Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
Ministry of Munitions, Munitions Council: Historical Records Branch
Catalogue reference: MUN 5
What's it about?
MUN 5
Documents in this series, mostly of the period 1915 to 1922, are those specially appropriated by, or created in, the Ministry's Historical Records Branch for the purpose of preparing the official History of the Ministry of Munitions. It includes...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MUN 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Munitions, Munitions Council: Historical Records Branch
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Date (When the record was created)
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1901-1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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Documents in this series, mostly of the period 1915 to 1922, are those specially appropriated by, or created in, the Ministry's Historical Records Branch for the purpose of preparing the official History of the Ministry of Munitions. It includes some records of the Munitions Committee and Munitions of War Committees of the Cabinet and of the Armament Output Committee of the War Office.
The 'R', 'His. R' or 'His. Rec. R' sequence contains source material for the History acquired from Departments of branches, copied from other Ministry records, and domestic records of the Branch. It consists of consists of schemes for the History; correspondence with Ministers, authors and officials on its compilation; historical notes on departments and activities which sometimes supplement sections of the printed work; series of cables, circulars, office notices, minutes of committees, memoranda and instructions; organisation charts; posters; reports and notes; printed pamphlets, guides and brochures; catalogues and handbooks; statistical tables; and other papers.
The 'H', 'His. H' or 'His Rec. H' sequence consists of schemes for the History, correspondence with ministers, authors and officials about its compilation, and historical notes on departments and activities which sometimes supplement sections of the printed work.
The series also contains unregistered papers that do not fit into either of these classifications but are largely analagous to those in the 'R' sequence. They include minutes of committees, photographs and handbooks.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Papers in the 'R' and 'H' sequences are arranged according to the library-style classification schemes used when the files were compiled. The item-level catalogue references incorporate the old file numbers that were applied as part of these classification schemes. Hence, the sequence of item numbers is not always consecutive.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Ministry of Munitions' and War Office's Chemical Warfare Research Department,Porton are in WO 142
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Munitions, Munitions Council, Historical Records Branch, 1918-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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419 boxes and volumes
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Defence
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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)
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No further accruals are expected.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A subject card index formed contemporaneously with the document collection is available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location. A list of the classification numbers used in these schemes is available with the paper catalogues.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In May 1918 the Historical Records Branch was formed within a group of bodies that reported to the Munitions Council. The History of the Ministry of Munitions was fully published in 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11240/
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