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BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4002

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT

Date(s): 1939-1945

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.53 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Department for Scientific and Industrial Research | Building Research Board

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Building Research Board was founded in 1919 under the Government's Department for Scientific and Industrial Research, as one of a number of Research Boards set up after the First World War.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Files of the Building Research Board relating to the repair of damaged buildings during and after the Second World War, principally concerning London.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

LMA/4002-1: Bomb damage files; LMA/4002-2: General papers.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in January and May 1997.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

These records complement records of the London County Council, in particular the photograph collection and bomb damage maps.

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Air raid damage | War damage | War | International conflicts
Building maintenance | Building operations | Construction engineering
Decayed buildings | Disused buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Restoration | Cultural property preservation

Personal names

Corporate names
Department for Scientific and Industrial Research | Building Research Board

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe