Catalogue description Stationery Office: Edinburgh Office: Registered Files (ED Series)
Reference: | STAT 17 |
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Title: | Stationery Office: Edinburgh Office: Registered Files (ED Series) |
Description: |
Records of the Edinburgh Branch of the Stationery Office relating to printing, distribution and binding for the National Library of Scotland. |
Date: | 1926-1992 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | ED file series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Civil Service Department, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Edinburgh Office, 1972-1986 Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Edinburgh Office, 1986-1991 HMSO Scotland, 1991-1996 Treasury, His Majesty's Stationery Office, Edinburgh Office, 1912-1972 |
Physical description: | 16 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1997 The Stationery Office |
Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1912 the Treasury sanctioned an experiment in direct selling in Edinburgh by the Staionery Office. The exercise was a success and Edinburgh was maintained to serve Scotland with government publications. The Edinburgh Branch continued to expand up to the point where regional organisation was disbanded in 1981. |
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