Victoria and Albert Museum

Arts Council of Great Britain: records, 1928-1997


Series description

Series title: Secretariat: Correspondence, 1945-1961
Reference: EL5
Extent: 115 items

Scope and content

This series contains miscellaneous correspondence files relating to subjects such as: the Aldeburgh Festival, Arts Clubs and Centres, the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama, the Local Government Act 1948 and the Museum of Costume and Fashion Research Centre. It also contains Council members' correspondence files and files of correspondence with organisations such as; the British Broadcasting Corporation, the British Council, CEMA Northern Ireland and the Scottish and Welsh Committees of the Arts Council of Great Britain.


Advisory Panel Appointments, 1945-1953
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/1Art Panel1945 July-1951 Dec
EL5/2Music Panel1945 Mar-1949 Dec
EL5/3Music Panel1950 Jan-1953 Dec

Aldeburgh Festival, 1947-1953
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/4Aldeburgh Festival1947 Dec-1948 Dec
EL5/5Aldeburgh Festival1949 Jan-1949 Dec
EL5/6Aldeburgh Festival1950 Jan-1950 Oct
EL5/7Aldeburgh Festival1951 Jan-1951 Dec
EL5/8Aldeburgh Festival1952 Jan-1953 Dec

Arts Clubs and Centres: Regional Correspondence, 1945-1955
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/9Lists of file contentsnd
EL5/10Region 1 - Newcastle1947 Jan-1952 Apr
EL5/11Region 2 - Leeds1945 Oct-1951 June
EL5/12Region 3 - Nottingham1948 Sept-1952 Jan
EL5/13Region 4 - Cambridge1947 Jan-1951 July
EL5/14Region 6 - Southampton1948 July-1951 July
EL5/15Region 7 - Bristol1946 Mar-1952 Feb
EL5/16Region 8 - Cardiff1946 July-1951 July
EL5/17Region 9 - Birmingham1945 Sept-1948 Dec
EL5/18Region 9 - Birmingham1949 Mar-1952 Mar
EL5/19Region 10 - Manchester1946 Mar-1952 Mar
EL5/20Region 11- Edinburgh1946 Oct-1952 Feb
EL5/21Region 12 - London1949 Apr-1952 Mar
EL5/22Eastern Region - Cambridge1952 Apr-1954 June
EL5/23Midlands Region - Birmingham1952 Apr-1955 May
EL5/24North-Eastern Region - York1952 Apr-1955 July
EL5/25North-Western Region - Manchester1952 Apr-1955 June
EL5/26South-Eastern Region - London1952 Apr-1955 Sept
EL5/27South-Western Region - Bristol1952 Apr-1955 Oct

Association of Municipal Corporations, 1945-1954
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/28Association of Municipal Corporations : ACGB's relationship with local authorities1945 June-1954 Feb

British Broadcasting Corporation, 1944-1946
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/29British Broadcasting Corporation : Contracts for the concerts from historic towns series1945 Dec-1949 Nov
EL5/30Concerts from historic towns1945-1946
EL5/31Concerts from historic towns1946
EL5/32Concerts from historic towns1946
EL5/33Programme sheets for the concerts from historic towns series and its predecessor, the concerts from historic buildings series1944-1946

British Council, 1946-1953
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/34British Council1946 Dec-1949 Dec
EL5/35British Council1950 Jan-1953 Dec
EL5/36British Council & Arts Council relations between1946 July-1947 Dec
EL5/37British Council - Relations between Arts Council1948 Jan-1949 Dec
EL5/38British Council - Relations between Arts Council1950 Jan-1953 July

File titles Br to Ch, 1945-1955
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/39British Film Institute1945 Jan-1952 Mar
EL5/40British Institute of Recorded Sound1948 Feb-1954 Dec
EL5/41British Institute of Recorded Sound1955 Jan-1955 Dec
EL5/42Cultural Permits : Brussels Treaty Identity Card Project1949 Nov-1951 Nov
EL5/43CEMA Northern Ireland1945 Dec-1947 Dec
EL5/44CEMA Northern Ireland1948 Jan-1950 Nov
EL5/45Charter : negotiations for the ACGB's Royal Charter1945 June-1946 Sept
EL5/46Choral Thanksgiving for Victory concert at the Royal Albert Hall : organisation1945 Apr-1945 Dec
EL5/47Choral Thanksgiving for Victory concert at the Royal Albert Hall : organisation1946 Jan-1946 May

