| Series title: | Secretariat: Correspondence, 1945-1961 | |
| Reference: | EL5 | |
| Extent: | 115 items |
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 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/1 | Art Panel | 1945 July-1951 Dec | ||
| EL5/2 | Music Panel | 1945 Mar-1949 Dec | ||
| EL5/3 | Music Panel | 1950 Jan-1953 Dec | ||
| Aldeburgh Festival, 1947-1953 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/4 | Aldeburgh Festival | 1947 Dec-1948 Dec | ||
| EL5/5 | Aldeburgh Festival | 1949 Jan-1949 Dec | ||
| EL5/6 | Aldeburgh Festival | 1950 Jan-1950 Oct | ||
| EL5/7 | Aldeburgh Festival | 1951 Jan-1951 Dec | ||
| EL5/8 | Aldeburgh Festival | 1952 Jan-1953 Dec | ||
| Arts Clubs and Centres: Regional Correspondence, 1945-1955 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/9 | Lists of file contents | nd | ||
| EL5/10 | Region 1 - Newcastle | 1947 Jan-1952 Apr | ||
| EL5/11 | Region 2 - Leeds | 1945 Oct-1951 June | ||
| EL5/12 | Region 3 - Nottingham | 1948 Sept-1952 Jan | ||
| EL5/13 | Region 4 - Cambridge | 1947 Jan-1951 July | ||
| EL5/14 | Region 6 - Southampton | 1948 July-1951 July | ||
| EL5/15 | Region 7 - Bristol | 1946 Mar-1952 Feb | ||
| EL5/16 | Region 8 - Cardiff | 1946 July-1951 July | ||
| EL5/17 | Region 9 - Birmingham | 1945 Sept-1948 Dec | ||
| EL5/18 | Region 9 - Birmingham | 1949 Mar-1952 Mar | ||
| EL5/19 | Region 10 - Manchester | 1946 Mar-1952 Mar | ||
| EL5/20 | Region 11- Edinburgh | 1946 Oct-1952 Feb | ||
| EL5/21 | Region 12 - London | 1949 Apr-1952 Mar | ||
| EL5/22 | Eastern Region - Cambridge | 1952 Apr-1954 June | ||
| EL5/23 | Midlands Region - Birmingham | 1952 Apr-1955 May | ||
| EL5/24 | North-Eastern Region - York | 1952 Apr-1955 July | ||
| EL5/25 | North-Western Region - Manchester | 1952 Apr-1955 June | ||
| EL5/26 | South-Eastern Region - London | 1952 Apr-1955 Sept | ||
| EL5/27 | South-Western Region - Bristol | 1952 Apr-1955 Oct | ||
| Association of Municipal Corporations, 1945-1954 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/28 | Association of Municipal Corporations : ACGB's relationship with local authorities | 1945 June-1954 Feb | ||
| British Broadcasting Corporation, 1944-1946 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/29 | British Broadcasting Corporation : Contracts for the concerts from historic towns series | 1945 Dec-1949 Nov | ||
| EL5/30 | Concerts from historic towns | 1945-1946 | ||
| EL5/31 | Concerts from historic towns | 1946 | ||
| EL5/32 | Concerts from historic towns | 1946 | ||
| EL5/33 | Programme sheets for the concerts from historic towns series and its predecessor, the concerts from historic buildings series | 1944-1946 | ||
| British Council, 1946-1953 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/34 | British Council | 1946 Dec-1949 Dec | ||
| EL5/35 | British Council | 1950 Jan-1953 Dec | ||
| EL5/36 | British Council & Arts Council relations between | 1946 July-1947 Dec | ||
| EL5/37 | British Council - Relations between Arts Council | 1948 Jan-1949 Dec | ||
| EL5/38 | British Council - Relations between Arts Council | 1950 Jan-1953 July | ||
| File titles Br to Ch, 1945-1955 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/39 | British Film Institute | 1945 Jan-1952 Mar | ||
| EL5/40 | British Institute of Recorded Sound | 1948 Feb-1954 Dec | ||
| EL5/41 | British Institute of Recorded Sound | 1955 Jan-1955 Dec | ||
| EL5/42 | Cultural Permits : Brussels Treaty Identity Card Project | 1949 Nov-1951 Nov | ||
| EL5/43 | CEMA Northern Ireland | 1945 Dec-1947 Dec | ||
| EL5/44 | CEMA Northern Ireland | 1948 Jan-1950 Nov | ||
| EL5/45 | Charter : negotiations for the ACGB's Royal Charter | 1945 June-1946 Sept | ||
| EL5/46 | Choral Thanksgiving for Victory concert at the Royal Albert Hall : organisation | 1945 Apr-1945 Dec | ||
| EL5/47 | Choral Thanksgiving for Victory concert at the Royal Albert Hall : organisation | 1946 Jan-1946 May | ||
| Council Members: General Correspondence, 1943-1955 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/48 | Lady Albemarle | 1951 Jan-1955 Dec | ||
| EL5/49 | Sir Bronson Albery | 1947 Dec-1952 Jan | ||
| EL5/50 | C. M. Bowra | 1947 Dec-1950 Dec | ||
| EL5/51 | Richard Capell | 1951 Feb-1954 June | ||
| EL5/52 | John Carter | 1951 Jan-1955 May | ||
| EL5/53 | Barbara Ayrton Gould | 1946 Jan-1950 Nov | ||
