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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
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Ministry of Transport and successor, Establishment and Organisation: Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: MT 45
What's it about?
MT 45
This series contains material concerned with the original organisation of the Ministry and its subsequent development, mainly illustrating the functions of its Establishment Division in the fields of accommodation, legislation, office procedure...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 45
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and successor, Establishment and Organisation: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1906-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains material concerned with the original organisation of the Ministry and its subsequent development, mainly illustrating the functions of its Establishment Division in the fields of accommodation, legislation, office procedure and staff matters, both at home and abroad.
The series includes some files from the G registered series, the majority of which are in MT 96
Some files concerning the Road Research Laboratory, relevant to DSIR 27 and DSIR 28 are here.
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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)
- 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)
- Ministry of Transport, Secretarial and Legal Department, Establishment Division, 1919-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 881 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department of Transport , from 1985 to 1997 , from 1999
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions , from 1985 to 1997 , from 1999
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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/C11094/
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Ministry of Transport and successor, Establishment and Organisation: Correspondence and Papers
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