A busy and successful period for the Archive has seen the acquisition of significant collections spanning the twentieth century, from the 1890s (studies for Luke Fildes's The Doctor, donated via the Art Fund) to the 1990s (a large collection, including sketchbooks, from the estate of Donald Rodney). In a climate of rising prices which seriously inhibited our ability to purchase, we developed existing and new relationships to support acquisitions. The Archive's first bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund secured the exceptional archive of John Piper, while Tate Members and private donors generously supported this and other acquisitions, including the archive of the Artist Placement Group. Three important collections - the sketchbooks of John Piper, the papers of the collector Marcus Brumwell and those of the art historian Sir John Summerson - were accepted by the Treasury in lieu of tax and allocated to Tate Archive. The generosity of our donors, especially artists' relatives, enabled the acquisition of personal papers of Graham Bell, William Gear and Ruskin Spear. Tate Archive continues to benefit from significant and generous bequests, including the papers of Kenneth Armitage, David Brown, Robin Crozier, Joanna Drew, Bryan Robertson, and Nicholas Zurbrugg. Our relationships with living artists and art-world figures have brought in more recent material, notably from Ian Breakwell, as well as the important donation of the Barry Joule collection of material from Francis Bacon's London studio. Holdings of the papers of key arts organisations continue to grow, with the deposit of records of the Commonwealth Institute's exhibition programme, the Lefevre Gallery and the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Trust, and further accruals from the London Group, the British Council and the Contemporary Art Society.