Series
British Transport Commission: Committees
Catalogue reference: AN 97
What's it about?
AN 97
Minutes and circulated papers of committees and conferences of the British Transport Commission.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 97
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Commission: Committees
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and circulated papers of committees and conferences of the British Transport Commission.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later committee records can be found in AN 21
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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)
- 484 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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1979-2003 British Railways Board
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The material in this series had not been sorted when the PRO assumed custody of British Transport Historical Records and although it was apparent that some of it duplicated material which had been classified as Railway Clearing House Minutes and Reports (RCH 1 and RCH(Y) 1, now RAIL 1080 and 1081) it was decided that all the material should be retained.
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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 Railway Clearing House retained its own corporate identity until 24 May 1954, when it became vested in the British Transport Commission (S1 1954/139). It then continued as a department of the commission until the latter body was abolished in 1962 and was finally disbanded on 31 March 1963. The Railway Clearing House had provided a secretariat for many of the committees of the Second World War Railway Executive Committee and, although it did not become legally a part of the commission until 1954, it worked in partnership with it and its executives from their beginnings and the provision of secretarial services to the main committees of the commission continued.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2292/
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British Transport Commission: Committees