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Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
Air Ministry and Ministry of Aviation, 1960 - 1967
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/6
Scope and Contents
Papers from JA's time as Secretary of State for Air and then as Minister of Aviation, including: his ministerial correspondence; minutes as Secretary of State for Air; papers on an official visit to the Soviet Union; press cuttings on JA's visit to Australia for the Blue Streak missile tests; papers on defence collaboration with France; papers on the scrapping of the TSR-2 strike and reconnaissance aircraft.
Dates:
1960 - 1967
Sub-Series
Constituency, Liberal Party and Air Ministry correspondence, 1928 - 1931
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THRS I/14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes: letters to AS; correspondence with the Churchill family; Parliamentary correspondence; Air Ministry correspondence; Liberal Party correspondence; constituency correspondence.
Dates:
1928 - 1931
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Correspondence on chronometers, 1947 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/353
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the inspection, rating, supply and testing of watches, chronometers and clocks by the Royal Greenwich Observatory Chronometer Section, including the following items:Booklet on 'Balance and Spring' by R.A. Fell.Correspondence concerning quartz crystal chronometers supplied by the Seikosha Watch Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1963.Correspondence regarding the repair of mine clocks, 1962-1963.Correspondence regarding the historical chronometer...
Dates:
1947 - 1963
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Correspondence on gifts, 1937 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/286
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding gifts to or from the Royal Observatory. The letters include correspondence with Miss Frances Cooper, 1952, regarding two large photographs of the Moon taken in 1875 and 1876. There is also acknowledgement from the National Science Museum of the following gifts from the Royal Observatory: Airy's Water Telescope, 1870; Airy's Reflex Zenith Tube, 1851; Airy's Water Clock, 1860; and McNeile's original Occultation Machine, 1928.
Dates:
1937 - 1956
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Correspondence on loans, 1910 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/288
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the loan of equipment to the Royal Observatory, including the following items:Correspondence on the Bendorff Electrometer and Flame Collector.Correspondence on the 45° astrolabe.Correspondence on a coil magnetometer.Correspondence on a 6-inch 45-foot focus lens loaned by J. Worthington of California.Correspondence on the loan of the Cookson Floating Zenith Telescope by the Cambridge Observatory Syndicate,...
Dates:
1910 - 1936
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Correspondence on observatories, 1947 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/489
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the setting up of the European Southern Observatory and the Southern Hemisphere Observatory, including the following items:Memorandum by Stephen Toulmin regarding the Foundation of Scientific Policy, 1963.Correspondence with Professor R.J. Blin-Stoyle regarding the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, University of Sussex, 1963.Report by A.B. Muller of the visit of European Southern Observatory observers to Chile, 1963. Correspondence...
Dates:
1947 - 1963
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Correspondence on the Nautical Almanac Office, 1939 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/27
Scope and Contents
(1) Miscellaneous correspondence and related material concerning the Nautical Almanac Office. There are papers regarding staff finance, including concession passes issued to staff, salaries, reference sheets and data supplied by the N.A.O. to H.G. Barker, Secretary and Cashier for the Royal Observatory, for making payments. There is also correspondence regarding Hollerith equipment for the N.A.O.; telegrams from the Colonial Office regarding Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time in the...
Dates:
1939 - 1956
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Correspondence on the Royal Society, 1928 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/555
Scope and Contents
(1) Correspondence regarding general committee business of the Royal Society, including the following items:Correspondence concerning agenda, minutes and other matters relating to the meetings of various committees, 1928-1947, including the Gassiot Committee, Soiree Committee, International Relations Committee, British National Committee, Newton Tercentenary Committee, Meteorological Research Committee, Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, National Committee for Astronomy and the...
Dates:
1928 - 1948
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Correspondence on time signals, 1902 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/146
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning time signals, including the following material:Correspondence with E. Dent and Co. regarding irregularities in the Westminster Clock, tables of errors for the clock and newspaper cuttings relating to it, 1902-1906.Correspondence regarding the installation of a wireless-telegraph receiving station at Greenwich, 1912-1914.Correspondence of 1912-1915 regarding the inauguration of a wireless-telegraph time service from the Eiffel Tower and...
Dates:
1902 - 1936
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Correspondence with the Meteorological Office, 1939 - 1958
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/392
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Meteorological Office and other papers regarding meteorological studies and related subjects, including the following items:Correspondence with the Air Ministry Meteorological Research Committee, 1946.Notes on a proposed method of estimating temperature at high altitudes by measuring the time sound takes to travel between an explosion point in the air and the Earth's surface, 1946.Suggested method for using long-range projectiles for the...
Dates:
1939 - 1958
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Literary: correspondence with consultants and others on WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War", mainly volumes 1 to 4), M-Z., Jan 1942 - Mar 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/23A-B
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Mar 1949
File
Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Various material., 23 Nov 1934 - 07 Jul 1948
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/143A-B
Dates:
23 Nov 1934 - 07 Jul 1948
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Official: Air Ministry: correspondence and papers., 15 Feb 1921 - 09 Jul 1921
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/79
Dates:
15 Feb 1921 - 09 Jul 1921
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Official: Cabinet: correspondence and papers., 13 Jan 1922 - 04 Aug 1922
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/10A-B
Dates:
13 Jan 1922 - 04 Aug 1922
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Official: Treasury: Cabinet papers and correspondence on efforts to reduce expenditure., 25 Jan 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/77
Dates:
25 Jan 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
Series
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Official: War and Air: correspondence, mainly on demobilisation and the reorganisation of the Air Ministry., 01 Feb 1919 - 28 Feb 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/4
Dates:
01 Feb 1919 - 28 Feb 1919
File
Official: War and Air: correspondence, mainly on the Russian campaign., 01 Nov 1919 - 29 Nov 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/13
Dates:
01 Nov 1919 - 29 Nov 1919
File
Official: War and Air: correspondence, much on the Russian campaign., 01 Jul 1919 - 31 Jul 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/9
Dates:
01 Jul 1919 - 31 Jul 1919
File
Official: War and Air: correspondence, much on the Russian campaign., 01 Aug 1919 - 31 Aug 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/10
Dates:
01 Aug 1919 - 31 Aug 1919
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Official: War and Air: Organisation of the Air Force: correspondence and papers., 13 Dec 1918 - 16 Sep 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/1
Dates:
13 Dec 1918 - 16 Sep 1919
File
Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 15 Jan 1919 - 27 Mar 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/15A-B
Dates:
15 Jan 1919 - 27 Mar 1919
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 Apr 1919 - 28 Jun 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/16A-B
Dates:
01 Apr 1919 - 28 Jun 1919
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 19 Jun 1919 - 31 Aug 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/17A-B
Dates:
19 Jun 1919 - 31 Aug 1919
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 Sep 1919 - 31 Dec 1919
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/18A-B
Dates:
01 Sep 1919 - 31 Dec 1919
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