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Ministry of Power and Predecessors: Chief Scientist's Division and Predecessors:...
Catalogue reference: POWE 25
What's it about?
POWE 25
These are mainly files of the Chief Scientist's Division of the Ministries of Fuel and Power and of Power, with some earlier records of the Mines Department. They also include records of various fuel efficiency committees, representative files...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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POWE 25
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Power and Predecessors: Chief Scientist's Division and Predecessors: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1921-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are mainly files of the Chief Scientist's Division of the Ministries of Fuel and Power and of Power, with some earlier records of the Mines Department. They also include records of various fuel efficiency committees, representative files relating to the Regional Fuel Efficiency and Government Loan Scheme, and records of the Safety in Mines Research Establishment, the minutes and papers of the Safety in Mines Research Advisory Board, and the minutes and papers of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Minister of Fuel and Power, and subsequently the Minister of Power, and of its successor, the Advisory Council on Research and development.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files in this series have been transferred in more than one batch.
POWE 25/1-161 are listed under four numbered headings:
- 1. Administration and Legislation.
- 2. Fuel Efficiency
- 3. Fuel Utilisation
- 4. Safety in Mines Research Board (Safety in Mines Research Establishment)
POWE 25/162 onwards are listed in previous reference order within each accession
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Safety and Health Divisions of the Ministry of Fuel and Power and its predecessors see POWE 8
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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)
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- Mines Department, Mining Dangers Research Board, 1920-1922
- Mines Department, Safety in Mines Research Board, 1922-1942
- Ministry of Fuel and Power, Chief Scientists Division, 1948-1957
- Ministry of Fuel and Power, Safety in Mines Research and Testing Branch, 1947-1948
- Ministry of Fuel and Power, Safety in Mines Research Board, 1942-1947
- Ministry of Power, Chief Scientists Division, 1957-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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459 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11842/
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