Administrative Archive

The Administrative Archive consists of records documenting the institution’s activities since its foundation in 1901, including awardees applications and documents arranged by discipline and award (Visual Art, Humanities, Architecture); institutional charters, minutes and supporting papers of Council, Faculties and other committees, Minute books, circulars, Letter books; administrative records (Building & Premises, Communications, Financial & Personnel, Directors’ correspondence and staff correspondence; memberships and donor records. It also includes material relating to the Fine Arts and Humanities Programmes as well as exhibition records such as administrative information, press cuttings, talks and lectures. The extent of the Administrative Archive measures over 100 linear meters and the material is housed in various locations within the Building.

Some of the most significant records of the Administrative Archive are to be found in the John Brian Ward-Perkins section, which is also a testament to a shift in the arrangement of BSR records occurred during his tenure (1945-1974).