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Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Nuffield College Social Reconstruction...
Catalogue reference: HLG 82
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HLG 82
Reports and summaries of reports by the Survey together with related correspondence circulated papers and the memoranda of the Ministry of Works and Buildings, the Ministry of Works and Planning and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.
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HLG 82
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1941-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports and summaries of reports by the Survey together with related correspondence circulated papers and the memoranda of the Ministry of Works and Buildings, the Ministry of Works and Planning and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 1943-1951
- Ministry of Works and Buildings, 1940-1942
- Ministry of Works and Planning, 1942-1943
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49 file(s)
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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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In 1941, the Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey was asked to undertake an enquiry on behalf of the ministry into the effects of the war upon the distribution of industry and population, the working of public social services and upon human conditions; and the bearing of these factors on the general problem of social and economic reorganisation, and on the practical efficacy of local government institutions and voluntary organisations.
Also in 1941, the Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey was asked to undertake an enquiry on behalf of the ministry into the effects of the war upon the distribution of industry and population, the working of public social services and upon human conditions; and the bearing of these factors on the general problem of social and economic reorganisation, and on the practical efficacy of local government institutions and voluntary organisations. In 1942 the ministry undertook some preparatory work in connection with the proposed establishment of national parks.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8777/
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