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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Ministers' Papers

Catalogue reference: MAF 255

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MAF 255

Private office papers of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries and Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The papers give an indication of the great variety of subjects in which the minister became involved during his term of office including policy...

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MAF 255

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Ministers' Papers
Date

1935-1965

Description

Private office papers of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries and Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The papers give an indication of the great variety of subjects in which the minister became involved during his term of office including policy matters, copies of speeches, correspondence, official diaries and meetings with firms, individuals, other MPs and foreign ministers. Other subjects include agricultural schemes, animal and crop diseases, the fishing industry and papers concerned with the general work of the ministry. Few are earlier than 1945.

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Arrangement

The papers have been arranged strictly in the order in which they were kept by the private secretaries. They are arranged by subject rather than by minister, though a number are correspondence files with other ministers, MPs and interested organisations. This being so, date sequence has not always been maintained, and at times can be seen to over-lap. The papers have been filed in unregistered folders.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1442 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10655/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Ministers' Papers