Includes minutes of the War Memorials Advisory Council, the Executive Committee, and Publicity sub-committee.
Covers the administration of the War Memorials Advisory Council: policy papers, finance reports; requests for advice, campaign for a national war memorial, suggestions for commemoration in cathedrals abroad; hill-top memorial; and copies of lectures, articles, addresses and broadcasts.
The Duke of Connaught Prize was administered by the RSA Examinations Department in conjunction with papers set in the 1943 examinations. Prizes were awarded for 'encouragement of knowledge about the British Empire and Anglo-American relations.\nThe 1951 Essay Competition was set up to commemorate the centenary of the Great Exhibition and the 1954 Bicentenary Essay Competition marked the bicentenary of the Society. Competitors were asked to write about life in 'AD2000'
The Industrial Art Bursaries Board dealt with all aspects relating to the Industrial Art Bursaries Competition. It eventually became the Design Bursaries Board. See Pr.DE/107/12\n\nThe Futures Working Party appraises and makes recommendations to the Design Board and the Council on the design activities undertaken by the Society (see terms of reference in the Bursaries Board meeting 5 December 1984).\n\nFor the early years of the award (1924-1928), minutes can be found in the council minutes.
Between 1928 and 1973 the Minutes are in bound volumes. The bound volumes tend to include the Minutes of the main Examinations Committee (in 197? the Examinations Committee became the Examinations Board); the General Purposes Sub-Committee and the various sub-committees for the examination subjects. The title of the bound volumes does not always correctly reflect what Minutes are included in the volume. The correct information is listed in the description field.The meetings of the Examinations Committee were held twice a year in January and July. The last meeting was held in January 1987. In this year the Examination Board became a separate company.
Prior to 1925, AGM minutes can be found in the Society Minutes. From 1925-1994 they are in bound volumes, with some of the later minutes printed or typewritten and pasted into the volumes. After 1994 they were no longer pasted into the bound volumes and were left as loose douments. This sub series also includes minutes and papers from Special General meetings.
The RSA also ran several competitions on behalf of other institutions etc.\nFiles contain general administrative correspondence and minutes of meetings relating to the individual. projects/bursaries.\nFiles relate to the administration of the scheme.