| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, accounts, agendas, copies of newspaper cuttings, leaflets, grant overview and funding requests relating to civic grants. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd., Paul S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: This file contains a variety of grant applications relating to civic grant giving in West Midlands. Applicants include Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG), Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham Central Library, the Midlands Spastic Association and a number of personal grants. Nature of support: In 1985 the Trust made a grant of £1,000 to BMAG towards the purchase of the Francis Frith photograph collection. In 1986 the Paul S. Cadbury Trust made a single grant of £1,000 to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens for refurbishments. In 1987 the Trust agreed to the provisional underwriting of up a £1,000 for the purchase of the Boulton and Watt Collection at Birmingham Central Library. That same year the Trust approved a loan of £2.500 to the Midlands Spastic Association. Minutes: B&GSCT 6296, B&GSCT 6628, B&GSCT 6717, B&GSCT 6804, BCF 2930, BCF 2931, PSCT 467. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File numbered '4/2'. |