A colleague here at the National Archives has asked me to circulate the
following message to the group in order to clear up some apparent
misunderstandings about records of the Commission for Racial Equality:
To clarify the situation as regards the archives/business records of the
Commission for Racial Equality - CRE is subject to the Public Records Act
1958 and is therefore required to deposit at the National Archives (TNA) any
records judged to be of long term research value to historians and others.
The selection of records for permanent preservation is made jointly by CRE
and TNA. Records have to be transferred by the time they are thirty years
old, so we expect the first transfer from CRE to TNA to take place in 2005.
The Public Records Act does not apply to library material and TNA's interest
in CRE's library holdings would be limited to preserving any of CRE's own
publications (e.g. annual reports) which will assist future users of the
selected records.
The TNA client manager with responsibility for liaison with CRE on archival
matters is Val Traylen: [log in to unmask]
Dr M K Banton
Research, Knowledge and Academic Services Department, The National Archives,
Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, UK
tel: +44 (0)20 8392 5247
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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