Victoria and Albert Museum

Arts Council of Great Britain: records, 1928-1997


Series description

Series title: Information Department: Information/Library Unit Files, 1966-1991
Reference: ACGB/68
Extent: 158 items

Context

Information was initially the responsibility of the Research and Information Unit, which was established in 1973 as part of the Regional Department. In 1976 the Regional Department was disbanded, but the Research and Information Unit remained and was later absorbed within the Personnel and Administration Department.

In 1985 the Research and Information Unit was re-organised with a new Head of Information Services being responsible for four sections including Information/Library. In 1986 this unit became part of the new Marketing and Resources Departmentwithin the new Services Division.

Scope and content

This series consists mainly of information files and administration files. It includes the papers of Gillian Dare and Rod Fisher.

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Access to unpublished material less than 30 years old is subject to the written permission of the Arts Council of England.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/68/138REF 9: Constitutions
1 file
1966-1982
ACGB/68/105PP 30 : Local Authority Aid to the Arts - Revised Edition
1 file
1974-1979
ACGB/68/74PP3: Bulletin - Origins & Revised Format Proposals
1 file
1974-1981
ACGB/68/110PP 19: Arts Council Magazine Proposals
1 file
1974-1981
ACGB/68/107PP 5: Bulletin - Requests For
1 file
1974-1983
ACGB/68/98PP 22: Writers in Residence Survey
1 file
1975
ACGB/68/115INF 26: Council for Art Research - CARAA
1 file
1975
ACGB/68/65Regional Committee
1 file
1975-1976
ACGB/68/19RO 29: RAAs - Subscription Rates Examination
1 file
1975-1976
ACGB/68/75Bulletin
1 file
1975-1977
ACGB/68/112PP 16: Council - Introduction to its Work and Policy Leaflet
1 file
1975-1979
ACGB/68/100PP 10: Arts Centres - Publications on
1 file
1975-1982
ACGB/68/3I & R Staff
1 bundle
1975-1983
ACGB/68/45INF 3: Information Co-ordination
1 file
1975-1983
ACGB/68/123INF 9: Regional Policy
1 file
1975-1983
ACGB/68/124INF 10: Information to RAAs
1 file
1975-1983
ACGB/68/94INF 20: Information Exchange with Arts Organisations Overseas
1 file
1975-1983
ACGB/68/50RO3: RAAs - Staff List
1 file
1975-1983
ACGB/68/51RO2
1 bundle
1975-1984
ACGB/68/156Miscellaneous Papers
1 bundle
1975-1985
ACGB/68/84INF 6: Press Cuttings Service
1 file
1975-1986
ACGB/68/49RO1: RAAs - General Correspondence
1 file
1975-1986
ACGB/68/1INF 8: Library Services
1 file
1975-1987
ACGB/68/93PP 27: Alternative Theatre Directory
1 file
1976-1977
ACGB/68/54RO22: RAAs - Travel Subsidy Scheme
1 file
1976-1977
ACGB/68/117INF 16: Responsibilities for Information on Arts Careers/Training
1 file
1976-1982
ACGB/68/128INF 15: Visitors
1 file
1976-1983
ACGB/68/111PP 18: Council - Annual Report
1 file
1976-1983
ACGB/68/97PP 23: Library Acquisitions
1 file
1976-1983
ACGB/68/29RO24: Press Releases from Organisations other than ACGB/RAAs
1 box
1976-1983
ACGB/68/2INF 12: R & I Accomodation
1 file
1976-1984
ACGB/68/95INF 21: British Tourist Board and English Tourist Board Liaison
1 file
1976-1984
ACGB/68/20PP17: Council - What it is/What it does revision
1 file
1976-1984
ACGB/68/43RO23: RAAs - Survey of Magazines/Periodicals
2 files
1976-1984
ACGB/68/142PP 2: Arts Documentation Monthly
1 file
1976-1990
ACGB/68/6INF 22: Monitoring Enquiries
1 file
1977-1978
ACGB/68/106PP 29 : Letts - Festivals in GB
1 file
1977-1979
ACGB/68/81RAA Publications Reports
1 bundle
