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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 62
What's it about?
MAF 62
Records of the first Agricultural Wages Board, 1917 to 1921, and of the second Agricultural Wages Board, and its various committees, 1924 to 1974. The series also includes the Board's annual reports.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Agricultural Wages Board Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the first Agricultural Wages Board, 1917 to 1921, and of the second Agricultural Wages Board, and its various committees, 1924 to 1974. The series also includes the Board's annual reports.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For minutes of the second Agricultural Wages Board meetings 1-484, see MAF 63
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- WB file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Agricultural Wages Board, 1917-1921
- Agricultural Wages Board, 1924-1924
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 449 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1961 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10463/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Agricultural Wages Board Correspondence and Papers
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