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    <unittitle>Great Britain Ministry of Munitions collection</unittitle>
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      <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80107356" source="naf">Great Britain. Ministry of Munitions</corpname>
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    <unitid>MS#0513</unitid>
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      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.5 linear feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 box</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1915/1917" type="inclusive">1915-1917</unitdate>
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    <head>Arrangement</head>
<p>Arranged.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <head> Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_eec51eec1b53c170072357ecb368e3b8">
    <head> Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>This collection has no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Summary</head>
<p>Printed documents of the British Ministry of Munitions during the period 1915-1917. The set, which is not complete, is in numerical order, and there is an index to the items in the first folder of the collection.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Great Britain Ministry of Munitions collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Terms Governing Use and Reproduction</head>
<p>Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Date of acquisition--1972. Accession number--M-1972.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>Processed ELJ 09/07/72.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Accruals</head>
<p>Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.</p>  </accruals>
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    <subject source="lcsh">Military weapons -- Great Britain</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113796" source="lcsh">World War, 1914-1918 -- Equipment and supplies</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Great Britain -- History -- 1917-1936</geogname>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300026554" source="aat">indexes (reference sources)</genreform>
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