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Catalogue description Office of Works and successors: Civil Defence and Prison Building: Registered Files and Papers
| Reference: | WORK 28 |
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| Title: | Office of Works and successors: Civil Defence and Prison Building: Registered Files and Papers |
| Description: |
This series contains correspondence and papers relating to air raid precautions, the construction of shelters for government offices and the public, structural precautions in public buildings, lighting restrictions and other civil defence measures. Most of the files were registered in the AR series, but a few are from the DCA, DL, ESS and SR series. Some files date from after the creation of the Department of the Environment and the Property Services Agency. Many pieces contain maps and plans. |
| Date: | 1895-1986 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | AR file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of the Environment, 1970-1997 Ministry of Public Building and Works, Controller Generals Division, 1967-1970 Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate General of Works, 1962-1967 Ministry of Works and Buildings, Directorate of Works, 1940-1942 Ministry of Works and Planning, Directorate of Works, 1942-1943 Ministry of Works, Directorate General of Works, 1946-1962 Ministry of Works, Directorate of Works, 1943-1945 Office of Works, Directorate of Works, 1920-1940 Property Services Agency, Directorate of Civil Accommodation, 1976-1990 |
| Physical description: | 327 boxes and files |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
From the mid-1930s, the Office of Works and its successors were involved in provision of structures for civil defence in the event of possible war. Work in this area continued after the Second World War. In May 1945 the ministry took over part of the Research and Experiments Department of the dissolved Ministry of Home Security, and in 1950 it acquired from the Home Office responsibility for giving advice to local authorities on structural precautions for civil defence. |
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