Original title on folder was "Early history of Qld. Arts Council (before my own involvement)". The file includes correspondence (incoming and outgoing), reports and notes of the Arts Council of Australia (Queensland Division ) prior to Gertrude Langer taking over the Presidency in early 1961 (at the suggestion of Dorothy Helmrich). The Queensland division reconstituted in late 1956/early 1957 with a Brisbane Branch and two country branches in Warwick and Gatton.

The file consists of the seven folders containing the administrative records for the office of the Arts Council of Australia (Queensland Division). These folders contain correspondence and papers relating to: the office and staffing (office plans, job applications, resignations, salaries, duties, office budget); Job applications for Secretary; grant applications (such as the "Country caps" scheme); memberships records (drives, membership lists, mailing lists); branch records (office contacts, members, QAC Branch Manual); circulars, press releases and newspaper cuttings; and conference and workshop papers (including financial information).

Exhibitions not always directly organised by the Arts Council of Australia (Queensland Division) are in these folders together with meetings with other Arts related organisations or other committees of the Arts Council of Australia (Qld Division). The first folder includes correspondence, notes and programmes relating to the Exhibition of Sydney Contemporary painters in 1961. The second folder includes material from the Adelaide Festival in 1970. The last folder includes a list of drawings by Karl Langer, a circular on the Artlink Programme (which replaced the BLiP scheme) for 1984; minutes of the Bicentenary committee, the Planning committee; and minutes of meetings between the Arts Council of Australia (Queensland Division) and the Queensland Ballet, the Queensland Theatre Company.

Three folders of newspaper cuttings relating to the activities of the Arts Council of Australia (Queensland Division) from the 1960s to the 1980s

This file contains 70 b&w photographs of various sizes and some with annotations of the back from various vacations schools, tours,
the QAC Toyota Bus, the Engel Family, Rukmini Devi, Innisfail branch members, and paintings (from one of the exhibitions?)

This file has eight folders of reports, memoranda, and notes.

Nine folders which may contain reports, proposals, statistics, budgets, attendance, and itineraries for individual tours and yearly tour data. Some tours have more information.

Twelve folders of material such as correspondence, planning, programmes, classes, students, accommodation, budgets, feedback questionnaires, reports and notes. The first folder contains general correspondence (some undated) and newspaper cuttings. The remaining folders are for vacations schools from 1962 to 1977.

Annual reports, reports, and correspondence from various branches of the Arts Council of Australia (Queensland Division).

One folder of financial records for the Queensland Arts Council from 1973 to 1976 and 1979 to 1984.