Victoria and Albert Museum

Arts Council of Great Britain: records, 1928-1997


Series description

Series title: Finance Department: Miscellaneous Material, 1941-1995
Reference: ACGB/21
Extent: 145 items

Scope and content

This series consists of an artificial and miscellaneous grouping of material for which all context has been lost. It contains mainly copies of reports and publications, some produced by the Arts Council, some by external organisations. It also contains a few administrative files on subjects such as arts centres and transport subsidies, award certificates, and old papers relating to the Bristol Theatre Royal/ Bristol Old Vic Company, the Salisbury Arts Theatre and the Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Arrangement

The material in this series has been arranged chronologically.

Access

Restrictions on access

Access to unpublished material less than 30 years old is subject to the written permission of the Arts Council of England. Apply in the first instance to the Archive of Art and Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum.


ReferenceDescriptionDates
ACGB/21/144Accounts for the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts and the Arts Council of Great Britain
1 box
1941-1968
ACGB/21/41Bristol Theatre Royal: correspondence, inventory and valuation and legal documents.1942-1955
ACGB/21/82Bristol Old Vic Company: accounts, agendas, minutes and press cuttings.1942-1957
ACGB/21/109[Lists of Grants and Guarantees Awarded].1943-1962
ACGB/21/106Leases concerning Salisbury [Arts Theatre].1945-1955
ACGB/21/28Information Sheets.1946-[198-?]
There are information sheets on broadcast concerts, regional offices, industrial music clubs, Wigmore Hall, CEMA/Arts Council General, 105 Piccadilly and 4, St James Square.
ACGB/21/43Arts Council O & M Reports 1950/51, 1955. R.O.H., C.G. Ltd 1948.1948-1955
ACGB/21/83Tennent Productions Ltd/ Company of Four: Weekly Returns.1949-1951
ACGB/21/81Cambridge Arts Theatre: Programmes and Minutes, Stencilled Papers.1949-1952
ACGB/21/91The Arts Council of Great Britain Review: Main Report.1950
ACGB/21/42Bristol Old Vic Company: budgets and weekly returns.1952-1954
ACGB/21/84Old Papers for filing up to 1970.1957-1968
This item consists of one box of miscellaneous papers covering subjects such as: Young People's Theatre Activities Questionnaires, the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, the Digswell Arts Trust and the King's Lynn Festival.
ACGB/21/73Bristol Old Vic Company: weekly accounts.1959-1963
ACGB/21/104The Poetry Book Society: Annual Reports, Accounts and Papers.1960-1968
ACGB/21/85Photocopied extracts from the score of 'Faust'.1962-1963
These photocopies are marked as property of the Arts Council of Great Britain under the Opera for All scheme. They are also annotated with people's names.
ACGB/21/75Transport Subsidies 1962/63.1962-1964
This item consists of one box containing 28 files and some loose papers.
ACGB/21/70Commer Van BYY 374B.1962-1965
ACGB/21/86Sadler's Wells: weekly summaries, budgets and minutes.1962-1967
ACGB/21/145Young Contemporaries exhibitions1962-1967
ACGB/21/76Transport Subsidies 1963/64.1963-1964
This item consists of one box containing 35 files.
ACGB/21/66Royal Opera House: Finance Sub-Committee Minutes and Budgets.1963-1966
ACGB/21/77Transport Subsidies 1964/65.1964-1965
This item consists of one box containing 36 files.
ACGB/21/64National Theatre: Miscellaneous papers.1964-1969
ACGB/21/120Miscellaneous Programmes1966-1971
