Catalogue description War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Historical Section: War Histories (Second World War), Civil

This series consists of the records of the production of the United Kingdom Civil Histories of the Second World War.

The series includes the 'confidential print' version of the histories, which include source references, keyed to the text and indexed, which were usually omitted from the published volumes. It also contains authors' typescripts, drafts and revisions; critical commentaries, unpublished narratives and correspondence on progress and publication of the volumes.

Please note that the dates in square brackets are approximate and based on the volumes publication dates or on the series date range.

For draft chapters of an official history of education written by Dr Sophia Weitzman and a collection of her source material see ED 138

For working papers of R J Hammond for the volume on food see MAF 152

Cabinet Office, Historical Section, 1939-

From 1970 Cabinet Office