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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
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Series
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Road Research Laboratory Files
Catalogue reference: DSIR 28
What's it about?
DSIR 28
Files in this series comprise minutes and papers of meetings of the Road Research Board, meetings of various internal committees and panels, meetings relating to co-operative research with various industrial research associations concerned with...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DSIR 28
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Road Research Laboratory Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1933-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files in this series comprise minutes and papers of meetings of the Road Research Board, meetings of various internal committees and panels, meetings relating to co-operative research with various industrial research associations concerned with road engineering and road construction materials and meetings with the Ministry of Transport.
A few files relate to the enlargement and improved facilities of the Laboratory together with annual estimates and research programmes.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files are listed in file numerical order in two series, both of which used a similar numbering system. The first series commenced in 1933, the second series, which is listed at the end, appears to have been started in 1942.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further Road Research Laboratory files are in: DSIR 70
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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)
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RR file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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577 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1973 Department of Trade and Industry
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6360/
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