Second World War

Health and welfare

Information about records on health and welfare during the Second World War.

Land

Information about records on land during the Second World War.

Councils and committees

Information about records on councils and committees during the Second World War.

Transport and construction

Information about records on transport and construction during the Second World War.

Government

Information about records on Government departments during the Second World War.

Police

Police records from the Second World War, including inquiries, internment, blackouts and lighting restrictions, supplies, stealing, civil defence, air raids, American forces, acts and regulations

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Archival research terms

Record—information of permanent and historic value, often in paper-based form (e.g. a letter, photograph, a map), but can also be a CD, a film or a digital file

Item—a single record or many records, e.g. an item may be a single architectural drawing, a 500-page leather-bound book, or a bundle of correspondence (letters, telegrams, reports)

Series—a group of related items created, received, or used in the same activity

Agency—the Government Agency responsible for creating a series. For example, the Department of Education is the Government agency who created a series of School Admission registers for Runcorn State School. An admission register for Runcorn State School would be considered an item within that series.