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Files relating to meetings of the Ruskin Trustees and matters considered by them, 1958-1977

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Shelfmark: MS. University Archives RS 12
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Comprises:

  1. Correspondence, minutes, reports and memoranda, chiefly concerning the financial and academic future of the Ruskin School; and loan of Ruskin watercolours to an exhibition at Burlington House, London, 1958-1959
  2. Correspondence, minutes and memoranda, chiefly concerning the financial future of the Ruskin School; campaign against closure of the School; recommendations of Sub-Committee of Fine Arts re new examination in History of Art; and selection of new Trustees, 1958-1962
  3. Correspondence, reports and memoranda, chiefly concerning job description and election of new Master of Drawing; and financial future or possible closure of the Ruskin School, 1961-1963 (= Closed).
  4. Correspondence, reports and minutes, chiefly concerning the future academic development of and financial arrangements for the Ruskin School; the need for expansion of the Ruskin School; handover of Mastership from Naish to Morsberger, 1971; Committee of Enquiry into the Ashmolean Museum; examiners' reports; and loans by, or exhibition and deposit of articles in, the Ruskin School, 1964-1971 (= Closed).
  5. Correspondence, reports, memoranda and minutes, chiefly concerning the Committee to Review the Future of the Ruskin School; draft decrees for the degree of Bachelor of Fine Art, 1977; staff salaries; and establishment of the Liaison Committee, 1971-1977 (= Closed).
  6. 'Report of the Committee to review the Future of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art'. This was published as Supplement *No. 1 to the University Gazette vol. cvii (December 1976), 1976

Dates

  • Creation: 1958-1977

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Conditions Governing Access

Some material is closed.

Shelfmark

MS. University Archives RS 12

Former reference:

OUA/RS 9/1; OUA/RS 9/2; OUA/RS 9/3; OUA/RS 9/4; OUA/RS 9/5; OUA/RS 9/6

Related Materials

See also MS. University Archives RS 30 (former reference: OUA/RS 52).

Repository Details

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