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Series
Ministry of Supply and predecessor and successors: Contracts, Registered Files (Series 6)
Catalogue reference: AVIA 53
What's it about?
AVIA 53
These files relate both to policy on contracts and to individual contracts let by the Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Aircraft Production and Ministry of Aviation. The subject matter of the files includes procurement of a wide range of supplies...
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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AVIA 53
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Supply and predecessor and successors: Contracts, Registered Files (Series 6)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1912-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files relate both to policy on contracts and to individual contracts let by the Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Aircraft Production and Ministry of Aviation. The subject matter of the files includes procurement of a wide range of supplies for military and naval purposes, as well as aircraft, guided missiles, radar and electronic equipment.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Ministry of Supply, Contracts Division files in
See also the Ministry of Supply files in SUPP 14
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Files from this series covering functions transferred to the War Office in 1959 were re-registered in Ministry of Supply branch registry files,
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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file series 6
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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)
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- Air Ministry, 1918-1964
- Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1940-1945
- Ministry of Aviation, 1959-1967
- Ministry of Supply, 1939-1959
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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641 file(s)
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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
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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
- Air transport
- Weapons
- Navy
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Yes
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2633/
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Ministry of Supply and predecessor and successors: Contracts, Registered Files (Series 6)
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