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National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Technical Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: COAL 87
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COAL 87
This series contains correspondence and reports relating to all aspects of the Department's work, including its organisation, research and planning.
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 87
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Technical Department: Registered Files and Other Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and reports relating to all aspects of the Department's work, including its organisation, research and planning.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
This series has been arranged in former reference order, where they exist, and in chronological order under separate sub-titles. COAL 87/169-184, under the sub-title Tenders, have been listed alphabetically.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For registered files of the Operations Directorate and Operations Department see COAL 91
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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, Technical Department, 1987-1991
- National Coal Board, Technical Department, 1985-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 267 files, photographs and volumes
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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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 British Coal Corporation
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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)
- 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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Following the 1984-1985 strike, the National Coal Board (NCB) decided to rationalise its technical functions. The Technical Department was established, and a Technical Director appointed, in April 1985. The first phase involved the merging of the Mining Department and the Mining Research and Development Establishment. A Technical Function Steering Group was formed to guide the early stages of the merger.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5335/
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