Council Members: General Correspondence, 1943-1955
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/48Lady Albemarle1951 Jan-1955 Dec
EL5/49Sir Bronson Albery1947 Dec-1952 Jan
EL5/50C. M. Bowra1947 Dec-1950 Dec
EL5/51Richard Capell1951 Feb-1954 June
EL5/52John Carter1951 Jan-1955 May
EL5/53Barbara Ayrton Gould1946 Jan-1950 Nov
EL5/54Lady Keynes1946 June-1950 Jan
EL5/55Eric Linklater1946 Dec-1950 Jan
EL5/56Sir Stanley Marchant1943 Jan-1949 Mar
EL5/57Sir Jasper Ridley1950 Feb-1951 Feb
EL5/58The Countess of Rosebery1947 Dec-1950 Dec
EL5/59Dr James Welsh1946 Feb-1951 Nov
EL5/60W. E. Williams1946 Jan-1951 Jan
EL5/61Dr Thomas Wood1949 Apr-1950 Dec

Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama, 1945-1953
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/62Edinburgh Festival1945 Nov-1946 Dec
EL5/63Edinburgh Festival1945-1946
EL5/64Edinburgh Festival1947 Jan-1947 Dec
EL5/65Edinburgh Festival1948 Jan-1948 Dec
EL5/66Edinburgh Festival1949 Jan-1949 Dec
EL5/67Edinburgh Festival1950 Jan-1950 Nov
EL5/68Edinburgh Festival1951 Mar-1951 Nov
EL5/69Edinburgh Festival1952 Jan-1953 Dec

Local Government Act 1948, 1949-1953
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/70Local Government Act 1948. Correspondence with regional offices concerning enquiries from local authorities about section 132 of the Act.1949 Feb-1950 May
EL5/71Local Government Act 1948. Correspondence with regional offices concerning enquiries from local authorities about section 132 of the Act.1950 Jan-1950 Dec
EL5/72Local Government Act 1948. Correspondence with regional offices concerning enquiries from local authorities about section 132 of the Act; actions taken under the Act.1951 Feb-1951 Dec
EL5/73Local Government Act 1948. Correspondence with regional offices concerning enquiries from local authorities about section 132 of the Act; actions taken under the Act.1952 Jan-1952 Dec
EL5/74Local Government Act 1948. Correspondence with regional offices concerning enquiries from local authorities about section 132 of the Act; actions taken under the Act.1953

File titles Lo to Ma, 1948-1953
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/75London County Council1948 May-1953 Sept
EL5/76Malvern Festival1948 Nov-1950 Feb

Museum of Costume and Fashion Research Centre,
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/77Museum of Costume1949 July-1950 Mar
EL5/78Museum of Costume1950 Apr-1950 Dec
EL5/79Museum of Costume. Draft memorandum and articles of association.1951 Jan-1951 Dec
EL5/80Museum of Costume1952 Jan-1952 Dec
EL5/81Museum of Costume1953 Jan-1954 Nov
EL5/82Museum of Costume1955 Jan-1955 Dec

File titles Na to Tr, 1942-1955
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/83National Council of Social Service1948 Jan-1953 Mar
EL5/84Opera and Ballet Sub-committee1953 Dec-1954 Dec
EL5/85Operation Gloriana1952 Oct-1953 July
EL5/86Queen's Hall Committee : minutes of 1st-15th meetings1954 Oct-1955 Mar
EL5/87Queen's Hall Papers and Minutes1954 Nov-1954 Dec
EL5/88Queen's Hall Committee1955 Jan
EL5/89Queen's Hall Committee1955 Feb-1955 May
EL5/90Rates Exemption1946 Jan-1948 Aug
EL5/91Rates Exemption1948 Oct-1952 Dec
EL5/92Scottish Committee1946 Apr-1947 Dec
EL5/93Scottish Committee1948 Jan-1949 Dec
EL5/94Scottish Committee1950 Jan-1951 Dec
EL5/95Scottish Committee1952 Jan-1955 Dec
EL5/96Select Committee on Estimates1949 Apr-1953 Jan
EL5/97State Aid for the Arts Abroad1952 May-1953 Dec
EL5/98State Aid for the Arts Abroad1954 Feb-1955 Oct
EL5/99Tennent Plays (Income Tax Appeal)1942 May-1947 Dec
EL5/100Theatrical Constitutions etc1946 Dec-1947 Apr
EL5/101Board of Trade1946 June-1950 Dec
EL5/102Board of Trade1948 Jan-1950 Dec
EL5/103Board of Trade1950 Dec-1952 May
EL5/104Treasury1946 Jan-1948 Dec
EL5/105Treasury1949 Jan-1951 Dec
EL5/106Treasury1952 Jan-1953 Dec
EL5/107Treasury1954 Jan-1955 Dec

Welsh Committee, 1945-1961
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/108Welsh Committee1947 Sept-1947 Dec
EL5/109Welsh Committee1948 Jan-1948 Dec
EL5/110Welsh Committee1949 Mar-1950 Dec
EL5/111Welsh Committee1951 Jan-1951 Dec
EL5/112Dr D. E. Parry Williams1945-1961

File titles Wi to Yo, 1948-1952
ReferenceDescriptionDates
EL5/113Wireless Licences Levy1952 June-1952 July
EL5/114York Festival1948 Jan-1949 Dec
EL5/115York Festival1950 Jan-1951 Dec