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The General Strike
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Ministry of Works and successors: Directorate General of Research and Development:...
Catalogue reference: WORK 72
What's it about?
WORK 72
Files relating to publicity, handbooks, and reports concerning the work of the Directorate General of Research and Development in the fields of building development, research and information management, engineering services development and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 72
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Works and successors: Directorate General of Research and Development: Unregistered Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files relating to publicity, handbooks, and reports concerning the work of the Directorate General of Research and Development in the fields of building development, research and information management, engineering services development and quantity surveying development. Includes reports on planning and building of employment exchanges, telephone exchanges and local office buildings.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2004 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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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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- Topics
- Labour
- Research
- Communications
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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/C14673/
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