Series
Ministry of Supply and successors: British Central Scientific Office and British...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 42
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AVIA 42
Registered Files of the British Central Scientific Office and of its successor the British Commonwealth Scientific Office.
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 42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Supply and successors: British Central Scientific Office and British Commonwealth Scientific Office: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered Files of the British Central Scientific Office and of its successor the British Commonwealth Scientific Office.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further files of the British Central/Commonwealth Scientific Office see: AB 1 FV 7
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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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- British Central Scientific Office, 1941-1944
- British Commonwealth Scientific Office, 1944-1952
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 99 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Defence
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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 British Central Scientific Office was established in Washington in March 1941, to continue the work of scientific co-operation between Britain and America which had been initiated by the Henry Tizard Mission the previous year. Administration of the office passed from the Ministry of Supply to the Ministry of Production at the end of 1942. By this time the various Service Missions in America were dealing with the scientific aspect of their requirements more or less independently.
The BCSO co-ordinated scientific services common to all departments, and extended its scope to the broader aspects of general scientific research of a long-term nature. In mid-summer 1944 the BCSO merged with the scientific Missions of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa to form the British Commonwealth Scientific Office, which remained in existence after the war.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2622/
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Ministry of Supply and successors: British Central Scientific Office and British Commonwealth Scientific Office: Registered Files