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Details of TG 16
Reference: TG 16
Title: Archive
Description:

Policy and strategy documentation; acquisition case files and loans documentation; copyright documentation; conservation strategies and treatments. Other sub-series will be added as the range of activities increases

Of particular interest to artists, archivists with an interest in the development of archive collections and students and researchers interested in the History of Tate. The archives acquisitions sub-series is expected to be particularly popular

Records held at the Tate Gallery are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference TG 16). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, see TG 16.

Date: 1967-
Held by: Tate Gallery Archive, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: LA, 31, 36
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Tate Gallery Archive, 1970-

Physical description: file(s)
Access conditions: No records held at The National Archives in this departmental code
Custodial history: Once first review is completed the records are transferred directly to the Gallery Records store at Millbank in London
Selection and destruction information: File by file review. Historical development of the archive together with other information which must be retained for continued business use i.e. archive acquisition records
Accruals: Due to the expansion of the Archive and its activities, an increasing number of accruals are expected over time. The Archives acquisitions sub-series is expected to be particularly large as this documents all purchases/donations to the Tate Archive
Administrative / biographical background:

The Archive of British Art was established in 1970 although the gallery had begun to keeping records of artists, art dealers and art societies since 1957

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