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Ministry of Supply

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Date: 1939-1959
History: Established in 1939 with responsibility for the Royal Ordnance Factories and for supply of munitions, clothing etc to the War Office and Air Ministry. In October 1959 the civil aviation functions of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation were transferred to the Ministry of Supply, which was simultaneously disbanded and reconstituted as the Ministry of Aviation; at the same time supply functions, with the exception of those relating to aircraft, guided missiles, radar and electronic equipment, were returned to the Air Ministry and War Office.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C277540
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1954-1985: Records of the Atomic Energy Division
2
1844-1987: Ordnance Board, etc., Proceedings, Reports and Memoranda
The National Archives, Kew
3
1902-1921: Quinan Papers
The National Archives, Kew
4
1942-1959: Ministry of Supply: Inspectorate of Electrical and Mechanical Equipment: Reports
The National Archives, Kew
5
1936-1969: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files, Ministry of Supply (S Yearly Series)
The National Archives, Kew
6
1939-1977: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files, Ministry of Supply (S Series)
The National Archives, Kew
7
1845-1999: War Office and successors: Registered Files (General Series)
The National Archives, Kew
8
1930-1968: Ministry of Supply: Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
9
1920-1963: Contracts Co-ordinating Committee and Sub-committees: Minutes, Papers and Reports
The National Archives, Kew
10
1925-1978: Ministry of Supply and successors: Branch Registry Files
The National Archives, Kew
11
1832-1995: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Aviation and successors, the Air Registration Board, and related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
12
1850-1998: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Power, and of related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
13
1664-1988: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Supply and successors, the Ordnance Board, and related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
14
1915-1960: Air Ministry and successors: Inventions, and Research and Development, Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
15
1940-1947: Ministry of Aircraft Production and Ministry of Supply: Private Office Papers
The National Archives, Kew
16
1939-1949: Ministry of Supply: Private Office Papers
The National Archives, Kew
17
1928-1970: Ministry of Supply and Ministry of Aviation: Second World War and Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers
The National Archives, Kew
18
1924-1990: Ministry of Aircraft Production and predecessor and successors: Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
19
1924-1998: Air Ministry and successors: Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment: Reports and Notes
The National Archives, Kew
20
1933-1962: Ministry of Supply: Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
21
1943-1968: Ministry of Aircraft Production and successors: Organisational Directories
The National Archives, Kew
22
1940-1956: Ministry of Aircraft Production and Ministry of Supply: Departmental Notices
The National Archives, Kew
23
1915-1965: Air Ministry and associated departments: Personal Files
The National Archives, Kew
24
1938-1954: Ministry of Supply and Ministry of Aircraft Production: Scientific and Technical Monographs
The National Archives, Kew
25
1832-1956: Ministry of Supply: Establishment, Registered Files (Series 1)
The National Archives, Kew
26
1937-1959: Ministry of Supply: General, Registered Files (Series 2)
The National Archives, Kew
27
1940-1958: Ministry of Supply: Labour, Registered Files (Series 3)
The National Archives, Kew
28
1939-1974: Ministry of Supply: Finance, Registered Files (Series 4)
The National Archives, Kew
29
1947-1957: Ministry of Supply: Accounting, Registered Files (Series 5)
The National Archives, Kew
30
1912-1975: Ministry of Supply and predecessor and successors: Contracts, Registered Files (Series 6)
The National Archives, Kew
31
1930-1990: Ministry of Supply and predecessor and successors: Research, Registered Files (Series 7), Reports and Specifications
The National Archives, Kew
32
1939-1977: Ministry of Supply: Production, Registered Files (Series 8)
The National Archives, Kew
33
1945-1959: Ministry of Supply: Inspection, Registered Files (Series 9)
The National Archives, Kew
34
1939-1958: Ministry of Supply: Disposals, Registered Files (Series 12)
The National Archives, Kew
35
1919-1996: Ministry of Supply and successors: Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
36
1939-1957: Ministry of Aircraft Production and successors: Specimens of Classes of Documents Destroyed
The National Archives, Kew
37
1916-1952: Ministry of Supply: War Histories (1939-1945): Files
The National Archives, Kew
38
1568-1983: Records of the Ordnance Office and its successors at the War Office
39
1953-1969: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Policy: Minutes, Papers and Registered Files inherited by the Department of Energy
The National Archives, Kew
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