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Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
This photo shows an African American student choir who toured the UK and whose performances were attended by Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister.
Series
Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production: Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers
Catalogue reference: AVIA 10
What's it about?
AVIA 10
The papers in this series, although taken from Ministry of Aircraft Production unregistered sources, include groups of pre-War material originally raised under the auspices of the Air Ministry. They also include files relating to: administrative...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production: Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1931-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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The papers in this series, although taken from Ministry of Aircraft Production unregistered sources, include groups of pre-War material originally raised under the auspices of the Air Ministry. They also include files relating to:
- administrative matters
- contracts and finance
- industry and labour
- production and supply
- materials
- armaments and bombs
- radar and radio
- research and development, including that on engines
- missions and visits, including the British Technical (Tizard) Mission to North America 1940 to 1941
- the Air Supply Board
- the Aircraft Supply Council
- the Air Council Committee on Supply
- the 'Dam Busters' raid
Also included are the papers of Sir Wilfrid Freeman and Sir Robert Watson-Watt, and the development of radar devices at the Air Ministry Research Station at Bawdsey in Suffolk.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
AVIA 10/1-368 are arranged in subject order; pieces 369 onwards are arranged in numerical order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records relating to Sir Robert Watson-Watt see CAB 125
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Air Ministry, 1918-1964
- Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1940-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 623 files and volumes
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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 2007 Ministry of Defence
from 1967 Ministry of Aviation
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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)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2590/
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Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production: Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers
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