Letter from the BBC regarding the documentary 'Rainbow over the Thames' and related cuttings from newspapers.

Contents of an envelope inscribed 'Festival Hall May 2001', probably taken at this conference. Most of the photographs show a group of people; of these two feature Nicholson.

Brief correspondence regarding Nicholson's participation in a BBC radio programme marking the 50th anniversary of the Festival and his attendance at a convention of the Festival of Britain Society (Royal Festival Hall, 5 May 2001).

Newspaper cutting from The Times with an article on the Festival of Britain and copy of Nicholson's letter to the correspondent; brief correspondence with the author of a prospective book on the Festival.

Included are a few pages of undated notes in Nicholson's hand and 2 photographs (1976) of the plaque to Sir Gerald Barry with Nicholson's annotations on back.

Book titled Royal Festival Hall, Phaidon Press 1992, with inscription inside, in Nicholson's hand, stating that it was a gift from Sir Brian Corby, Chairman of the South Bank Board.

Copy of the book A Tonic to the Nation: The Festival of Britain 1951, Thames and Hudson 1976, which was connected with the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition. Several pages have annotations in Nicholson's hand.

With the 40th anniversary of the Festival approaching, Nicholson began to explore with former colleagues, the Arts Council and others the possibility of producing an official history of the Festival, a project that had been turned down by the Treasury in 1952. His idea was to base the publication on an Edinburgh University PhD thesis by I. Ebong. Includes correspondence and papers regarding early suggestions and ideas concerning the official history and the use of the thesis....

Correspondence regarding arrangements and arising, Nicholson had delivered a speech.

Various manuscript and typescript drafts of Nicholson's speech; newspaper cuttings relating to the dinner; photograph of Nicholson delivering his speech, with his annotations on the back.

'The Festival at Fifty', a conference organised by the Twentieth Century Society, held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 19 May 2001, Nicholson was one of the speakers. Includes some correspondence chiefly regarding the arrangements, with the programme.