1977-1980
ACGB/68/55Regional Committee: Community Arts Sub-Committee
2 files
1977-1980
ACGB/68/122INF 7: Press Cuttings for Council
1 file
1977-1981
ACGB/68/18RO 28: SACLAT
1 file
1977-1981
ACGB/68/92PP 26: Entertainment and Arts Management
1 file
1977-1983
ACGB/68/126PP 7: Arts Council Bulletin
2 files
1977-1984
ACGB/68/89INF 13: Records & Archives
1 file
1977-1985
ACGB/68/87Day File - Rod Fisher
4 transfer cases
1977-1986
ACGB/68/48RO4: CORAA
1 file
1977-1986
ACGB/68/56PP4: Bulletin: Comments on Format/Contents
1 file
1977-1988
ACGB/68/127INF 30: TAC Arts Lobby
1 file
1978-1979
ACGB/68/99PP 20: Survey of Theatre Research Resources and Information Sources
1 file
1978-1980
ACGB/68/96INF 23: Sports Council Liaison
1 file
1978-1981
ACGB/68/118INF 18: Displays & Exhibitions
1 file
1978-1982
ACGB/68/53PP17b: The Arts Council: What it does and What it is - What it does revision
1 file
1978-1982
ACGB/68/125INF 11: Council Policy
1 file
1978-1983
ACGB/68/116INF 17: Photograph Collection
1 file
1978-1983
ACGB/68/119INF 19: Suggestions for Internal Administrative Improvements
1 file
1978-1983
ACGB/68/114INF 25: Arts Council Shop Advisory Committee
1 file
1978-1983
ACGB/68/120PP 1: Research & Information Programme
1 file
1978-1983
ACGB/68/86PP 11: Arts Documentation Monthly
1 file
1978-1983
ACGB/68/121PP 2: Bulletin - Copies
1 file
1978-1984
ACGB/68/108PP 6: Bulletin - Mailing List Operation
1 file
1978-1984
ACGB/68/101PP 9: Arts Centre Addresses
1 file
1978-1984
ACGB/68/140Festivals in Great Britain
1 bundle
1978-1986
ACGB/68/85INF 5: ASTMS
1 file
1978-1989
ACGB/68/66British-Italian Mixed Commission 15th Meeting
1 file
1979
ACGB/68/58PP31: Artsbrief
1 file
1979-1980
ACGB/68/64Regional Advisory Committee
1 file
1979-1980
ACGB/68/113INF 24: Independent Broadcasting Authority
1 file
1979-1982
ACGB/68/131INF 36: Gulbenkian Foundation
1 file
1979-1982
ACGB/68/132INF 32: Minister's Office
1 file
1979-1983
ACGB/68/103P 15: Research Reports/Statistical Reports
1 file
1979-1983
ACGB/68/137REF 1: Magazine Articles & Yearbook Entries
1 file
1979-1983
ACGB/68/104PP 32: Staff Bulletin
1 file
1979-1984
ACGB/68/21INF 31
1 file
1979-1986
ACGB/68/71Communications Group
1 folder
1980-1982
ACGB/68/130INF 39: Commons Select Committtee on Public & Private Funding of the Arts
1 file
1980-1982
ACGB/68/102P 14: Guide to Awards & Schemes
1 file
1980-1983
ACGB/68/70Prestel
1 bundle
1980-1983
ACGB/68/63Arts Council/ Library Association Joint Working Party
1 box file
1980-1984
ACGB/68/41Computers, Equipment, etc
1 bundle
1980-1986
ACGB/68/23INF 42: Working Party on the Formation of an Institute of Arts Administration
1 file
1980-1987
ACGB/68/73British-Austrian Mixed Commission 13th Meeting
1 file
1981
ACGB/68/68British-Belgian Mixed Commission 22nd Meeting
1 file
1981
ACGB/68/15House of Commons Exhibition
1 file
1981
ACGB/68/135PP 33: Writers and the Arts Council
1 file
1981
ACGB/68/33Artemis
1 file
1981-1982
ACGB/68/136PSI Study
1 bundle
1981-1982
ACGB/68/91PP 25: New Publications - General
1 file
1981-1983
ACGB/68/134PP 34: Education Bulletin
1 file
1981-1983
ACGB/68/60PP37: Facts about the Arts (PSI Study)
1 file
1981-1983
ACGB/68/72Records Management/Archives
1 bundle
1981-1985
ACGB/68/40Budgets, Finance, etc
1 bundle
1981-1987
ACGB/68/32Copyright
1 bundle
1982-1986
ACGB/68/88General Enquiries
2 boxes, 2 transfer cases
1982-1987
ACGB/68/90INF 14: Talks, Visits and Attendances at Conferences and Seminars
2 files
1982-1987
ACGB/68/47Benefit Panel: Response Forms
1 file
1983
ACGB/68/129INFORMATION 41: Admin: Individual Section Monthly Report
