Victoria and Albert Museum

Arts Council of Great Britain: records, 1928-1997


Series description

Series title: Personnel Department: ACGB Retirement Plan, 1946-1983
Reference: ACGB/73
Extent: 2m 30cm

Context

The Arts Council first proposed a pension scheme in 1946, and it came into force on Jan 1 1947, arranged in conjunction with The Standard Life Assurance Company. It was set up by Mr E.L.Horn, the Council's Accounting Officer and administered by four appointed Trustees.

Mr G.M. Harrison, whose titles with the Council included Chief Administration Officer, Establishment Officer and Pensions Executive, administered the scheme during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Scope and content

The series incorporates the working papers of the scheme. It includes papers relating to the setting up of the scheme in the 1940s, general correspondence, re-costing reports, certificates, withdrawal and transfer papers, individuals' records and a deposit account book, a journal and ledger.

Arrangement

These files are arranged chronologically, according to the numerical order (1 to 18) with which they were originally labelled. There is also one box of oversized material.

Access

No list of the individual files in this series is currently available.

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Access to unpublished material less than 30 years old is subject to the written permission of the Arts Council of England.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