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Series
Forestry Commission: Research Division: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: F 21
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F 21
At present the series contains only papers of the Advisory Committee on Forest Research and its sub-committees, and papers of the Bedgebury Pinetum Committee.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- F 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Forestry Commission: Research Division: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1925-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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At present the series contains only papers of the Advisory Committee on Forest Research and its sub-committees, and papers of the Bedgebury Pinetum Committee.
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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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- Advisory Committee on Forest Research, 1929-1929
- Bedgebury Pinetum Committee, 1925-1965
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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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An Advisory Committee on Forest Research was established by the commission in December 1929 at the instance of the Research Co-ordination Sub-committee of the Committee of Civil Research. It is composed of leading authorities on forestry and allied subjects.
Since 1925 the Forestry Commission has co-operated with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the establishment of the representative collection of conifers forming the National Pinetum at Bedgebury in Kent. It is administered by a committee including representatives of both parent organisations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7214/
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