Victoria and Albert Museum

Arts Council of Great Britain: records, 1928-1997


Series description

Series title: Finance Department: Fee Letters, 1968-1988
Reference: ACGB/22
Extent: 1m 50cm

Context

This series reflects only a selection of all the fees and payments which the Finance Department dealt with during the history of the Arts Council. However, the files illustrate a great deal of the work which the Arts Council financed from the late 1960s to 1980s. This series, for example, includes fee letters relating to exhibitions, poetry readings, workshops, purchasing advice and marketing services.

Scope and content

This series contains: fee offer/acceptance and payment letters, 1968-1973; fee offer/acceptance letters, 1973-1977, 1980-1982; fee payment letters, 1973-1977, 1980-1984; fees for submission to Advisory Committee, 1978-1982; fees approved and listed with Directorate, 1982-1985; art fees, 1984-1987; and fee offer letters and remittance advices, M-Z, 1987-1988.

Access

No detailed list of the series is available currently.

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Access to unpublished material less than 30 years old is subject to the written permission of the Arts Council of England.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.