Focus on
The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
On the Atlantic coast of Morocco are two cities that became one of the most substantial Islamic ports of the 17th Century.
Series
Ministry of Food: Senior Officers' Papers
Catalogue reference: MAF 128
What's it about?
MAF 128
Papers of senior officers of the Ministry of Food, mostly from the period of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, dealing with all aspects of the ministry's functions in controlling the processing, manufacture and distribution of...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
MAF 128
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Food: Senior Officers' Papers
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1938-1978
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Papers of senior officers of the Ministry of Food, mostly from the period of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, dealing with all aspects of the ministry's functions in controlling the processing, manufacture and distribution of foodstuffs of every kind, and the sales, prices and distribution of agricultural produce.
The two largest groups of papers are those of Sir John Bodinnar, Commercial Secretary and Head of the Supply Department from 1941 until 1945, and those of Ernest Twentyman, second secretary of the ministry from 1941 to 1945, and the British representative on the International Interim Commission for the Food and Agriculture Organisation at the time of his death in 1945.
Included among the papers of Dr K Bryce Jones are certain post-1955 items from his service in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which continue series originated during the existence of the Ministry of Food.
-
Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
-
Arrangement
Papers in this series are arranged alphabetically according to the name of the originating officer, and then numerically by their original reference.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
For Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food senior officers' papers see MAF 393
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Scientific Advisors Division (Food), 1955-1960
- Ministry of Food, 1939-1955
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
699 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
-
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))
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
-
Series is accruing.
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
These reports were compiled from 1951 onwards by the Ministry of Food to combine defence subjects covering the work of the Ministry of Food, the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Armed Forces and work done by the Research Associations at the specific request of the Ministry of Food and the Services. They were designed to give a composite picture of the research in progress of the various official and semi-official research stations in the UK.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10528/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
184,561 records
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
You are currently looking at the series: MAF 128
Ministry of Food: Senior Officers' Papers
You may be interested in
-
-
Focus on
Blood in the Wear: The Sunderland Sailors' Strike and the North Sands Massacre of August 1825
Records of a coroner’s inquest on the body of the sailor Thomas Aird reveal details of a little-known seamen’s strike that was brutally suppressed. -
The story of
Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick dispute
In August 1976, a group of migrant workers led by Jayaben Desai took a historic stand against racism, low pay and limited workers’ rights.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.