ACGB/21/102The Charter of Incorporation Granted by Her Majesty the Queen to the Arts Council of Great Britain.[1967?]
ACGB/21/65Correspondence and plans relating to the Hayward Gallery.1967-1968
ACGB/21/74Miscellaneous Client Papers.1967-1969
ACGB/21/105Arts Administration Course Files.1967-1977
This item consists of five files marked A/1/1-5 containing papers relating to the Arts Administration Course and the McLeish Family.
ACGB/21/143Pension fund
1 box
1967-1993
ACGB/21/87D.A.L.T.A. Spring 1968 Tour Statistics: Grand Theatre, Leeds, 26th Feb to 13th April 1968.1968
ACGB/21/88London Orchestral Concerts Board Limited: Estimated Account of Income and Expenditure 1st April 1968 to 31st March 1969.1969 Mar 30
ACGB/21/22[Arts Centres Miscellaneous Papers].[197-].
The arts centres covered by this material include: Alfreton Hall, Brycbox Youth Arts Workshop, Chester Arts and Recreation Trust, New Planet City, Shoreham Youth Workshop and the Drum Arts Centre.
ACGB/21/89Arts Council of Great Britain: Regional Analysis of Grant-in-Aid 1968/69.1970 Mar 16
ACGB/21/90Papers collected to aid the investigation into the financial position of the Sadler's Wells Trust Limited.1970 Oct 26
ACGB/21/51The Theatre Today in England and Wales: The Report of The Arts Council Theatre Enquiry 1970.1970
ACGB/21/92The Royal Shakespeare Company: Notes for Discussion.1971 Sept 14
ACGB/21/93The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Notes for Discussion.1971 Oct 29
ACGB/21/94The Arts Council of Great Britain Report on the Four Major Grant-Aided Theatres: Main Report.1972 Jan 14
ACGB/21/97The Arts Council of Great Britain Report on the Four Major Grant-Aided Theatres: Supplementary Report -'B' Sadler's Wells Opera.1972 Jan 14
ACGB/21/96The Arts Council of Great Britain Report on the Four Major Grant-Aided Theatres: Supplementary Report -'C' The Royal Shakespeare Company.1972 Jan 14
ACGB/21/95The Arts Council of Great Britain Report on the Four Major Grant-Aided Theatres: Supplementary Report -'D' The National Theatre.1972 Jan 14
ACGB/21/101Arts Alive Merseyside: The free monthly magazine of the Merseyside Arts Association.1972 Nov
ACGB/21/80Notes prepared on behalf of the Welsh Arts Council in anticipation of political action being taken on the Kilbrandon Report, which may affect the status and mode of operation of the Welsh Arts Council.1974 May
ACGB/21/79Welsh Arts Council: The First Seven Years: A review of the Literature Committee's work 1968/9 to 1974/5.1974
ACGB/21/78Notes prepared for the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Welsh Arts Council for discussions on Regional Policy, Devolution and Reorganisation of the Welsh Arts Council.1975 June
ACGB/21/11[Outer Critics Circle Award 1974-1975 Certificate].1975
This award was given to the Arts Council of Great Britain for its support of the National Theatre Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English Stage Society, theYoung Vic and others and for the subsequent enrichment of the New York theatre.
ACGB/21/14Mauricio Kagel 'Theatrum Instrumentorum'.1975-1976
ACGB/21/40The Arts Council of Great Britain Report on the National Theatre's Estimates.1976
ACGB/21/5Film-makers on tour.1976
ACGB/21/13The International Competition for a Musical Composition 'Holocaust and Rebirth'.1976
ACGB/21/69Previous Years Filing.1977-1981
ACGB/21/6Arts Council Film Tour 1979/80 Unit Three.1979
ACGB/21/48Arts Council of Great Britain: Organisation and Procedures: Report of the Working Party 1979.1979
