Catalogue description Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and successors: Ancient Monuments (Presentation): Registered Files (AMP Series)

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Reference: WORK 60
Title: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and successors: Ancient Monuments (Presentation): Registered Files (AMP Series)
Description:

The files contain papers relating to the commercial management of ancient monuments and, in particular, publicity measures, publication of books and meetings of the Ancient Monuments Presentation Committee.

Some of these files were re-registered from the EG series into the AMP series at the establishment of the Ancient Monuments (Presentation) Branch in 1969. After 1970 the AMP prefix continued to be used by the Department of the Environment and also by the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Commission (English Heritage) when that agency was created in 1984 to take over much of the work relating to ancient monuments.
Date: 1965-1974
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AMP file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings, 1972-1987

Department of the Environment, Directorate of Ancient Monuments and Special Services, 1970-1972

Ministry of Public Building and Works, Ancient Monuments Branch, 1962-1969

Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate of Ancient Monuments and Special Services, 1969-1970
Physical description: 23 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1991 Department of the Environment
Custodial history: This series contains files of the Ancient Monuments (Presentation) Branch dating from its formation in 1969.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Ancient Monuments (Presentation) Branch was part of the Directorate of Ancient Monuments and Special Services in the Ministry of Public Building and Works and from 1973 of the Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings Directorate in the Department of the Environment. It was responsible for the commercial management of ancient monuments and historic buildings.

The branch was initially headed by a principal information officer who was formerly a member of the Chief Information Officer's Branch in Establishment Division 5.

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