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Board of Trade Council: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: BT 198
What's it about?
BT 198
The series consists of the minutes and papers of the 'morning meetings' of the President, secretaries and heads of the principal departments of the Board of Trade during the First World War, and of the Board of Trade Council.
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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BT 198
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade Council: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1917-1927
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series consists of the minutes and papers of the 'morning meetings' of the President, secretaries and heads of the principal departments of the Board of Trade during the First World War, and of the Board of Trade Council.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The sequence of minutes and papers is not always consistent, even in single volumes; minutes are sometimes grouped together followed by a group of papers; sometimes each meeting's minutes and papers are placed together.
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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)
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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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- Admiralty, 1832-1964
- Board of Trade, 1786-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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15 volume(s)
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is some indexing, and some pencil cross-referencing in the text of the minutes may prove of assistance.
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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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During the First World War organised meetings were held at regular intervals between the president and secretaries and the heads of the principal departments of the Board of Trade to discuss and settle questions of administrative action involving policy. These meetings were known as 'morning meetings'.
In 1919 at the time of the reorganisation of the Board of Trade the meetings were formalised as the Board of Trade Council.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3236/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BT
Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
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Board of Trade Council: Minutes and Papers
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