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Ministry of Home Security: Research and Experiments Department, Civil Defence Research...
Catalogue reference: HO 195
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HO 195
Minutes, research papers and reports of the Civil Defence Research Committee and its various sub-committees and panels related to United Kingdom civil defence research and intelligence and to weapon effects of Allied and German armaments.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 195
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Home Security: Research and Experiments Department, Civil Defence Research Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, research papers and reports of the Civil Defence Research Committee and its various sub-committees and panels related to United Kingdom civil defence research and intelligence and to weapon effects of Allied and German armaments.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Home Security, Air Raid Precautions Department, Research and Experiments Branch, Civil Defence Research Committee, 1939-1940
- Ministry of Home Security, Research and Experiments Department, Civil Defence Research Committee, 1940-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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62 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A subject index to pieces 1-20 is available with the paper catalogues in the reading rooms at The National Archives
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Civil Defence Research Committee was set up in May 1939 by the Lord Privy Seal to advise on the formulation and execution of the programmes of research and experiment under the Air Raid Precautions Department. Later several sub-committees and panels were formed to study, consider, examine and determine different aspects of these programmes.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9059/
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