Catalogue description Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Road Research Laboratory Files

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Details of DSIR 28
Reference: DSIR 28
Title: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Road Research Laboratory Files
Description:

Files in this series comprise minutes and papers of meetings of the Road Research Board, meetings of various internal committees and panels, meetings relating to co-operative research with various industrial research associations concerned with road engineering and road construction materials and meetings with the Ministry of Transport.

A few files relate to the enlargement and improved facilities of the Laboratory together with annual estimates and research programmes.

Date: 1933-1982
Arrangement:

Files are listed in file numerical order in two series, both of which used a similar numbering system. The first series commenced in 1933, the second series, which is listed at the end, appears to have been started in 1942.

Related material:

Further Road Research Laboratory files are in:

DSIR 70

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: RR file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 577 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1973 Department of Trade and Industry

Accruals: Series is accruing

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