Folder GSAA/DIR/13/18/3 - The Crafts Advisory Committee

Harry Barnes' Papers relating to the Crafts Advisory Committee (CAC), and some of its sub-committees, on which Barnes sat. The Crafts Advisory Committee was a part of the Design Council. Folders as follows: DIR/13/18/3/1: Papers and correspondence relating to the Crafts Advisory Committee, 1972 (1 folder): Includes: minutes and papers of the Publications and Publicity sub-committee; correspondece about Crafts Advisory Committee projects; minutes and meetings papers e.g. agendas, reports, and notices of meetings of the Crafts Advisory Committee; extracts from a paper: 'Disillusion of Industrial Design must be Dispelled'; financial estimates and papers for the Crafts Advisory Committee; Progress Report on Grant schemes; paper about a National Crafts Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Musuem; list of Crafts Advisory Committee sub-committees and members; Crafts Advisory Committee Staff Chart; list of members of the British Crafts Centre Board; paper about the Panel of the Scottish Craft Centre; papers and documents about the National Crafts Exhibition 1973; memorandum from Mrs Audrey Blackman to members of the Crafts Advisory Committee; papers about Craft Training; 'Memorandum from the Crafts Advisory Committee to the Working Group on Design Technician Courses'; papers about the provision in Education for the Crafts; paper about Craft Societies in England and Wales; notes about the Commissioning of Work; papers about Craft Training; paper 'Procedures for Dealing with Applications for Financial Aid'; paper on the 'Possible Grants and Loans Scheme'; list of Regional Arts Associations. DIR/13/18/3/2: Papers and correspondence relating to the Crafts Advisory Committee, 1972-1973 (1 folder): Includes: Documents and correspondence about 'Crafts Advisory Committee, Conference of Crafts Societies at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London', 07 Apr 1973; paper about the opening of an exhibition 'Graphics and objects by Astbury Rowe Shannon', London; correspondence about Crafts Advisory Committee events and parties; paper about 'CAC involvement with Conservation Crafts'; correspondence about Crafts Advisory Council meetings; correspondence about the appointment of a new Director of the Scottish Craft Centre; papers and correspondence about meetings expenses; minutes and meetings papers such as agendas and meeting notices for Craft Advisory Committee meetings; Secretary's Reports for Crafts Advisory Council meetings; financial estimates for the Crafts Advisory Committee; paper about Art Colleges and Staff Resources; paper about Regional Exhibitions 1973-1974; paper about Overseas Study; papers about the World Crafts Council e.g. newsletter and draft programme for a conference; some papers of the Publications Sub-Committee meetings. DIR/13/18/3/3: Papers and correspondence relating to the Crafts Advisory Committee, 1974 (1 folder): Includes: paper on a proposed Glass Seminar; Secretary's Reports for Crafts Advisory Committee meetings; minutes and meetings papers e.g. agendas of Crafts Advisory Committee meetings; paper: 'Keynote speech given by Viscount Eccles at the General Assembly of the World Crafts Council held on 10 Jun 1974, York University Toronto'; report: 'Conservation: Progress Report'; financial estimates for the Crafts Advisory Committee; list of Crafts Advisory Committee members; programme of a meeting of Crafts Societies; paper: 'Purchasing Policy: Interim Report'; paper: 'The Relationship between the Crafts Advisory Committee and the British Crafts Centre.'; notice about a possible change of name of the Crafts Advisory Committee to the 'Crafts Council'; document about 'Loans to Craftsmen'. DIR/13/18/3/4: Papers and correspondence relating to the Crafts Advisory Committee, 1975-1976 (1 folder): Includes: correspondence and papers about a Seminar on 'Creativity and Professionalism'; correspondence about crafts projects for the Queen's Jubilee, 1977; minutes and meetings papers such as agendas for the Crafts Advisory Council; Secretary's Reports for Craft Advisory Committee meetings; papers about a 'Craftsmen's Tours, Pilot Project'; paper about a CAC Grant to the British Crafts Centre; Comments by the Chairman of the British Crafts Centre on a CAC paper; document: 'Recommendations for a Policy for the CAC's purchasing of Craft Objects'; papers about the Craft Advisory Committee Index; paper about a Crafts Magazine Readership Survey; papers about an international conference on 'Working with Hot Glass'; financial estimates for CAC; list of Crafts Advisory Committee members; document: 'General Recommendations, Action by the CAC'; papers about the Conservation Committee; paper about the committee structure of the Crafts Advisory Committee; progress report on the Grant and Loan Schemes; list of Grants awarded, 1974-1975; blank forms: Workshop Training Report sheet, New Craftsman report sheet, and Special Projects Report sheet; photocopies of articles about Craftsmen; correspondence about the 'World Crafts Council European Assembly', 1975.