| EL5/54 | Lady Keynes | 1946 June-1950 Jan | ||
| EL5/55 | Eric Linklater | 1946 Dec-1950 Jan | ||
| EL5/56 | Sir Stanley Marchant | 1943 Jan-1949 Mar | ||
| EL5/57 | Sir Jasper Ridley | 1950 Feb-1951 Feb | ||
| EL5/58 | The Countess of Rosebery | 1947 Dec-1950 Dec | ||
| EL5/59 | Dr James Welsh | 1946 Feb-1951 Nov | ||
| EL5/60 | W. E. Williams | 1946 Jan-1951 Jan | ||
| EL5/61 | Dr Thomas Wood | 1949 Apr-1950 Dec | ||
| Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama, 1945-1953 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/62 | Edinburgh Festival | 1945 Nov-1946 Dec | ||
| EL5/63 | Edinburgh Festival | 1945-1946 | ||
| EL5/64 | Edinburgh Festival | 1947 Jan-1947 Dec | ||
| EL5/65 | Edinburgh Festival | 1948 Jan-1948 Dec | ||
| EL5/66 | Edinburgh Festival | 1949 Jan-1949 Dec | ||
| EL5/67 | Edinburgh Festival | 1950 Jan-1950 Nov | ||
| EL5/68 | Edinburgh Festival | 1951 Mar-1951 Nov | ||
| EL5/69 | Edinburgh Festival | 1952 Jan-1953 Dec | ||
| Local Government Act 1948, 1949-1953 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/70 | Local Government Act 1948. Correspondence with regional offices concerning enquiries from local authorities about section 132 of the Act. | 1949 Feb-1950 May | ||
| EL5/71 | Local Government Act 1948. Correspondence with regional offices concerning enquiries from local authorities about section 132 of the Act. | 1950 Jan-1950 Dec | ||
| EL5/72 | Local 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 | ||
| EL5/73 | Local 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 | ||
| EL5/74 | Local 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 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/75 | London County Council | 1948 May-1953 Sept | ||
| EL5/76 | Malvern Festival | 1948 Nov-1950 Feb | ||
| Museum of Costume and Fashion Research Centre, | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/77 | Museum of Costume | 1949 July-1950 Mar | ||
| EL5/78 | Museum of Costume | 1950 Apr-1950 Dec | ||
| EL5/79 | Museum of Costume. Draft memorandum and articles of association. | 1951 Jan-1951 Dec | ||
| EL5/80 | Museum of Costume | 1952 Jan-1952 Dec | ||
| EL5/81 | Museum of Costume | 1953 Jan-1954 Nov | ||
| EL5/82 | Museum of Costume | 1955 Jan-1955 Dec | ||
| File titles Na to Tr, 1942-1955 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/83 | National Council of Social Service | 1948 Jan-1953 Mar | ||
| EL5/84 | Opera and Ballet Sub-committee | 1953 Dec-1954 Dec | ||
| EL5/85 | Operation Gloriana | 1952 Oct-1953 July | ||
| EL5/86 | Queen's Hall Committee : minutes of 1st-15th meetings | 1954 Oct-1955 Mar | ||
| EL5/87 | Queen's Hall Papers and Minutes | 1954 Nov-1954 Dec | ||
| EL5/88 | Queen's Hall Committee | 1955 Jan | ||
| EL5/89 | Queen's Hall Committee | 1955 Feb-1955 May | ||
| EL5/90 | Rates Exemption | 1946 Jan-1948 Aug | ||
| EL5/91 | Rates Exemption | 1948 Oct-1952 Dec | ||
| EL5/92 | Scottish Committee | 1946 Apr-1947 Dec | ||
| EL5/93 | Scottish Committee | 1948 Jan-1949 Dec | ||
| EL5/94 | Scottish Committee | 1950 Jan-1951 Dec | ||
| EL5/95 | Scottish Committee | 1952 Jan-1955 Dec | ||
| EL5/96 | Select Committee on Estimates | 1949 Apr-1953 Jan | ||
| EL5/97 | State Aid for the Arts Abroad | 1952 May-1953 Dec | ||
| EL5/98 | State Aid for the Arts Abroad | 1954 Feb-1955 Oct | ||
| EL5/99 | Tennent Plays (Income Tax Appeal) | 1942 May-1947 Dec | ||
| EL5/100 | Theatrical Constitutions etc | 1946 Dec-1947 Apr | ||
| EL5/101 | Board of Trade | 1946 June-1950 Dec | ||
| EL5/102 | Board of Trade | 1948 Jan-1950 Dec | ||
| EL5/103 | Board of Trade | 1950 Dec-1952 May | ||
| EL5/104 | Treasury | 1946 Jan-1948 Dec | ||
| EL5/105 | Treasury | 1949 Jan-1951 Dec | ||
| EL5/106 | Treasury | 1952 Jan-1953 Dec | ||
| EL5/107 | Treasury | 1954 Jan-1955 Dec | ||
| Welsh Committee, 1945-1961 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/108 | Welsh Committee | 1947 Sept-1947 Dec | ||
| EL5/109 | Welsh Committee | 1948 Jan-1948 Dec | ||
| EL5/110 | Welsh Committee | 1949 Mar-1950 Dec | ||
| EL5/111 | Welsh Committee | 1951 Jan-1951 Dec | ||
| EL5/112 | Dr D. E. Parry Williams | 1945-1961 | ||
| File titles Wi to Yo, 1948-1952 | ||||
| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| EL5/113 | Wireless Licences Levy | 1952 June-1952 July | ||
| EL5/114 | York Festival | 1948 Jan-1949 Dec | ||
| EL5/115 | York Festival | 1950 Jan-1951 Dec | ||