Catalogue description Ministry of Overseas Development and predecessors: Anti-Locust Research Centre and predecessors: Files and Papers

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Reference: AY 11
Title: Ministry of Overseas Development and predecessors: Anti-Locust Research Centre and predecessors: Files and Papers
Description:

This series contains records of the Anti-Locust Research Centre and its predecessors, the Locust Sub-Committee of the Committee on Civil Research (1929-1930) and the Committee on Locust Control (1930-1945).

The records include papers on the organisation of research, international co-operation and overseas visits, reports and correspondence from field officers, and personal files.
Date: 1924-1971
Arrangement:

The records in this series are arranged under various headings and there is some overlap of subject matter between the categories.
Related material:

Pre-war records of the Economic Advisory Council Committee on Locust Control, and other pre-war records relating to locust control, are in CAB 58
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 585 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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