| Description | Material includes: a list of Council members; minutes and agendas from the first three meetings in 1948 of the Council of the Festival of Britain 1951; copies of speeches given at the opening meeting (31 May 1948) by: Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth; General Lord Ismay, Chairman of the Council; The Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council and a statement, report and memorandum by Gerald Barry, Director-General. Material also includes a report from the Executive on the South Bank Sit and 'Outline of Themes and Programme'. |