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The Science and Industry Committee originally arose out of a recommendation made by the Economics Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at the annual meeting in Belfast 1952. The committee was reconstituted in April 1954 under the joint sponsorship of the RSA, the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Nuffield Foundation. The Committee's work was financed by grants from the Board of Trade and from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, under the Conditional Aid scheme for the use of counterpart funds derived from United States economic aid.

Instituted in 1954 as a permanent commemoration of the Society's Bicentenary. Bicentenary Medal is awarded to a person, who, in a manner other than an industrial designer, has exerted exceptional influence in promoting art and design in British industry. The recipient may or may not be a designer, the medal recognises the influence which extends beyond the winner's own design work.\n\nThe Design Advisory Group select a suitable recipient for ratification by the Council's Executive Committee on behalf of the full RSA Council.

A series of events was arranged to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Society. A new history of the Society was commissioned and written by Kenneth Luckhurst, the Secretary, and Derek Hudson

Includes files and working papers on the selection of candidates, arrangements for ceremonies and general administration, as well as photographs of medal presentation ceremonies

The Society held a conference on apprenticeship on 9 July 1958 and as a result of that conference became aware of the difficulties of small engineering firms in finding facilities for training apprentices and of the efforts which the Engineering Industries Association was making to solve this problem by its Group Apprentice Training Scheme. The society considered launching an appeal for funds in order to extend this Scheme on a national basis.

Lecture series started in 1961 by John A Chambliss, Senior to commemorate the three outstanding American landscape architects Bradford Williams, Vaughan Cornish and Gordon Cooper. The name of the series 'Reflection Riding', is the name of a landscape park near Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

The Society held an exhibition of Indian art in 1962. It was opened by the Indian Prime Minister, Nehru. This series includes photographs of Nehru at the opening.

The Society organised annual receptions for Fellows and members of Council. Although essentially social events, they were used as an opportunity to raise funds.

Contains the minutes and papers of the following committees; the Membership Committee, the Regional Activities Committee and the Fellowship Committee.

First conference held at Fishmongers' Hall 4-5 November 1963, RSA participated in this along with The Nature Conservancy and co-organised the second and third conferences. Second conference, 10-12 November 1965 was held at the RSA for the first two days and at the Fishmongers' Hall for the third.\nThe last conference in the series was held at the Guildhall, London, 26-28 October 1970\nSource: The RSA and the environment, edited by Timothy Cantell, 1993\n\nThe RSA took responibility for all administrative matters about the Conference in 1964. The Nature Conservancy retained responsibility for arrangement and editing of the relevant papers and for drawing up the programme. In 1968 the Standing Committee for the 'Countryside in 1970' considered a paper about a permanent scheme of awards for projects on the ground which succeed in improving the countryside or extending nature reserves. It was agreed that it would be a good means of promoting active care for the countryside and involvement of the whole community. The committee thought it advisable that the first awards should be made in 1970. Recognising that the '1970' organisation was unsuited to undertake such a scheme they decided that a sub-committee should consider ways and means of organising and financing a Scheme and enter into negociations with potential sponsors. \n\nRecords include administrative correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, files and papers, publicity and printed matter and photographs

With the approval of His Royal Highness the President, the Society instituted the Presidential Award for Design Management in 1964, an initiative originally suggested by the Council of Industrial Design. The Awards were first given in 1965 and have continued. The award takes the form of a Wedgwood plaque and is intended to recognise outstanding examples of design policy in commercial and industrial organisations and public undertakings in this country, under British control. Consideration is, therefore, given only to these organisations which have maintained a consistently high standard in all aspects of design management, great and small, from factory building to stationery.\nRecords comprise administrative correspondence and papers

The Design Section involved itself from time to time with other societies in the promotion of Design, often to encourage different Design bodies to co-operate with each other.

Records include administrative correspondence and files, minutes of committees, printed matter and publicity materials and photographs

This series includes information and images on works of art and other artefacts donated to the Society or purchased. An inventory of items is kept for insurance purposes\nThis series contains photographs and illustrations of objects and artefacts which have been donated to the Society or purchased by the Society as part of its collection.

The lecture programme developed from the 1850s when the Society ceased the award of premiums for inventions. Lecture texts have traditionally been published in the Journal.\nRecords comprise correspondence about administrative arrangements for speakers and for publication of their texts and suggestions for topics for discussion

The Society administered a series of arts scholarships, particularly music and dance from the 1970s to 1990. These were merged into an arts committee which looked at general arts policy\nRecords comprise administrative correspondence and papers

The RSA's Education for Capability movement was initiated in 1978 with a manifesto signed by some leading figures in education, industry and public life. It aimed to counteract the academic bias of British education and to promote the value of the practical, organising and co-operative skills too often underrated in the existing system. It encouraged creativity in its widest sense, believed that learners should share the responsibility for their own learning and emphasised the need for teaching and learning processes which themselves develop and use capability. The initiative was felt to be successful in promoting change in learning methods. A databank of good 'Capability' practise in all sectors was established from which networks were identified and developed.\n\nIn 1988 the project was directed towards higher education, to continue work in further education and to consolidate work in secondary schools and extend this to teacher training. [Adapted from Education for Capability literature]\nRecords include administrative correspondence and files and printed material