Catalogue description Records of the Contracts Division and predecessors
Reference: | Division within SUPP |
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Title: | Records of the Contracts Division and predecessors |
Description: |
Records of the Contracts Division and predecessors relating to responsibilities for contracts. Contract record books are in SUPP 4. |
Date: | 1922-1958 |
Related material: |
Contract files are in AVIA 53 |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Ministry of Supply, Contracts Directorate, 1939-1947 Ministry of Supply, Contracts Division, 1947-1959 War Office, Department of the Surveyor General of Supply, Directorate of Army Contracts, 1917-1924 War Office, Directorate of Army Contracts, 1907-1917 War Office, Directorate of Army Contracts, 1936-1964 War Office, Financial Secretary, Directorate of Army Contracts, 1924-1936 War Office, Master General of the Ordnance, Contracts Section, 1904-1907 |
Physical description: | 1 series |
Administrative / biographical background: |
When the Ministry of Supply was established in August 1939 it took over responsibility for munitions contracts and most of the Directorate of Army Contracts from the War Office. This became the Contracts Directorate (and from 1947) Division of the ministry, under the superintendence of the permanent secretary. |
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