Ministry of Information

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1939-1946
History:	Set up in 1939 its initial functions were news and press censorship, home publicity and overseas publicity in allied and neutral countries. It was dissolved in 1946, its residual functions passing to the Central Office of Information.
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C277475

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1940-2011: Office for National Statistics and Predecessors: Social Survey: Registered Papers and Digital Files	The National Archives, Kew	RG 40
2	1915-2013: Records created or inherited by the Central Office of Information	British Film Institute, National Film and Television Archive	INF
3	1939-1945: Photographs Extracted from INF Series	The National Archives, Kew	CN 11
4	1938-1947: Ministry of Information and Foreign Office: Foreign Publicity Files	The National Archives, Kew	FO 930
5	1939-1946: Ministry of Information: Home Intelligence Division (HI) Files	The National Archives, Kew	HO 262
6	1936-1950: Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	INF 1
7	1939-1978: Ministry of Information and Central Office of Information: Guard Books and Related Unregistered Papers	The National Archives, Kew	INF 2
8	1939-1949: Ministry of Information: Original Art Work	The National Archives, Kew	INF 3
9	1939-1988: Ministry of Information and Central Office of Information: Posters and Publications	The National Archives, Kew	INF 13
10	1940-1967: Ministry of Information and Central Office of Information: Personal Files	The National Archives, Kew	INF 21