Add MS 89160/2/10

Papers relating to Arts Council related projects and Miles's appointment as member of the Literature Panel in January 1967, and his dismissal soon after, including:

• Press cutting from The Evening Standard about Lord Goodman, February 1967.
• Christmas card from Eric White, 1967.
• Typescript about the London underground scene with annotations (4 pages), undated.
• Typescript by Miles about his appointment and immediate dismissal as member of the Arts Council, on Indica headed paper (2 pages), undated.
• Letter from Miles to the editor of London Look asking to publish a full retraction of quotations and opinions mistakenly attributed to Miles in an article entitled Raving London, 10 February 1967 .
• Letter from Miles to the editor of The New Statesman regarding corrections to their articles called Psychedelics Oracles, 16 February 1967.
• Circuit 9, Friends of the Arts Council Operative (FACOP), 1969.
• Review copy of A Counter Report on Art Patronage, booklet by David Castillejo, London 1968.
• Press cutting about the appointment of Miles to the Arts Council, 1967.
• Correspondence between Miles and Eric White about the Arts Council sponsoring a poetry centre in London, and a Poetry Society Conference about it to be held on 17 June 1966, March-August 1966.
• List of people invited to the Poetry Society Conference, including many from London bookshops and poetry organisations, 1966.
• Typescript by Miles and Donald Carroll about a proposal for a Poetry Centre (two pages), [1966].
• Typescript by Poets in Public about the proposal for a distribution centre for poetry publications, [1966].
• Report of a meeting of the sub-committee set up by the Poetry Society Conference, 7 July 1966.
• Announcement about The Arts Council approval of a policy for subsidising literature in 1966-1967, 6 April 1966.
• Poets in Public report, June 1966.
• Typescript about the establishment of a Poetry Secretariat by Poets in Public (10 pages), June 1966.
• Letter from Eric White inviting Miles to attend the Arts Council Literary Panel meeting on 4 January 1967, 22 December 1966.
• Press release by Arts Council regarding appointment of new junior members, including Miles, 29 January 1967.
• Invitation to the Arts Council Literary Panel meeting on 9 February 1967.
• Letter from Nigel Abercrombie announcing Miles's dismissal from the Arts Council, following consideration to his association with International Times, 31 January 1967, and reply from Miles, 9 February 1967.
• Letter from Miles to Lord Goodman regarding his dismissal from the Arts Council, 2 February 1967.
• Letter to Lord Goodman from Giles Gordon expressing his disapproval regarding Miles dismissal from the Arts Council, 1 February 1967.
• Letter from the Arts Council to George Harrison (Miles copied in) regarding a copyright dispute for an illustration in Ravi Kumar's book used by Harrison on a car, 26 September 1967.
• Letter from the Arts Council regarding an article about them and an article about the Beatles' guru in International Times, 24 November 1967.
• Letter from Miles to The Times regarding the article Brigid Brophy Quits In Drugs Clash, and copy of the article, December 1967.
• Two letters regarding The Arts Council bursaries, 1967-1968.
• Photocopy of article Trial by Literature Panel in Socialist Commentary by Gordon Gilesabout his time as member of the Arts Council Literary panel, December 1967.