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Page 1307 from Volume 3 of 'Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries' (Great Exhibition 1851)

Correspondence and working papers relating to possible methods of continuing the scheme; letters of support, details of finances Duke of Edinburgh's speech at the RSA Industry Year Dinner in Glasgow on 29 July 1986. Details of how the New Industry Committee will work.

Correspondence and working papers mainly relating to the relationship between the Department of Trade and industry and Industry Matters. Includes a report by Geoffrey Chandler on the success of Industry Year.

Minutes and working papers dating from 12 October 1988 to 6 February 1990 relating to the Demand Task Group, Wider Access to Higher Education Work Group and the Fundraising Task Group.

Minutes, notes and correspondence from 17 March 1988-16 November 1989.

Correspondence and working papers relating to objectives (immediate and long-term),financing the project and requests for involvement. Includes the Minutes of the Executive Committee/Industry Working Group for 3 June 1986 and for the Annual General Meeting of the Co-ordinating Committee on 15 October 1986 as well as an Industry Year poster.

Minutes, agendas and working papers of the Industry Year Committee from 27 January 1984 to 26 March 1984. Includes a list of committee members.

This is a published, personal account of Industry Year 1986 and of the subsequent Industry Matters Campaign.

This file is comprised of correspondence, working papers and Minutes relating to the future of Industry Year. It particularly relates to issues concerning direction, funding and staffing. It includes notes made on preliminary ideas for maintaining the momentum of Industry Year beyond 1986, a press release dated 3 December 1986 announcing the continuation of Industry Year after 1986 under the new banner 'Industry Matters', and a small pamphlet on 'Industry Matters'.

Correspondence and working papers relating to the core financing of Industry Year. Included is a Strategy and Pricing Proposal dated February 1986 and a prepared answer to likely questions from reporters about the costs of Industry Year and contributors to that cost.

Industry Year 1986 took place because it was considered that in the late 1980's the decline in UK manufacturing seriously threatened our ability to maintain let alone improve the quality of life for our citizens. Industry Years' slogan 'Thanks to Industry', was intended as a challenge to a society which is insufficiently aware that almost everything we do depends on industrial activity and which shows little appreciation of such activity. The Industry Committee was formed towards the end of 1982 to carry forward an initiative begun at St. George's House, Windsor, in conjunction with the earlier, 'Comino Committee' of the RSA. The committee members included: \nSir Geoffrey Chandler, Director, Industry Year; Diana McMahon, Deputy Director, Industry Year; Lord Vinson, Chairman, Industry Year Executive Committee; Christopher Lucas, Secretary; John Robertson, Assistant Secretary\nIts main objective was the promotion, throughout the United Kingdom, of a recognition of the importance to the future of our county - and to its influence on the world economy - of a prosperous and profitable British Industry in all its branches based upon modern technology and , with that, to help to effect a positive change in the cultural attitude towards industry in Britain on the part of the public as a whole. The Industry Committee which was formed to take over from the Comino Fellowship Committee, the latter formed in 1979, was established with much wider terms of reference than the running of Industry Year 1986.\n\nIndustry Matters was the successor of Industry Year. It was a clearly targeted programme of action which continued to stress the importance of industry and its role in our lives, building on the momentum achieved during Industry Year 1986. The main aim was to encourage continuing action in three main areas: developing partnerships between industry and education; action by industry to communicate more effectively the part it plays in society; increasing awareness of industry's role and its service to the community. The work was carried on through a network of regional and local groups, with a central team provided for up to two years by the RSA.\n\nSeries of records which include minutes of various steering committees and correspondence relating to the development and administration of the project.

This proposal was developed form earlier discussions initiated by the Education Committee and the Women's Working Group.

An administration file which documents the purpose of the dinner, held in the Shipley Room on Tuesday 19 March 1991, lists attendees and briefly analyses responses.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

The Society was more closely connected with the management of this exhibition than with that of 1851. In both cases the initial organisation was due to the Society, and in both cases the early preparations were made by and at the risk of the Society. However, the 1862 Exhibition was managed by a Commission appointed by the Society, while in 1851 the Managing Commission had been entirely independent. Although 1851 was a profitable exhibition, receipts in 1862 were insufficient to cover expenses. \nThis series includes general correspondence to the Society about plans for the exhibition and about funding, as well as a series of images of the exhibition. There are no details of exhibits. These are included in the exhibition catalogues at SC/EX/1.\n\nRecords include general administrative correspondence to the Society, press cuttings and copy photographs of illustrations