field Offices, Institutes and Centres
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AG 9
Title
Archives of Field Offices, Institutes and Centres
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Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Only some archives from Field Offices have so far been transferred to the UNESCO Archives at Headquarters (see scope and content), mostly from Field Offices which had been closed.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The main component of this fond are the archives and records of Field Offices, Institutes and Centres which have already been transferred to the UNESCO Archives.
It further includes information about the archival holdings which are kept by the Field Units themselves (inventories, lists, questionnaires, descriptions etc.).
About some of the the Field Offices, Institutes and Centres information material as brochures, historical descriptions etc. is available.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accruals and transfer of the archives of Field Offices are expected.
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Finding aids
Please refer to sub-fonds and collections to view the available finding aids for the single Field Offices, Institutes or Centres.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The bulk of the archival holdings of the UNESCO Field Offices are for the time being kept by these offices themselves.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Records about some of the Field Units or the co-operation with them may also be included in the correspondence files of the relevant sectors (see AG 8) or the Secretariat records (see AG 6).
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Created by Julia Pohle, August 2009
