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Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts: Quirk Papers
Catalogue reference: HMC 2
What's it about?
HMC 2
These are mainly Quirk's correspondence and papers as a member of the Historical Manuscripts Commission.
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HMC 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts: Quirk Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1957-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are mainly Quirk's correspondence and papers as a member of the Historical Manuscripts Commission.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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15 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
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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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Roger Nathaniel Quirk, born 1909, was educated at Winchester College, and Kings College, Cambridge where he obtained a 1st class Natural Science tripos, a B.A. in 1931, and M.A. in 1935. He entered the Civil Service in 1931, and served in various departments including the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Office of the Lord President of the Council, and Office of the Minister for Science. He published several articles on Anglo-Saxon and medieval archaeology, and art history. He was made a Companion of the Bath in 1960 and a Fellow of the Society of Arts.
Quirk was a member of the Historical Manuscripts Commission between 1959 and 1964, Under-Secretary for the Department of Education and Science, and a member of the Institute for Historical Research Committee from 1963. He was a member of the Council of the British Records Association from 1962 until his death in November 1964.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8854/
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Within the department: HMC
Records of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts: Quirk Papers
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