Catalogue description Ministry of Supply and successors: Inter-Service Metallurgical Research Council: Minutes and Reports

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Reference: SUPP 19
Title: Ministry of Supply and successors: Inter-Service Metallurgical Research Council: Minutes and Reports
Description:

This series contains a set of ISMET reports which are either copies of reports from various establishments concerned with metallurgical research or critical reviews written by members of the Inter-Service Metallurigical Research Council. The reports date from 1956 (ISMET 1604) and have been accessioned in two main batches: 1-826 and 903-1099; the whereabouts of earlier reports are not known.

The series also contains minutes and papers of the council and its various committees for the period 1957-1966 (meetings 36-72).

Terms of reference and membership of the council and its committees for 1958-1964 can be found in this series as well as the minutes of the Corrosion and Electrodeposition and Ceramic Materials committees for 1959-1964.
Date: 1945-1969
Related material:

Copies for 1959-1963 (meetings 43-63) are in AVIA 65/1423

Minutes and papers of the council from its first meeting in 1948 to its forty-second in 1958 can be found in AVIA 54/1169
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Inter-Service Metallurgical Research Council, 1948-1970
Physical description: 1620 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1993 Ministry of Defence
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Inter-Service Metallurgical Research Council (ISMRC) was established in 1948 to advise the Ministry of Supply and Admiralty on metallurgical research of interest to service departments. It was to review critically metallurgical research programmes of the Ministry of Supply and Admiralty, taking into account relevant research conducted elsewhere. It was also to recommend new research projects as well as advising on facilities required for metallurgical research and its possible applications.

Membership of the council reflected various independent interests as well as official representation from service departments. The council set up a number of standing committees to consider specialized aspects of metallurgical research. Initially they were: Basic Properties of Metals Committee; Corrosion and Electrodeposition Committee; Ferrous (and Non-Ferrous) Metals committees; and the Heat Resistant Materials Committee. A Ceramic Materials Committee was formed at a later date.

The secretariat to the council was supplied by a branch in the Materials Research and Development (Air) Division of the Ministry of Supply. This function continued to be carried out by the Materials Branch, under its various guises, as the organization moved from the Ministry of Supply into the Ministry of Aviation and the Ministry of Technology. The ISMRC was wound up sometime between 1969 and 1971.

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