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Series
National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Chairman's Office
Catalogue reference: COAL 31
What's it about?
COAL 31
This series contains papers of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the National Coal Board.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- COAL 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Chairman's Office
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the National Coal Board.
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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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- British Coal Corporation, Chairmans Office, 1987-1997
- National Coal Board, Chairmans Office, 1947-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1116 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1978-1998 National Coal Board
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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
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5279/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
131,483 records
Within the department: COAL
Records created or inherited by the National Coal Board, and of related bodies
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National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Chairman's Office
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