Victoria and Albert Museum

Arts Council of Great Britain: records, 1928-1997

Series description

Series title: Secretariat: Miscellaneous Files, 1945-1995
Reference: ACGB/46
Extent: 123 items

Scope and content

This series contains all those Secretariat papers which do not belong to the original series listed elsewhere. It includes papers of Lawrence Mackintosh and Eric White, Executive Committee Minutes and papers regarding pension schemes, the Dancers Resettlement Fund, legal cases, the Organisation Working Party 1979, the Opera & Dance Working Party 1982/83 and the Arts CouncilReview 1993 etc.

Arrangement

The items in this series are 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Access to unpublished material less than 30 years old is subject to the written permission of the Arts Council of England.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/46/98Assistant Secretary Eric White's Papers
4 boxes		1945-1960
ACGB/46/69 The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art
1 file		1947-1966
ACGB/46/70Charter giving the Arts Council the right to a chair in the Guildhall of St George, King's Lynn
1 file		1951
This file also contains two photographs of a broadcast concert at Temple Newsam House.
ACGB/46/99Executive Committee Minutes: 171st-203rd Meeting
1 volume		1962 June-1967 Jan
ACGB/46/5Miscellaneous Papers A-Z ( Lawrence Mackintosh)
2 boxes		1966-1972
ACGB/46/12Pension Plan Correpsondence - Anthony Field
1 box		1968-1979
ACGB/46/109Policy and Finance Committee papers
2 transfer cases		1969-1991
ACGB/46/2Staff Association
2 boxes		1970-1980
ACGB/46/10Dancers Pension Scheme
1 box		1973-1986
ACGB/46/47Dancers Resettlement Fund
1 box		1974-1985
ACGB/46/9ACGB Pension Scheme
2 boxes		1975-1988
ACGB/46/21Opera Singers Pension Scheme Correspondence
1 box		1975-1988
ACGB/46/8Opera Singers Pension Scheme
2 boxes		1975-1989
ACGB/46/11Actors Pension Scheme
1 box		1976-1990
ACGB/46/17Pension Scheme for Administration and Technical Staff in the Arts
1 box		1976-1990
ACGB/46/19Organisation Working Party 1979 Minutes, Submissions and Other Papers
1 box		1978-1979
ACGB/46/6Organisation Working Party 1979 Working Papers ( Lawrence Mackintosh)
3 boxes		1978-1980
ACGB/46/121Legal case re: Ian Hamilton-Finlay
1 file		1978-1988
ACGB/46/120Legal case re: Lives Exhibition and Conrad Atkinson
1 box		1979-1982
ACGB/46/100Records and Archives
1 bundle		1979-1986
ACGB/46/76Secretariat Assistant Files: Annual Report Material; Archives/Records/Coding; Nominees; Vice-Chairman's Committee Nominations
1 box		1979-1990
ACGB/46/49Education, Science & Arts: House of Commons Committee - Lawrence Mackintosh's Working Papers
1 box		1980-1983
ACGB/46/4Ethnic Minority Arts: Lawrence Mackintosh's Papers
1 box		1980-1987
ACGB/46/48Visiting Arts Unit Committee Meetings: Agendas and Minutes
1 box		1980-1988
ACGB/46/7Photography Working Party
1 box		1981-1982
ACGB/46/23Pension Scheme for Administration and Technical Staff in the Arts
1 transfer case		1981-1988
ACGB/46/53Affinity Card; Anglophone Arts Council Meeting; Arts Council Prospectuses; Annual Report; Art Writs
1 transfer case		1981-1989
ACGB/46/3Opera and Dance Enquiry
3 boxes		1982-1983
ACGB/46/20Regional/Joint Directorate Agendas/Minutes etc
1 transfer case		1982-1987