ACGB/21/52An invitation to the nation to invest in the arts: A Great British Success Story.[198-]
ACGB/21/26Historical Material.[198-]
ACGB/21/30Palace Theatre Centre leaflet advertising the Palace Privilege Card.[198-]
ACGB/21/31The Palace Theatre Centre proudly presents Benefits for Business or As You Like It.[198-]
ACGB/21/39The Royal Court: A Unique Resource.[198-]
ACGB/21/12List of Insurances for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, The Aldwych, London.[198-?]
ACGB/21/27Published Works.[198-?]
ACGB/21/103Papers for Second Meeting of the Touring Consortium.[198-?]
ACGB/21/9Unpacking 7 Films.[198-?]
ACGB/21/8Arts in Action.[1980?]
ACGB/21/57Internal Memo: OWP - Delegation of Authority.1980 Mar
ACGB/21/58The Arts Council of Great Britain and the regional arts associations: Towards a new relationship.1980 May
ACGB/21/59Organisation Working Party: Delegation of Authority: Report on Subsidy Procedures.1980 Oct
ACGB/21/108South Hill Park Arts Centre.1980
ACGB/21/140Allocation lists and budgets
1 bundle
1980-1981
ACGB/21/124Devolution of Theatre Writing Commissioning Monies.
1 file
1980-1986
ACGB/21/115Arts Council of Great Britain: IBM System/34 Computer System Subsidies System Functional Specification.1981 May 26
ACGB/21/60Writers in Education 1951-1979: A survey and report.1981 May
ACGB/21/50Writers and the Arts Council.1981
ACGB/21/7Arts in Action.1982
ACGB/21/47New Theatre Writing Schemes 1983-4.[1983?]
ACGB/21/118Opera and Dance: Report of the Study Group.1983 Feb
ACGB/21/15Financial Scrutiny of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Ltd and the Royal Shakespeare Company Volume I.1983
ACGB/21/16Financial Scrutiny of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Ltd and the Royal Shakespeare Company Volume II.1983
ACGB/21/36The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, Development Trust.1983
ACGB/21/18The Priestley Report on the Royal Opera House and Royal Shakespeare Company. Paper for Council by the Deputy Secretary-General, no.C83p46.1983
ACGB/21/121Literature statistics.
1 file
1983-1984
ACGB/21/123Appraisals and evaluations
1 bundle
1983-1987
ACGB/21/45Grants to Writers and Theatre Companies for New Plays: New Theatre Writing Schemes 1984-5.[1984?]
ACGB/21/62The Glory of the Garden press release.1984 Mar
ACGB/21/114The Arts Council: Report on Qualitative Research: Contemporary Music Network.1984 June
ACGB/21/117Jazz in Education: A Report on the Pilot Projects 1983/84.1984 Sept
ACGB/21/61The Glory of the Garden: The Development of the Arts in England.1984
ACGB/21/1Guide to Awards and Schemes: An introduction to the work of Arts Council Departments and the types of grants available in 1984-85.1984
ACGB/21/116Regional and National Jazz Organisations Assessments.1984
ACGB/21/63National Theatre Budgets 1984/85, 1986/87 and 1987/88.1984-1987
ACGB/21/130Indemnity
1 file
1984-1989
ACGB/21/44Job Creation in the Arts: a report for the Arts Council of Great Britain by Graham Marchant. First Draft.1985 May
ACGB/21/113Afro-Caribbean/South Asian Music Inquiry Report.1985 June
ACGB/21/49Opera Provision outside London: Report of the Opera Study Group.1985 June
ACGB/21/38National Theatre: Report on effects of water penetration through joints in the structure.1985 July
ACGB/21/21Gloucestershire Everyman Theatre 1986/87 Funding Requirements.1985 Sept
ACGB/21/46Keping the Show on the Road: A report on touring in England by Graham Devlin.1985 Nov
ACGB/21/23Theatre Projects: A New Orange Tree Theatre: Proposed Design.1985 Dec
