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Series
Committee of Imperial Defence: Oil Board: Minutes and Memoranda
Catalogue reference: CAB 50
What's it about?
CAB 50
This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the Oil Board and of its various sub-committees. Topics covered by the Oil Board and by the Oil Board's sub-committees include civil and military requirements for oil, oil requirements in time...
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 50
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence: Oil Board: Minutes and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1925-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the Oil Board and of its various sub-committees.
Topics covered by the Oil Board and by the Oil Board's sub-committees include civil and military requirements for oil, oil requirements in time of war, tanker tonnage and oil stocks, oil from coal and the treatment of coal.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Oil Board and papers of the Oil Control Board, can also be found POWE 34
A few records of the Oil Board and papers of the Oil Control Board, can be found in CAB 77
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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)
- OB, OBS, TC(OB) and OCC file series
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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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- Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Board, 1925-1939
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Oil from Coal Sub-Committee, 1937-1938
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Oil requirements in war Sub-Committee, 1937-1938
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Petroleum Products Reserves Sub-Committee, 1936-1939
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Treatment of Coal Sub-Committee, 1929-1930
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Welbeck Aviation Spirit Sub-Committee, 1933-1933
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 19 volume(s)
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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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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
- Taxation
- Oil and gas
- Coal
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1925-1939
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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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 Oil Board (OB), appointed in 1925, kept under review requirements for oil in relation to supplies. The chairman of the Oil Board was the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, reflecting the naval interest in supply.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3857/
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