Catalogue description Ministry of Home Security: Research and Experiments Department, Civil Defence Research Committee
Reference: | HO 195 |
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Title: | Ministry of Home Security: Research and Experiments Department, Civil Defence Research Committee |
Description: |
Minutes, research papers and reports of the Civil Defence Research Committee and its various sub-committees and panels related to United Kingdom civil defence research and intelligence and to weapon effects of Allied and German armaments. |
Date: | 1939-1946 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Ministry of Home Security, Air Raid Precautions Department, Research and Experiments Branch, Civil Defence Research Committee, 1939-1940 Ministry of Home Security, Research and Experiments Department, Civil Defence Research Committee, 1940-1946 |
Physical description: | 62 volume(s) |
Unpublished finding aids: |
A subject index to pieces 1-20 is available with the paper catalogues in the reading rooms at The National Archives |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Civil Defence Research Committee was set up in May 1939 by the Lord Privy Seal to advise on the formulation and execution of the programmes of research and experiment under the Air Raid Precautions Department. Later several sub-committees and panels were formed to study, consider, examine and determine different aspects of these programmes. |
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