The Refugee Council Archive at UEL

The Refugee Council Archive at UEL

What can you find in the Archive?

This section will outline the types of records that you may find inside the Refugee Council Archive. Please click on the types of record to get further information on that type of record:

Further Information | Types of Record

Further Information

The Classification Schemes

In this section you will find further information about the Classification Schemes used to catalogue The Refugee Council Archive at UEL. This is important to know as it will help you to track down where the items are within the Collection.

How to Use the Classification Schemes*

The classification scheme used in The Refugee Council Archive at UEL has been devised by The Refugee Council in conjunction with the Refugee Studies Centre, based at Queen Elizabeth House at the University of Oxford . It has been devised in a order to prove simple and straightforward access to info rmation on refugees from a specific country or region.

The classification scheme works as follows:

• Each region of the world is located under a different letter of the alphabet.
• Each country found within that region is defined by the addition of a further letter – for example, the classification for the United Kingdom would be Q (indicating it can be found in the region of Europe), followed by the letter U (which indicates the specific country, i.e United Kingdom ).
• These country specifications are then broken down further into, for example, Afghans living in the United Kingdom, which would be classified as FA/QU, where:
  • F is South Asians
  • A is Afghans
  • Q is Europe
  • U is the UK
• After the letters, you will then find a number which relaters to the actual subject of the particular item in question.
• If you were specifically looking for Afghan refugee children living in the UK , you would look for FA/QU86.22, where:
  • F is South Asians
  • A is Afghans
  • Q is Europe
  • U is the UK and 86.22 is the number code for children.
• If you would like further info rmation, then please contact the Archivist, Paul Dudman , on 020 8223 7676 or email p.v.dudman@uel.ac.uk .

* Guide adapted from an original produced by Mildred Hillcock of The Refugee Council's Information Centre.

This Guide can also be downloaded in PDF format.

Country Classification Scheme Full

The full list of Country Codes can be downloaded from this section in PDF format.

Subject Classification in Full

The full Subject Classification Scheme can be downloaded from this section in PDF format.

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