| Title |
M.D.1: administration |
| Reference |
MCRA 2 |
| Covering Dates |
1939–1967 |
| Extent and Medium |
3 archive boxes |
|
| Content and context |
Papers and correspondence on the establishment of M.D.1, its day to day administration, absorption into the Armaments Design Department and eventual closure, with later material on Macrae's links with M.D.1. |
| Churchill/MCRA 2 contains: |
|
1
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Proposal for the establishment of M.I.R. Research Station. Brief details of a scheme drawn up by Macrae for running a research station in connection with M.I.R.(c) [Military Intelligence Research, forerunner of M.D.1.].
1 file. |
Feb 1940 |
|
2
|
Administration: correspondence. Notes, correspondence, minutes etc on the establishment and organisation of M.D.1.
1 file. |
Mar 1941-Jul 1942 |
|
3
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Administration: correspondence. Administrative file, with material on staff, accounts, minutes of Priorities Meetings, job lists, diary entries for various weapons in development, correspondence and notes on organisation.
2 files. |
Nov 1940-Dec 1944 |
|
4
|
Administration: correspondence. Includes: correspondence on staff, bar and canteen accounts, Macrae's staff entertainment duties and patents in which he was concerned.
1 file. |
Oct 1943-May 1946 |
|
5
|
Memoranda on the operation of the M.D.1 telephone system.
1 file. |
Aug 1944 |
|
6
|
Post-war schemes. Notes and correspondence on memoranda by Macrae and 2nd Lord Melchett [earlier Sir Henry Mond] on post-war requirements for weapon research and development.
1 file. |
Feb 1944-Jun 1945 |
|
7
|
Administration: memoranda. Includes: details of M.D.1.'s work, 1944; schedule of construction work at Whitchurch [Buckinghamshire], 1940-45; memorandum on production facilities and state of work etc, 1946; overview of the development of M.D.1 and armaments design work carried out there; list of weapons developed and accepted for use in service.
1 file. |
Nov 1944-Nov 1946 |
|
8
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Administration: establishment. Includes material on staff, notes of meetings on the future of M.D.1, peace-time organisation and staffing.
1 file. |
Nov 1943-Nov 1945 |
|
9
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Administration: memoranda. Includes: miscellaneous administrative minutes and correspondence on staff, work for Government departments, commitments to the armed forces up to September 1946 and copy of Macrae's memorandum on post-war armament development.
1 file. |
Sep 1939-Jun 1946 |
|
10
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Administration: establishment. Administration file on staff at Whitchurch [Buckinghamshire], the closure of Whitchurch and staff and projects at the Armaments Design Department at Fort Halstead [Kent].
2 files. |
Oct 1945-Mar 1947 |
|
11
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Armaments Design Department (Whitchurch) D9: order book. Administrative orders by Macrae on subjects including the absorption of M.D.1 into the Armaments Design Department.
1 file. |
Oct 1945-Jan 1947 |
|
12
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Administration: various memoranda. Includes: notes and correspondence on patent claims for switches [booby traps], sticky bombs, limpet and clam bombs [magnetic time bombs], on the departure of M.D.1 staff, post-war arms development, production of the 'M' mine and the local petition for the closure of the Armaments Design Department at Whitchurch.
1 file. |
Feb 1944-Jan 1952 |
|
13
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Administration: future arrangements.
1 file. |
Feb 1946-Jan 1947 |
|
14
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Administration: disbandment. Memoranda and correspondence on the disbandment of Armaments Design Department (Whitchurch). Also includes correspondence with the Ministry of Supply on patent claims for the Sticky Bomb and Macrae's difficulty in retrieving files from Whitchurch [Buckinghamshire].
1 file. |
Feb 1947-May 1947 |
|
15
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Copies of the Armaments Design Department (Whitchurch) staff magazine.
1 file. |
Aug 1946-Jan 1947 |
|
16
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Photographs. Photographs of Whitchurch [Buckinghamshire], weapon trials and staff, including photographs of Major Millis Jefferis, an admission permit for Ruth Jefferis, and a menu for a dinner in their honour.
1 file. |
Jan 1942-c 1947 |
|
17
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Press-cuttings. Press-cuttings on military affairs, particularly Territorial Army recruitment and training.
1 file. |
Jun 1948-Feb 1949 |
|
18
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Revival of M.D.1. Notes and correspondence on Macrae's proposal for the revival of M.D.1.
1 file. |
May 1951-Jun 1953 |
|
19
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D.M.E. Study Week. Correspondence and papers on Macrae's attendance at the Director of Mechanical Engineering's study week and conference.
1 file. |
Sep 1953-Oct 1953 |
|
20
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Publicity. Correspondence and press cuttings on press accounts of work done by M.D.1, on Macrae's resignation from the National Research Development Corporation.
1 file. |
Nov 1953-Apr 1967 |
|
21
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M.D.1 Letter. Correspondence and press cuttings on a series of articles and letters in the Daily Telegraph on M.D.I and an article by Macrae in defence of 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann].
1 file. |
Apr 1961-Nov 1961 |
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