ACGB/46/74Council Members (Retired/Deceased)/SAC[ Scottish Arts Council]/WAC[ Welsh Arts Council]
1 box		1982-1990
ACGB/46/18Opera & Dance Working Party 1982/83 - Responses to Report; Dance House Feasibility Study
1 box		1983-1986
ACGB/46/59Art Union/Lotteries
1 file		1983-1988
ACGB/46/16New Circus Archive
1 file		1983-1988
ACGB/46/57Catering & Staff Restaurant; Combined Arts - General; Copyright
1 transfer case		1983-1989
ACGB/46/58Education; Festivals; F, V & B, Finance; Honours List Letters of Congratulation; Housing the Arts (General)
1 transfer case		1983-1989
ACGB/46/54Organisations Art-Des
1 transfer case		1983-1989
ACGB/46/56Organisations Dev-Lyc
1 transfer case		1983-1989
ACGB/46/51Visits; Visiting Arts; Visitors; Unions - General
1 transfer case		1983-1989
ACGB/46/55Organisations Man-Sco
1 transfer case		1983-1990
ACGB/46/50Organisations Off-Wel
1 transfer case		1983-1990
ACGB/46/27Heritage '84 Awards Commended Certificate
1 sheet		1984
ACGB/46/43British Broadcasting Corporation Review
2 boxes		1984-1985
ACGB/46/22Anthony Blackstock's OWP Papers; Organisational Review
1 box		1984-1986
ACGB/46/122Legal case re: Iqbal Jafree
1 file		1984-1986
ACGB/46/67Lunch List Book
1 volume		1984-1986
ACGB/46/62Visits Secretary General: America 1986
1 file		1984-1987
ACGB/46/112Pensions
1 box and 1 transfer case		1984-1992
ACGB/46/1Record Surveys, Questionnaires and Reports
2 boxes		1985
ACGB/46/60Centre for Employment Initiatives
1 file		1985-1988
ACGB/46/13Organisational Review Implementation Working Papers
1 box		1985-1988
ACGB/46/14Annual Review Meetings with National Companies - Lawrence Mackintosh's Papers
1 box		1985-1989
ACGB/46/68Chairman lunches
1 file		1985-1989
ACGB/46/61Miscellaneous filing
1 file		1985-1989
List enclosed in file.
ACGB/46/116Archive information
2 files		1985-1992
ACGB/46/42Business Sponsorship Incentive Scheme Certificate
1 framed sheet		1986
ACGB/46/63Education General
1 file		1986-1989
ACGB/46/106Ethnic Minority Arts Action Plan
1 file		1986-1989
ACGB/46/46Royal Opera House Board Papers
2 boxes		1986-1989
ACGB/46/15CORAA [Council of Regional Arts Associations] Directors' Meetings - Lawrence Mackintosh's Papers
1 bundle		1986-1990
ACGB/46/31Secretariat (Misc)
1 file		1986-1990
ACGB/46/66Special Lunches/Dinners
1 file		1986-1990
ACGB/46/108Planning and Development Board papers
1 file		1986-1991
ACGB/46/72Council of Europe; European Affairs; 4th Conference Commonwealth Arts Administrators
1 box		1987-1988
ACGB/46/24Dancers Resettlement Fund Meetings; Dancers Pension Scheme Meetings
1 transfer case		1987-1989
ACGB/46/40Nominations
1 bundle		1987-1989
ACGB/46/52Music; Overseas - General; Parliament; Photography; Planning - General; Regional - General; Research; Sponsorship
1 transfer case		1987-1990
ACGB/46/44Pitt-Kethley vs ACGB
1 box		1987-1990
ACGB/46/41Local Authorities
1 file		1988
ACGB/46/71Parliamentary
1 file		1988
ACGB/46/30Scottish Arts Council
1 file		1988
ACGB/46/75Visits Secretary-General: Canada, USA, Poland, Paris
1 box		1988-1989
ACGB/46/107Incentive Board papers
1 file		1988-1991
ACGB/46/29ACGB/SAC[ Scottish Arts Council]/WAC[ Welsh Arts Council]
1 file		1989
ACGB/46/65Council for National Academic Awards: Visit to Dartington College of Arts
1 file		1989
