Pilgrim Trust

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The Pilgrim Trust is a London-based charitable trust. It was founded in 1930 by a two million pound grant by Edward Harkness, an American philanthropist. The trust's first secretary was former civil servant, Thomas Jones.[citation needed]

Recording Britain

In 1940 the Trust funded a scheme 'Recording the changing face of Britain' established by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime, part of the Ministry of Labour and National Service. Led by Sir Kenneth Clark, director of the National Gallery, it employed artists to record the home front in Britain, running until 1943. It was motivated by a desire to record and reflect the landscape, already undergoing a period of rapid change through urbanisation and changes in agriculture and further threatened by bombing and other effects of war. Some of the sixty three artists directly commissioned included John Piper, Sir William Russell Flint, Charles Knight, George Hooper (artist) and Rowland Hilder. A further thirty four artists contributed to the final total of over 1500 works. The collection was donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum by the Trust in 1949.[1] Over a hundred works comprising the 'Recording Scotland' part of the same scheme are held at the Museum Collections Unit, University of St. Andrews.[2]

The Trust today

Today, the trust makes grants of roughly 2 million pounds each year. Around 60% of these funds are given to preservation projects, particularly those aimed at preserving the fabric of architecturally or historically significant buildings, or those aimed at preserving historically interesting artifacts or documents. The trust has a particular interest in the preservation of historic churches and their contents. The remaining funds are allocated to social welfare causes, particularly projects which assist those misusing alcohol and drugs, and projects in prisons, including those that seek alternatives to custody.[citation needed] The trust is a principal contributor to the collaborative National Cataloguing Grants Scheme operated in conjunction with The National Archives.[3]

Trustees

The trustees of the trust at present are:[4]

References

  1. ↑ "'Recording Britain' collection at the V&A". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Heritage Collections". University of St Andrews. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  3. ↑ "National Cataloguing Grants Scheme: Five year review (2006–2011)". The Pilgrim Trust. 1 July 2011. 
  4. ↑ The Pilgrim Trust. "About us/Trustees". The Pilgrim Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2013. 

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