| Description | Material includes: minutes and agendas from the first meeting in 1949 of the Council of the Festival of Britain 1951. Memoranda including: 'Proposals received from the Arts Council for the Commissioning of Music for the Festival of Britain 1951'. 'Live Architecture Exhibition'; 'Progress Report on Films'; 'Proposals for a Ship-Building and Heavy Engineering Exhibition in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow'; 'Travelling Exhibition'; 'Supporting Activities'; 'Possible Lines of Co-operation between the Festival of Britain 1951 and The Imperial Institute'; 'Faculty of Royal Designers for industry'; 'Establishment of the Festival of Britain Office'; 'Westminster Hall'; 'National Book League'; 'Organisation of Site and External Structural Work'; 'Festival Gardens in Battersea Park'; and 'Kelvin Hall Glasgow - Proposed Exhibition'. |