Library and Publicity Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Library and Publicity Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Library and Publicity Committee; 1951-1962

    Other form(s) of name

    • Technical Instruction Committee and Library Management Committee (1890-1904), Public Library Committee (1904-1951), Library and Friendly Relations Committee (1962-c.1973)

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1951-1962

    History

    Possibly renamed due to involvement in 1951 Festival of Britain activities in York including production and promotion of guidebook, setting up an information bureau and arranging guided tours of the city. Tang Hall branch library established in this period.
    Replaced Public Library Committee in 1951. Instructed City Librarian. Functions gained from or complementary to Publicity Committee (1944-1949). Replaced by Library and Friendly Relations Committee in 1962.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Managed public libraries in York including central library. Business includes staffing, buildings management, liaison with other information providers, monthly statistics, hire of rooms and exhibitions. Participated in Festival of Britain activities.

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    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Possibly renamed due to involvement in 1951 Festival of Britain activities in York including production and promotion of guidebook, setting up an information bureau and arranging guided tours of the city. Tang Hall branch library established in this period.

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Library and Friendly Relations Committee (1962-c.1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-133

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Library and Friendly Relations Committee is the successor of Library and Publicity Committee

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Public Library Committee (1904-1951)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-130

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Public Library Committee is the predecessor of Library and Publicity Committee

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Occupations

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    GB0192-131

    Institution identifier

    GB0192

    Rules and/or conventions used

    International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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        Sources

        BC 31/4, BC 32

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