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National Coal Board: Minute Series, Miscellaneous
Catalogue reference: COAL 78
What's it about?
COAL 78
This series contains minutes, circulated papers for meetings and other papers of various committees and sub-committees covering subjects across the spectrum of the National Coal Board organisation.The minute series is artificial in that records...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- COAL 78
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board: Minute Series, Miscellaneous
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1904-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes, circulated papers for meetings and other papers of various committees and sub-committees covering subjects across the spectrum of the National Coal Board organisation.
The minute series is artificial in that records that make it up were brought together after they passed out of active use but were retained as a body of reference, mainly for litigation purposes, at NCB Archives Centre Mansfield.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By subject, in alphabetical order.
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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)
- 2735 files and photographs
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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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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
- Litigation
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5326/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: COAL
Records created or inherited by the National Coal Board, and of related bodies
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National Coal Board: Minute Series, Miscellaneous
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