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Series
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Headquarters Office: Road Research...
Catalogue reference: DSIR 70
What's it about?
DSIR 70
Files relating to the work of the Road Research Laboratory, dealing with various aspects of research relating to roads and road traffic safety. Included is information concerning the safety of the Mini Cooper; eyesight tests; motorway...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DSIR 70
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Headquarters Office: Road Research Laboratory, Registered Files (A Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files relating to the work of the Road Research Laboratory, dealing with various aspects of research relating to roads and road traffic safety. Included is information concerning the safety of the Mini Cooper; eyesight tests; motorway construction; traffic flow and control; road pricing; the effects of alcohol; and car and street lighting.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arrangement is by alpha-numeric order of former reference within each transfer.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Road Research Board and its committees are in DSIR 12
Road Research Laboratory files are in DSIR 28
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Further records created by the Road Research Laboratory are in:
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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)
- A 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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1998 Building Research Agency
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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
- Road Transport
- Research
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Unknown; c1960s
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Policy and precedent files preserved
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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 Headquarters Office of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research was organised in six divisions under three directors. One of these divisions was the Stations Division, which was responsible for liaison with the various research stations and organisations, including the Road Research Laboratory.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6402/
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