Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau (IMRB)

Established in 1919 this body reported to the Lord President of the Council and it operated alongside the Minerals Section of the Imperial Institute. The primary function of the IMRB was to 'collect, coordinate and disseminate information as to the resources, production, treatment, consumption and requirements of every mineral and metal'. There was a good deal of duplication of work between the two organisations and in 1925 they merged under the Dept of Overseas Trade and continued in this way until 1949.

IMB/A

Administration

IMB/A/1

Governors Minute Book of the IMRB.
[IGS1/875]

1918–1946

IMB/A/2

Minute Book of the IMRB Legal Committee.
[IGS1/876]

1919–1944

IMB/A/3

Minute Book of the IMRB General Purposes and Finance Committee.
[IGS1/877]

1919–1925

IMB/A/4

Minute Book of the IMRB Intelligence and Publications Committee.
[IGS1/878]

1918–1924

IMB/A/5

Minute Book of the IMRB Chemical Industries Committee.
[IGS1/879]

1919–1937

IMB/A/6

Minute Book of the IMRB Miscellaneous Minerals Committee.
[IGS1/880]

1919–1938

IMB/A/7

Minute Book of the IMRB Refractory and Glass-Making Materials Committee.
[IGS1/881]

1919–1931

IMB/A/8

Minute Book of the IMRB Minor Metals Committee.
[IGS1/882]

1919–1932

IMB/A/9

Minute Book of the IMRB Copper Committee.
[IGS1/883]

1919–1929

IMB/A/10

Minute Book of the IMRB Iron and Steel Committee.
[IGS1/884]

1919–1932

IMB/A/11

Minute Book of the IMRB Lead, Silver, Zinc and Cadmium Committee.
[IGS1/885]

1919–1932

IMB/A/12

Minute Book of the IMRB Gold, Silver, Platinum and Mercury Committee.
[IGS1/886]

1919–1936

IMB/A/13

Minute Book of the IMRB Coal, Coke and By-Products Committee.
[IGS1/887]

1919–1927

IMB/A/14

Minute Book of the IMRB various minor committees.
[IGS1/888]

1919–1936

IMB/A/15

Governors Attendance Book of the IMRB.
[IGS1/889]

1918–1921

IMB/A/16

Governors Attendance Book of the IMRB.
[ IGS1/890 ]

1921–1928

IMB/A/17

Governors Attendance Book of the IMRB
[IGS1/891]

1928–1947

IMB/A/19

Typescript minutes of IMRB Committee. Minutes and papers with copy of first report, corrected and amended by A Strahan.
[IGS1/596]

1919

IMB/A/20

Report of the Governors on a proposed uniform method of recording mining and metullurgical statistics.
[BGS1/1436]

1924

IMB/A/21

Correspondence and papers re IMRB coordination with other government departments. Ogilvie and Redmayne letters.
[IGS2/821]

1918–1919

Contact information

For more information about our archives contact Andrew L Morrison