Ministry of Information
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0097 COLL MISC 0148 |
Held at | : British Library of Political and Economic Science Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library › |
Full title | : Ministry of Information |
Date(s) | : 1940-1941 |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : 50 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Ministry of Information |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1917 the Prime Minister David Lloyd George (1863-1945) set up a Ministry of Information. The newspaper magnate Lord Beaverbrook (1879-1964) was put in overall charge of the organisation as Minister of Information. Other appointments included the Managing Director of United Newspapers Ltd, Robert Donald (1860-1933), who became Director of Propaganda in Neutral Countries) and Lord Northcliffe, (1865-1922), another newspaper magnate, who became Director of Propaganda in Enemy Countries. The Ministry evolved from Lloyd George's decision in December 1916 to invite Donald to write a report on the effectiveness of the secret War Propaganda Bureau. As result of Donald's recommendations, the government established a Department of Information, which in turn became the Ministry of Information.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Newspaper cuttings, Ministry of Information bulletins and notes on social conditions in Great Britain in war time, collected by the London Region of the Ministry of Information.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
APPLY TO ARCHIVIST
Finding aids:
No further list required
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
8 May 2002
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