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Series
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Rowley Collection
Catalogue reference: ES 1
What's it about?
ES 1
Papers, reviewed and collated by Air Commodore H V Rowley, covering the development of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, and early scientific and technical work on the British atomic weapons programme.The papers also cover...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ES 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Rowley Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers, reviewed and collated by Air Commodore H V Rowley, covering the development of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, and early scientific and technical work on the British atomic weapons programme.
The papers also cover the early organization necessary to set up the new research establishment such as staffing, building work, welfare matters etc. Also included are reports and minutes etc of various committees; papers concerning production of atomic weapons and their component parts; reports on early weapon design work and trials of the weapons and associated equipment.
The vast majority of the files include either photographs, drawings or maps.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged in file number order, using the numbers assigned by Air Commodore Rowley.
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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)
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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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1751 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1994 Atomic Weapons Establishment
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Divisions at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment were instructed to pass their files to the archives in 1959 for review by Air Commodore Rowley and Mr R E France. Contrary to approved practice, several files were merged into one subject file so that duplicate papers could be identified and destroyed. It follows that the files in this series are not original 'working' files, but amalgamations from two or more sources.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7134/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: ES
Records of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, predecessors and successors
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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Rowley Collection
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