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Series
Ministry of Food: War History Papers
Catalogue reference: MAF 152
What's it about?
MAF 152
This series contains the working papers of R J Hammond, produced during his work on Food by R. J. Hammond, London 1951-1962The papers concern the Ministry of Food's general policy, the problems of supply, rationing, emergency services and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 152
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Food: War History Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1914-1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the working papers of R J Hammond, produced during his work on Food by R. J. Hammond, London 1951-1962
The papers concern the Ministry of Food's general policy, the problems of supply, rationing, emergency services and commodity controls. The series contains many transcripts and additional copies of items from the ministry's records, and also original documents, some from the highest levels of the department. At the end of the series are files of correspondence and papers concerning the work on the history.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the 'confidential print' version of the history see: CAB 102
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Other working papers for this publication are in:
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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168 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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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- Topics
- Food and drink
- Rationing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10552/
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