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1 file; 9 cassettes
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Includes the symposium proposal document, proposal for a publication by Deborah Jaffe, a programme with notes, invitation letter, a guest list, information on speakers and administrative papers. The file also includes copies of the following papers: Dr David G C Allen 'A duty and a Pleasure: Prince Albert and the Society of Arts'; Dr Ted Allan 'From Crystal Palace to the Greenwich Dome - 150 years of Progress'; Dr Ingeborg Cleve 'Meeting Progress: the modernising role of exhibitions and museums for the Kingdom of Wurttemberg.'\n\nAdditionally, the symposium was recorded and nine cassettes document the event.
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B/8/2
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This symposium, organised to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Exhibition, was held in partnership with the Prinz Albert Society of Saxe Coburg and the Victorian Society and part-funded by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. It was held at the RSA on 5th & 6th July 2001.\n\nTopics covered by a host of international speakers included aesthetics, architecture, design, industry, museology, science, politics and culture.
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Creator Nicola.Allen 12/06/2006