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COOPER ART GALLERY, Barnsley

Catalogue reference: SY/261/T

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This record is about the COOPER ART GALLERY, Barnsley dating from 1871-1977.

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Reference
SY/261/T
Title
COOPER ART GALLERY, Barnsley
Date
1871-1977
Description

Records of the Trustees deposited by the Chairman and the Clerk in February 1979

Related material

<span class="wrapper"><p>Certain records, mainly correspondence, retained by the Chairman of the Trustees, have been listed in Survey List 87</p> <p>(For records deposited by the solicitors to the estate and Trustees see SY/386/B)</p></span>

Held by
Barnsley Archive and Local Studies Department
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Cooper Art Gallery, Barnsley</corpname>
Physical description
5 Series
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Immediate source of acquisition

On abolition of South Yorkshire County Council on 31 March 1986, the records passed from South Yorkshire County Record Office, by agreement of the four South Yorkshire District Councils, to the custody of Sheffield Archives as lead authority

Administrative / biographical background

The Cooper Art Gallery was opened on 31 July 1914 to house the pictures and statuary bequeathed to the first Trustees by Samuel Joshua Cooper of Mount Vernon, near Barnsley. In 1933 Sir Michael Sadler presented a collection of pictures and in 1934 the Fox Wing was built to house the Fox collection. In 1977 the Trustees leased the Gallery to South Yorkshire County Council and in 1978 the Addy Bequest was received

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COOPER ART GALLERY, Barnsley