ACGB/46/64Council for National Academic Awards: Visit to Laban Centre for Movement and Dance
1 file		1989
ACGB/46/93ACGB Three Year Plan
1 bundle
Previous ref: 2B		1989
ACGB/46/28A. Everitt Visits
1 file		1989-1990
ACGB/46/26Independent Broadcasting Authority
1 file		1989-1990
ACGB/46/77ACGB Three Year Plan
1 bundle
Previous ref: 8B		1989-1990
ACGB/46/35Voluntary Arts Network
1 file		1989-1990
ACGB/46/25Wilding Report 1989 and ACGB Response - Lawrence Mackintosh's Papers
1 box		1989-1990
ACGB/46/89ACGB History
1 bundle
Previous ref: 3B		1989-1991
ACGB/46/104Directors' meetings
1 transfer case		1989-1991
ACGB/46/119Joint Directorate papers
1 transfer case		1989-1991
ACGB/46/101Management Directorate papers
4 transfer cases		1989-1991
ACGB/46/83Review/Wilding/Old Papers from Secretary-General's Office; PAC [ Public Accounts Committee]
1 transfer case
Previous ref: 4B		1989-1991
ACGB/46/34Secretary-General Personal (Misc)
1 file		1989-1991
ACGB/46/36A. Everitt Congratulations Letters
1 file		1990
ACGB/46/88Delegation to RABs [Regional Arts Boards]
1 bundle
Previous ref: 3B		1990
ACGB/46/91"Future Role" Working Group
1 bundle
Previous ref: 2B		1990
ACGB/46/90Information Working Group
1 bundle
Previous ref: 2B		1990
ACGB/46/32Luke Rittner Run Against Aids
1 file		1990
ACGB/46/92NAO [ National Audit Office] Report
1 bundle
Previous ref: 2B		1990
ACGB/46/37Review Team
1 file		1990
ACGB/46/33Tim Mason
1 file		1990
ACGB/46/39Visits Secretary-General: Australia/New Zealand/USA
1 file		1990
ACGB/46/38Visits Secretary-General: India
1 file		1990
ACGB/46/95ACGB Core Group
1 bundle
Previous ref: 10B		1990-1991
ACGB/46/82Delegation of Clients
1 transfer case
Previous ref: 5B		1990-1991
ACGB/46/79Minister's Reforms; Arts Council Restructuring
1 bundle
Previous ref: 6B		1990-1991
ACGB/46/78OAL [Office of Arts and Libraries]; Steering Group
1 bundle
Previous ref: 1B		1990-1991
ACGB/46/45Panels/Boards/Committees
1 box		1990-1992
ACGB/46/87BFI [British Film Institute] Response
1 bundle
Previous ref: 3B		1991
ACGB/46/85Client Delegation
1 bundle
Previous ref: 3B		1991
ACGB/46/86Departmental Responses
1 bundle
Previous ref: 3B		1991
ACGB/46/84Minister's Reforms
1 bundle
Previous ref: 3B		1991
ACGB/46/117Annual report material
1 file		1991-1994
ACGB/46/118Chief Officers' Group
1 transfer case		1991-1994
ACGB/46/110Honours
2 transfer cases		1991-1995
ACGB/46/80"The Best for the Most" - National Arts and Media Strategy Conference
1 file
Previous ref: 7B		1992
ACGB/46/103Advisory Board appointments
1 transfer case		1992-1993
ACGB/46/102Senior Management Team papers
2 boxes		1992-1993
ACGB/46/73Welsh Arts Council Board Papers
1 box		1992-1993
ACGB/46/111Advisory panels/boards nominations
1 transfer case		1992-1994
ACGB/46/97ACGB Review
1 transfer case
Previous ref: 9B		1993
ACGB/46/94ACGB Review
1 transfer case
Previous ref: 11B		1993
ACGB/46/96ACGB Review
1 bundle
Previous ref: 12B		1993
ACGB/46/115Budget Committee papers
1 bundle		1993-1994
ACGB/46/81Management Proposal
1 file
Previous ref: 7B		1993-1994
ACGB/46/114Restructuring
1 file		1993-1994
ACGB/46/123Senior Management Team papers belonging to Ian Reid, Director of Arts Development Division
1 transfer case		1993-1995
ACGB/46/11Theatre ticket orders
1 transfer case		1993-1995