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Series
Medical Research Council: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: FD 13
What's it about?
FD 13
Agendas, minutes and papers of Medical Research Council meetings. It includes the numerous papers that were circulated for discussion at meetings.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FD 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Medical Research Council: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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Agendas, minutes and papers of Medical Research Council meetings. It includes the numerous papers that were circulated for discussion at meetings.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
It was the practice to file agendas, minutes and papers in order of agenda, with the previous meeting's minutes filed with the agenda for the following meeting. (This was because the minutes of a meeting were officially approved at the following meeting.) The arrangement for this series follows this convention. For example: June 1964 minutes will be filed with the agenda and papers for July 1964.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other minute books of the Medical Research Committee and the Medical Research Council meetings are in FD 6
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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)
- 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)
- 351 file(s)
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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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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7276/
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