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Series
Cabinet Office and predecessors: Registered Files (1916 to 1965)
Catalogue reference: CAB 21
What's it about?
CAB 21
This series contains a selection of registered files on various matters dealt with by the War Cabinet, the Cabinet and the Committee of Imperial Defence (post First World War). They include files relating to the machinery of the Cabinet, its...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cabinet Office and predecessors: Registered Files (1916 to 1965)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1904-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a selection of registered files on various matters dealt with by the War Cabinet, the Cabinet and the Committee of Imperial Defence (post First World War). They include files relating to the machinery of the Cabinet, its committees, and the establishment and work of the Secretariat. There are files concerned with the Reconstruction Committee, the Ministry of Reconstruction, the Supreme War Council during the First World War, and various International Conferences. Some of the files relating to the Peace Conference (1919 to 1920) are those of the Paris Office of the War Cabinet. There are also files of Prime Minister's minutes dating from Atlee's tenure (1945-1951), and files concerning the formation of the Ministry of Health (CAB 21/72) and the Ministry of Materials: CAB 21/2271
Selected records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files for the period 1916-1936 (CAB 21/1-450) are arranged chronologically according to the latest paper. The remainder of the files, which were allocated subject file codes (numerical) from 1937 to 1965, are predominantly arranged by the original numerical sequence of the creating body.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence and papers of the Secretariat of the CID during the period 1902-1918 see CAB 17
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some pieces in this class originally contained NATO documents, which were extracted and replaced with dummy cards when the pieces were transferred to the PRO. The dummy cards state that the extracted documents are retained by the Cabinet Office. With the agreement of the PRO, these extracted NATO documents were destroyed by the Cabinet Office in May 2001. Researchers wishing to seek access to extracted documents should apply to the NATO Archives in Brussels.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6083 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1964 Cabinet Office
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1916-1965; This Cabinet Office Main Registry series was closed at the end of 1965, although papers continued to be added to some existing files until 1973.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series closed. Later files are in CAB 164.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For CAB 21/1-1190 there is a subject card index.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3828/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
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Cabinet Office and predecessors: Registered Files (1916 to 1965)
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