Piece
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
Sub-series
SERIES II: 1946-1951 (plus strays 1916-1945, 1952-1956)
Catalogue reference: Sub-series within ADM 1
What's it about?
Sub-series within ADM 1
This subseries (known as 'Series II') like other parts of ADM 1 contains a wide range of documents sent to, or created by, different departments within the Admiralty. Between 1974 and 1980 the pieces in this sub-series were transferred from the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Sub-series within ADM 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- SERIES II: 1946-1951 (plus strays 1916-1945, 1952-1956)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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This subseries (known as 'Series II') like other parts of ADM 1 contains a wide range of documents sent to, or created by, different departments within the Admiralty.
Between 1974 and 1980 the pieces in this sub-series were transferred from the Ministry of Defence to the Public Record Office. This was done in 8 tranches. The 1st tranche covered papers for 1946 (ADM 1/19192-20339), the 2nd 1947 (ADM 1/20340-20947), the 3rd 1948 (ADM 1/20948-21290), the 4th 1949 and 1950 (ADM 1/21291-21713 and ADM 1/21714-22004) and the remaining tranches papers from 1946 to 1951 (ADM 1/22005-23058).
In addition to papers registered between 1946 and 1951 each tranche included significant numbers of stray documents from outside this period. Likewise, stray documents dating from 1946-1951 are found elsewhere within ADM 1.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files are grouped into subsubseries that largely reflect the year when the file number was registered, apart from the last subseries which contains papers from various dates. Within each subseries, files originating from the same Admiralty Department (eg Naval Intelligence Department, Air Warfare Directorate etc) tend to be grouped together. However, it is unlikely that this has any significance other than the order in which the files were boxed up prior to despatch to the Public Record Office. Most subseries include a significant number of files registered in other years, including strays registered before 1946.
The original paper catalogue was arranged differently. After the allocation of archival reference numbers but before the release of these documents to the public, it was decided to arrange the catalogue by 1935 Admiralty Secretariat Digest Code Number. Each number relates to a different subject from (1) for 'Academy and Education' to (104) for 'Regattas and Yachts'. Many files were catalogued under two or three different codes and hence appear more than once in the subject catalogue. These subject headings have been included in the online catalogue entries to facilitate searching.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other registered papers from this period, see:
'Cases' containing a number of registered files ADM 116
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The paper catalogues in the reading rooms at The National Archives include a list of the 1935 subject codes and their meaning, a catalogue of the files arranged by subject code, and a 'packing list' arranged in reference number order.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C89796/
Series information
ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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SERIES II: 1946-1951 (plus strays 1916-1945, 1952-1956)
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