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Ministry of Works and successors: Chief Information Officer's Branch: Registered...
Catalogue reference: WORK 59
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WORK 59
This series contains registered files of the Chief Information Officer's Branch of the Directorate of Establishments. They are concerned with publicity and the dissemination of information. They cover measures for ancient monuments, the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WORK 59
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Works and successors: Chief Information Officer's Branch: Registered Files (EG Series).
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Date (When the record was created)
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1951-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Chief Information Officer's Branch of the Directorate of Establishments. They are concerned with publicity and the dissemination of information. They cover measures for ancient monuments, the publication of guidebooks, reports on sales and attendances at ancient monument sites, and minutes and papers of the Ancient Monuments Presentation Committee, which was responsible for publicizing ancient monuments. Also included are papers on the preparation for the lying in state of Sir Winston Churchill and arrangements for a press visit to the Building Research Station at Garston.
Most files were registered in the EG series, which appears to have been raised in 1960. Most of the material in the series dates from the 1960s but there are some re-registered files that originated in the 1950s.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also Records created or inherited by the Department of the Environment, and of related bodies:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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EG file series
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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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- Department of the Environment, Establishments and Management Services Group, Directorate of Information, 1972-1972
- Department of the Environment, Establishments and Management Services Group, Information, 1973-1978
- Department of the Environment, Establishments and Organisation Division, Information Branch, 1970-1971
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate of Establishments, Chief Information Officers Branch, 1962-1970
- Ministry of Works, Directorate of Establishments, Chief Information Officers Branch, 1948-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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116 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1988 Department of the Environment
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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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Series is accruing
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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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The Chief Information Officer's Branch of the Directorate of Establishments existed as such in the Ministry of Works from 1948 to 1962 and in the Ministry of Public Building and Works from 1962 to 1970. An Information Branch continued to exist thereafter within the Establishments and Management Services Group of the Department of the Environment.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14660/
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