| Description | Material includes: minutes and agendas from the fourth and fifth Council meetings in 1948. Memoranda and reports from the Executive Committee including: 'The proposal to house the Festival Exhibition an the South Bank Site in tented structures'; 'The possibility of accommodating Festival Exhibitions in the South Kensington Museums and Institutions'; 'Site for the Live Architectural Exhibition'; 'Commissioning of Operas and Ballets'; 'Social Exhibitions of the Visual Arts in 1951'; and 'Recognition of the Achievements of Beauty in Buildings and Landscape'. Material also includes the 'Text of Statement by the Chairman, General Lord Ismay at a Press Conference, 14 Oct 1948'; and recommendations and suggestions from the: Welsh, Northern Ireland,and Scottish Committee. |