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British Library of Political and Economic Science

Ministry of Information


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0148

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

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 AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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OPEN

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APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

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No further list required

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Social history | History
War | International conflicts
War propaganda | Propaganda | Persuasion | Communication process
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

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Ministry of Information

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