United Kingdom: Institutions and industry, 1915-1964
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/56
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-25 and 6 items) Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau: Draft charter, memoranda, and reports concerning the work of the Bureau from its inception to its postwar absorption by the Board of Trade. A map of after 1915 showing the distribution of metals in the Empire is included, 1915 and 1917-1919 [see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/34, folder 2]
- folder 2 (fols. 1-48) Ministry of Munitions and the British Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Co. Ltd.: Correspondence between Central Mining and these bodies concerning financial arrangements, Feb 1919-Jan 1920
- folder 3 (fols. 1-14 and 1 item) The Disposal and Liquidation Commission and the British Metal Corporation: Correspondence and copy of Agreement relating to Central Mining's participation in arrangements for purchase of brass scrap from the Commission, Oct 1921-Mar 1922
- folder 4 (fols. 1-80 and 4 items) copies of minutes, memoranda, and correspondence between the British Overseas Mining Association, its members, and the Colonial Office about the government White Paper Memorandum on Colonial Mining Policy (Colonial No. 206). Also, a few related press cuttings, Nov 1946-Dec 1947
- folder 5 (fols. 1-25 and 3 items) Women's Migration and Overseas Appointment Society's letters about its work, and finance, to Central Mining, as well as reports on tours of the Commonwealth, and a few related press cuttings, 1948-1951; 1953; 1956-1957; and 1959-1964
- folder 6 (item 1) progress Report of the Colonial Geological surveys for the Advisory Committee on Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources, by the Geological Advisor and Director, Dr Frank Dixey; with annotations by Brig. R.S.G. Stokes (47 pp.), Oct 1954
- folder 7: reports and correspondence of Halkyn District United Mines Ltd., 1945 and 1946
- folder 8: reports, dividends, etc., of Imperial Smelting Corporation Ltd., 1942-1955
- folders 9 and 10: reports, press cuttings and stockholders' circulars of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.
Dates
- Creation: 1915-1964
Extent
10 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/56
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk