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Series
Ministry of Aviation: Electronics Research Council: Reports and Papers
Catalogue reference: AVIA 82
What's it about?
AVIA 82
The series contains annual reports of the Electronics Research Council, as well as minutes and papers of its various sub-committees.
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 82
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Aviation: Electronics Research Council: Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains annual reports of the Electronics Research Council, as well as minutes and papers of its various sub-committees.
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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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- Ministry of Aviation Supply, Electronic Research Council, 1970-1971
- Ministry of Aviation, Electronic Research Council, 1957-1967
- Ministry of Defence, Electronic Research Council, 1971-1980
- Ministry of Technology, Electronic Research Council, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 76 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Ministry of Defence
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Annual reports of the Council and minutes of its subcommittees were kept, as were any reports which were not likely to survive amongst the records of the establishments which submitted papers to the council.
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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 Electronics Research Council was set up shortly after the formation of the Ministry of Aviation in 1959 with the intention of separating out issues on electronics and allied subjects from those other scientific concerns considered by the Scientific Advisory Council. The council was served by six committees: Air Traffic Control & Navigation; Radar; Communication; Propagation Aerials & Waveguides; Optics & Infra-Red; and Solid State Physics & Devices.
The council made annual reports to the minister, although it could submit recommendations to the minister at any time.
The council was wound up sometime after 1980.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2662/
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