Catalogue description Stationery Office: Edinburgh Office: Registered Files (ED Series)

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Reference: STAT 17
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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