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Series
Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War
Catalogue reference: ADM 137
What's it about?
ADM 137
A collection of documents forming material for the official history of the First World War, arranged in three series, respectively from the Admiralty Secretariat, from commands and stations, and from Naval Staff. To them have been added other...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 137
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War
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Date (When the record was created)
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1860-1937
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Description (What the record is about)
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A collection of documents forming material for the official history of the First World War, arranged in three series, respectively from the Admiralty Secretariat, from commands and stations, and from Naval Staff. To them have been added other papers of varied origin, including War Diaries of the Royal Naval Division and papers of 'Room 40' (including copies of WirelessNews) and the Naval Intelligence Division and the Allied Naval Council (eg pieces 1663-1796).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The documents in this series were extracted from the Admiralty Record Office by the editors of the official histories and rearranged by them in a form which reflects the structure of those volumes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Wireless News, see also: ADM 233
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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)
- Board of Admiralty, Historical Section, 1919-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4837 files and volumes
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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 unless otherwise stated
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- An index to the series is available at the PRO. A 'key' is also available, which relates entries in the Admiralty Digest and Index of Correspondence (ADM 12) to the HS volume in which the papers have been bound up. These volume numbers are shown in the Scope and Content of the ADM 137 pieces.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1846/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War
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