1 file
1983
ACGB/68/59PP35: Arts Update
1 file
1983
ACGB/68/133PP 36: ABSA Sponsorship Manual
1 file
1983
ACGB/68/46Time Records
1 file
1983
ACGB/68/76Local Authority Information Project
1 bundle
1983-1984
ACGB/68/27PP7: Bulletin - Correspondence
1 file
1983-1987
ACGB/68/109PP 8: Reference Sheets and Bibliographies
1 file
1984
ACGB/68/44INF 2
1 file
1984-1985
ACGB/68/52PP18: Council - Annual Report
1 file
1984-1985
ACGB/68/30Data Protection Act
1 bundle
1984-1986
ACGB/68/14INF 25: Arts Council Shop
1 file
1984-1986
ACGB/68/38aNational Information System Project
1 bundle
1984-1986
ACGB/68/39Publications
1 bundle
1984-1986
ACGB/68/34Student Placements
1 bundle
1984-1986
ACGB/68/77CORAA Publicity and Marketing Group
1 bundle
1984-1987
ACGB/68/13INF 11: Style Setters
1 file
1984-1987
ACGB/68/10INF 15: Visitors
1 file
1984-1987
ACGB/68/152INF 19: Model Memorandum and Articles of Association for Charities
1 file
1984-1987
ACGB/68/16INF 20
1 file
1984-1987
ACGB/68/22INF 41
1 file
1984-1987
ACGB/68/8INF 48: Automation
1 file
1984-1987
ACGB/68/31Monthly Reports
1 bundle
1984-1987
ACGB/68/79PP 24-26
1 bundle
1984-1987
ACGB/68/80PP 36, 39-41, 44
1 bundle
1984-1987
ACGB/68/7INF 19: Suggestions for Internal Administrative Improvements
1 file
1984-1988
ACGB/68/5INF 36: Gulbenkian Foundation
1 file
1985
ACGB/68/82Organisational Review
1 bundle
1985
ACGB/68/57PP15: Research Reports/Statistical Reports
1 file
1985
ACGB/68/35Training Courses Index
1 bundle
1985
ACGB/68/24INF 45
1 bundle
1985-1986
ACGB/68/12INF 55: Copyright
1 file
1985-1986
ACGB/68/37Research
1 bundle
1985-1986
ACGB/68/83Statistics
1 bundle
1985-1986
ACGB/68/36Thesaurus
1 bundle
1985-1986
ACGB/68/28PP6: Bulletin - Requests
1 file
1985-1987
ACGB/68/148PP 1: Reference Sheets & Bibliographies
1 file
1985-1989
ACGB/68/69Arts and Education Databases
1 bundle
1986
ACGB/68/38Information Group
1 folder
1986
ACGB/68/17PP14: Guide to Awards and Schemes
1 file
1986
ACGB/68/67PP34: Education Bulletin
1 file
1986
ACGB/68/78Sponsorship
1 bundle
1986
ACGB/68/155Thesaurus for Arts Management
1 folder
1986
ACGB/68/25INF 46: BTEC First Course in Leisure Studies
1 file
1986-1987
ACGB/68/42Who's Who on Panels and Committees
1 file
1986-1988
ACGB/68/141Arts Documentation Monthly Readership Survey
1 file
1987
ACGB/68/26File PP? Directory of Arts Centres
1 bundle
1987
ACGB/68/61PP48: Directory of Community Arts Projects
1 file
1987-1988
ACGB/68/139Day File: Rod Fisher
1 bundle
1987-1989
ACGB/68/144PP 12: Set Plays and Book List
1 file
1987-1989
ACGB/68/146PP 14: Guide to Medium and Small Scale Venues in London for use by Black and Non-European Artists and Groups
1 file
1987-1989
ACGB/68/147PP 16: Directory of Courses for Arts Administrarion
1 file
1987-1989
ACGB/68/145PP 11: Music Competition, Awards & Scholarship
1 file
1987-1991
ACGB/68/4INF 31: City University/PCL Liason
1 file
1988
ACGB/68/9PP42: Arts and Disability Organisations and Projects
1 file
1988
ACGB/68/62PP49: Local Arts Councils
1 file
1988
ACGB/68/11INF 41: Admin & Individual Section Reports
1 file
1988-1989
ACGB/68/151PP 10: Yearbook Entries
1 file
1988-1990
ACGB/68/143PP 13: Arts Directory
1 file
1988-1990
ACGB/68/154INF 6: Library Services 1988
1 file
1988-1991
ACGB/68/149PP 3: Guide to Awards and Schemes
1 file
1988-1991
ACGB/68/157Arts without Frontiers Conference
1 box, 1 transfer case
1989-1990
ACGB/68/150PP 8: Arts and Disability Organisations and Projects 1989
1 file
1989-1991
ACGB/68/153INF 16: Admin & Individual Section Reports 1990
1 file
1990