Reference code
RAA/PC/6/9
Title
Records of the Special Schools Committee
Date
1943-1945
Level
Sub-series
Extent & medium
2 files
Previous reference codes
RAA/PC/6/10, RAA/PC/6/8, RAA/PC/6/7, RAA/PC/6/6, and RAA/PC/6/5
Historical Background
A committee "into the study of Art" was appointed by the Council in December 1942. It was a "small committee", consisting of
G. F. Kelly, (chairman), the Treasurer,
Sir Edwin Cooper,
Henry Rushbury,
A. K. Lawrence and
Charles Wheeler, appointed "to consider the maintenance of the study of art in the Royal Academy, (1) during the war, when the Schools were in abeyance owing to enemy action, and (2) when they could be reopened and courses of study could be recommenced; to obtain suggestions from the Members either in person or in writing; to co-opt, if they thought fit, other Members to the Committee; and to report their recommendations to the Council". The Committee reported in July 1945.
Content Description
Disbound file of administrative papers and file relating to Committee report of July 1945.