Correspondence between the Society's Examinations department, the Society and solicitors, about new premises for the Examination department. The Printing section remained at Lower Quinton. New accommodation was essential because of the difficult of replacing staff in a rural area and the village was not very accessible. The correspondence covers the terms of the tenancy at Westfield, and problems of obtaining materials for refurbishment.\n
Includes correspondence from the Clothworkers Company, the City & Guilds of London Institute and its principal, Philip Magnus; also papers and notes about policy on technical examinations. Also includes ' A Short Notice of the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education with an account of the Opening of the Central Institution by HRH The Prince of Wales, President' - a printed commemorative account published at the opening on 25 June 1884
Correspondence and Minutes of meetings held between the RSA, the Design Council and the British Council. Includes an Executive summary of the scoping project presented to the British Council, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Design Council, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Royal Society of Arts by AEA Management Consultants
1851 Great Exhibition
1851 Great Exhibition
The exhibition formed part of the Society's contribution to European Year of the Environment and, with the support of British Petroleum, the exhibition helped spread the environmental message to a wide public. It was on display in three main London railway stations during March 1987 and from April to March 1988 it visited other major cities.\nPhotographs of the model of the exhibition on display at Waterloo train station.
The exhibition formed part of the Society's contribution to European Year of the Environment and, with the support of British Petroleum, the exhibition helped spread the environmental message to a wide public. It was on display in three main London railway stations during March 1987 and from April to March 1988 it visited other major cities.\nContact sheets of the model of the exhibition.
The exhibition formed part of the Society's contribution to European Year of the Environment and, with the support of British Petroleum, the exhibition helped spread the environmental message to a wide public. It was on display in three main London railway stations during March 1987 and from April to March 1988 it visited other major cities.\nPictures of the model of the exhibition.
Held in 1850 and organised by Augustus Wollaston Franks, this was a display of antiquities\nBound volume of minutes of the organising committee and catalogue of the exhibition containing two editions of the catalogue plus a further condensed version