About The National Archives
The National Archives (TNA) is the official archive of the UK government and for England and Wales. It is the guardian of some of the nation’s most iconic documents, dating back more than 1,000 years.
TNA aims to make available up to 100,000 pages of content, and use a curated rather than whole file approach to retain focus on the Environmental Science subject areas.
There is a particular focus on the period from 1910 to the 1970s. The material has a strongly international flavour as it covers the colonial and post-colonial years.
Subjects
Of particular interest is content drawn from and touching on:
- The Committee for Colonial Agricultural, Animal Health and Forestry Research
- Colonial Advisory Council
- Pesticides Research Committee
- Conservation of fauna and flora in the Antarctic Treaty Area
- Oil exploration
- Exploitation of natural resources
- The economics of exploitation of natural resources
- Natural resources and geopolitics
- Telecoms and meteorology in the Antarctic Treaty Area
- Anti-locust research centre
- Alternative energy sources, including ‘atomic energy’
- Waste disposal
- Air pollution
- Climate change
Primary Source Materials
- Government reports and analyses
- Memoranda
- Meeting minutes
- Correspondence
- Pamphlets and brochures
- Conference proceedings
Sources
- The Colonial Office
- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- The Meteorological Office
- The Cabinet Office
- Ministry of Overseas Development