Department of Music, Literature and Podium Arts 2005

Collection

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Scope and content:: This fonds contains, among others, files related to support of and subsidies to authors for the years 1880-2000. We note a number of files concerning Jewish authors such as Ludo Abicht (no. 3), Sonia Blumenstein (no. 149) and her pseudonym Sonia Kogan (no. 1210), Leopold Flam (no. 852), Nico Gunzburg (no. 990), Ernest Mandel (no. 1376) and others.

Administrative/biographical history:: When the Ministry of the Flemish Community effectively started functioning in 1983, fine arts, sports and outdoor recreation were already among its 13 policy areas. In 1991, the ministry was subdivided into departments, including the department of welfare, public health and culture. In 2006 the Ministry of Culture, youth, sports and media was created in the context of the campaign “Beter Bestuurlijk Beleid” (‘better administrative management’). The Agentschap Kunsten en Erfgoed (‘arts and cultural heritage agency’), an internally independent agency of the ministry, is the successor to the former section of Fine Arts and Museums and of the section of Music, Literature and Stage Arts. Its mission is to promote and subsidise art, and to protect and valorise cultural heritage in Flanders. (G. Vanthemsche, “De instellingen van gewesten en gemeenschappen”, in P. van den Eeckhout & G. Vanthemsche (ed.), Bronnen voor de studie van het hedendaagse België 19e – 21e eeuw. Tweede herziene en uitgebreide uitgave, Brussel, Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis / Commission Royale d’Histoire, 2009, pp. 139-244.)

Access points: persons/families:: Abicht, Ludo; Blumenstein, Sonia (aka Sonia Kogan); Flam, Leopold; Gunzburg, Nico; Mandel, Ernest

Subject terms:: Aid and relief; Literature; Literature--Writers, poets, and playwrights; Professions; Professions--Scholars (secular), scientists, and academics

Access, restrictions:: Consultation of documents less than 30 years old requires the authorisation of the responsible department head of the IVA Kunsten en Erfgoed of the Vlaamse Gemeenschap.

Finding aids:: G. Leloup & A.-M. de Potter, Inventaris van het archief van de afdeling muziek, letteren en podiumkunsten van het ministerie van de Vlaamse gemeenschap en rechtsvoorgangers (1850-2000) met inbegrip van het archief van de koninklijke commissie van advies voor plaatsnaamgeving (1988-1996), I 145 (Rijksarchief te Beveren), Brussel, ARA-AGR, 2007.