ACGB/21/3Arts Council Guide to Awards and Schemes: An introduction to the work of Arts Council Departments and the types of grants available in 1985-86.1985
ACGB/21/33The National Theatre Board Annual Report and Accounts 1983/84.1985
ACGB/21/17Royal Shakespeare Theatre Quinquennial Report prepared by Michael Reardon & Associates, Chartered Architects.1985
ACGB/21/37Shared Experience.1985
ACGB/21/119The Supplemental Charter of Incorporation Granted by Her Majesty the Queen to the Arts Council of Great Britain.[1985?]
ACGB/21/72[Care of Finance Filing Systems].1985-1987
ACGB/21/138Bankers' Automated Clearing Services
1 file
1985-1993
ACGB/21/10Duke's Playhouse Review.1986 Feb
ACGB/21/55Theatre Enquiry - Finance Director's Submission.1986 Apr
ACGB/21/25Aspects of Funding Regional Theatres subsidised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, with case studies.1986 Sept
ACGB/21/53Partnership: Making arts money work harder.1986 Sept
ACGB/21/24Theatre in Leatherhead: The Thorndike Theatre.1986 Sept
ACGB/21/32110th Report of the Council 1985/86: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.1986
ACGB/21/54A Policy for Theatre For Young People: A joint statement by the Arts Council and the Regional Arts Associations.1986
ACGB/21/2Arts Council Awards and Schemes 1986-87.1986
ACGB/21/29Cambridge Theatre Company 100th Production Souvenir Brochure.1986
ACGB/21/110Customer Sales List - UK.1986
ACGB/21/35Password.1986
ACGB/21/111[Subsidy Account 1985/86 Archive Printout].1986
ACGB/21/112[Subsidy Account 1985/86 Archive Printout].1986
ACGB/21/34Theatre Royal Presentations plc Offer for Subscription under the terms of the Busicess Expansion Scheme.1986
ACGB/21/56Paperbacks and Leather Bindings: The report of an inquiry into the operations of literary shrines in England.1987 Jan
ACGB/21/4Arts Council Awards and Schemes 1987-88.1987
ACGB/21/19Nuffield Theatre Management and Financial Systems Review.1987
ACGB/21/10The Arts: Politics, Power & the Purse: An international conference on the structure of arts funding 4 & 5 March 1987, London.1987
ACGB/21/71Capricorn Concerts Trust.1987-1989
ACGB/21/127South Bank Board accounts file
1 file
1987-1990
ACGB/21/67For Revenue Clients: Conditions of Financial Assistance.1988 Mar
ACGB/21/99Fashioning a Future for the Arts: Towards a Regional Plan for Arts Development.1988
ACGB/21/122Accounts working papers.
1 bundle
1988-1989
ACGB/21/132Value Added Tax schedule
1 file
1988-1991
ACGB/21/139Arts Council Collection
1 file
1988-1995
ACGB/21/142Trust funds
1 bundle
1988-1995
ACGB/21/68The Distribution of Books of Small Presses: a study for the National Endowment for the Arts by Leonard Shatzkin.1989 Jan
ACGB/21/136Job descriptions
1 file
1989-1992
ACGB/21/128Tax claims (Recoverable income tax)
1 file
1989-1995
ACGB/21/98The Arts in All Our Lives: A Strategy for the Arts in the South 1990-1995.1990 Jan
ACGB/21/100Arts on the Map: The Regional Plan for Arts Development.1990
ACGB/21/107Association of British Orchestras.1990
ACGB/21/125Wilding report
1 file
1990-1991
ACGB/21/133Rates correspondence
1 file
1990-1994
ACGB/21/129Tax: Foreign Entertainers Unit
1 file
1990-1995
ACGB/21/141Miscellaneous transactions
1 file
1991-1992
ACGB/21/135Regional Arts Boards correspondence
1 file
1991-1995
ACGB/21/131Grant Management Unit
1 file
1992-1993
ACGB/21/126Inter-disciplinary projects: Women in the Arts
1 file
1992-1993
ACGB/21/137Broadcasting and the Arts correspondence
1 file
1992-1995
ACGB/21/134Price Waterhouse on market testing
1 file
1993