Catalogue description Cecil Anthony Francis Meekings: Papers

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Details of PRO 30/90
Reference: PRO 30/90
Title: Cecil Anthony Francis Meekings: Papers
Description:

Papers of C A F Meekings relating to his activities as archives officer to the British Control Commission for Germany. They include his correspondence with German and United States archivists regarding the reconstruction of German archives after World War II. There are also notes of visits by experts from The Monuments and Fine Arts Section to emergency repositories.

The series deals additionally with the establishment of document centres and the transfer of records from emergency repositories.

Date: 1943-1961
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Cecil Anthony Francis Meekings, 1914-1977

Physical description: 20 file(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

C A F Meekings joined the Public Record Office in 1947 and achieved eminence in the field of legal history. During World War II he served in East Africa and before demobilisation Meekings was seconded from regimental duties to become archives officer to the British Control Commission for Germany.

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