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- 1966-1968 (Creation)
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DIR/13/13/7: Danish Festival Papers, 1966-1968 (1 folder): 1 folder of Harry Barnes' Papers relating to a Danish Festival in Glasgow, in which the Glasgow School of Art was involved. The Danish Institute, in association with the Corporation of Glasgow, with support from the Danish Foreign Office held a Danish Festival in Glasgow in 1968. Harry Barnes was invited to serve on the Advisory Committee in 1966. Includes: Correspondence with the Danish Institute about the organisation of the Festival; correspondence with Morgens Kay-Larsen, about his stepping down as the Director of the Danish Institute in Great Britain; agendas and minutes/meeting reports of the meetings of the Advisory Committee, Danish Festival in Glasgow; Memorandum to the Corporation of the City of Glasgow, Sep 1966, outlining plans for a projected annual Glasgow Festival (13 pages); copy of a published magazine: 'Denmark Review: Denmark in Britain, 1968'; published pamphlet 'Richard Morgensen and his Students, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copehagen'; tentative programme for the Glasgow Festival, 15-27 Jun; papers about the organisation of a Danish student Visit to the Glasgow School of Art, 1968; correspondence about an exhibition at Bellahouston Park as part of the Danish Festival; progress report on a 'Denmark in Britain' programme of events, 1968; document about the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen; copy of leaflet 'The Danish Institute, Courses and Study Tours, 1966'; correspondence inviting Barnes to sit on the Advisory Committee for the Festival; list of members of the Advisory Committee, Danish Festival; suggested programme for the Danish Festival, 1968.
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The Danish Institute, in association with the Corporation of Glasgow, with support from the Danish Foreign Office held a Danish Festival in Glasgow in 1968. Harry Barnes was invited to serve on the Advisory Committee in 1966 to help organise the Festival.