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Mines Department and Successors: War Book and Associated Matters: Correspondence...

Catalogue reference: POWE 21

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POWE 21

Files relating to the control of supplies of coal and coal products during the Second World War and later, including correspondence with Divisional Coal Offices and circulars of Divisional Coal Officers and Coal Supplies Officers. Until 1942 they...

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POWE 21

Title
Mines Department and Successors: War Book and Associated Matters: Correspondence and Papers
Date

1936-1960

Description

Files relating to the control of supplies of coal and coal products during the Second World War and later, including correspondence with Divisional Coal Offices and circulars of Divisional Coal Officers and Coal Supplies Officers. Until 1942 they are records of the Mines Department.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Mines Department, 1920-1942
  • Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Division, 1942-1957
  • Ministry of Power, Coal Division, 1957-1969
Physical description

90 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Conflict
Coal
Mining and quarrying
Operations, battles and campaigns
Unpublished finding aids
A History of the Gas Industry (Unpublished) (Cabinet Office ref: CAB/HIST/G/1/1/2)
Publication note(s)
Papers referred to in the following official histories will be found in POWE 17, POWE 18, POWE 19, POWE 20, POWE 21, POWE 22: Prof. W.H.B. Court, A History of Coal (HMSO, 1951)C.I. Savage, A History of Inland Transport (H.M.S.O.1957)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11838/

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