Series
Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence
Catalogue reference: INF 1
What's it about?
INF 1
These files contain the more important papers of the Ministry of Information (1939 to 1946) and are representative of the eleven series of files formerly kept by the divisions or branches of the Ministry.The files include material relating to 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)
- INF 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files contain the more important papers of the Ministry of Information (1939 to 1946) and are representative of the eleven series of files formerly kept by the divisions or branches of the Ministry.
The files include material relating to the immediate pre-war period and also the Minutes of the Inter-Allied Information Committee (New York), 1940 to 1943. The series is in two parts; the first part comprises non-confidential files (INF 1/1 to INF 1/435) and the second part contains a mixture of classified and non-confidential files.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Numerical order under ministry division.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Home Intelligence Division files of the Ministry of Information are in HO 262
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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)
- Ministry of Information, 1939-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 992 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2005 Central Office of Information
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9318/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: INF
Records created or inherited by the Central Office of Information
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Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence