One volume of minutes; inside front cover is a typewritten list of the "Armidale Branch Constitutional By-Laws". A list of office-bearers and committee members follows, including members of sub-groups specifically concerned with Music and Drama respectively. This volume is evidently not the inaugural minute book of the branch, since reference is made in the first set of minutes (3rd March, 1952) to earlier meetings. Until December 1955, minutes are handwritten. From February 1956, they are typed and pasted into the book. (See also earlier accession A138)

Consists of the Arts Council of Australia (Armidale branch), President's file, 1961, and the Armidale Association for the Assimilation of Aborigines, President's correspondence for 1959-1962.

Correspondence; notices; proceedings of annual meetings and regional conferences and annual reports of the Armidale branch. Correspondents include such bodies as the ABC; the Armidale City Council; other branches of the Arts Council; local schools; community organizations and individuals. The correspondence deals with a variety of topics including proposals for programmes of music; theatre; films; Arts Council administration and arrangements for projected tours. An interesting record of cultural activities in an atypical country town in the 1950s and 1960s.

Minutes of the Arts Council Drama Group (1943-1955). Other material relates to the NSW Division of the ACA 1943-1955 and includes annual reports news bulletins musical and dramatic programmes and a constitution. There are also 33 issues of a monthly bulletin produced by the Arts Council of Great Britain 1947-1950.

One volume of minutes which contains a typewritten list of the 'Armidale Branch Constitutional By-Laws'. A list of office-bearers and committee members follows including members of sub-groups specifically concerned with Music and Drama respectively. This volume is evidently not the inaugural minute book of the branch since reference is made in the first set of minutes (3rd March 1952) to earlier meetings. Until December 1955 minutes are handwritten. From February 1956 they are typed and pasted into the book. (See also earlier accession A138)