British Council: Registered Files, GB Series

BW 2

1942-1986

Papers of various committees set up in the British Council headquarters and other papers concerned with the promotion of the council overseas, including files relating to finance and accounting policy, office circulars, reports on visits abroad and files on a variety of cultural and publicity activities and other office matters.

See also

GB file series

Not Public Record(s)

English

809 files and volumes

Open unless otherwise stated

From 1977 British Council

Topics

International

Series is accruing

The first Advisory Committees were established in 1935, to represent theinterests of the various sectors with which the British Council worked. Theexact committees changed, according to the types of activity the BritishCouncil was engaged in. They included: Visual Arts, Literature, Film,Television and Video, Science and Technology, Law, Libraries and Information,English Teaching, and Universities Advisory Committees. Advisory Panels weresmaller subject specific groups, usually falling under an advisory committee.For example, the Literature Panel fell under the English Language AdvisoryCommittee. In c.2001, the Advisory Committee structure was reviewed, and thesubject specific committees were replaced by a smaller number of sectoradvisory groups. Advisory Panels have remained, albeit on a less formalfooting, to advise the British Council on specific legal or subject areas. Forexample, the Disability Advisory Panel and the Acquisitions Panel which supportthe Art Collection.