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Typescript 'Notes on the Galway Arts Festival 1980', by Sally Coyle, Desmond Fennell and Geraldine Quinn. Includes a review of the year's Galway Arts Festival. Headings of discussions include: In general, advance planning, contents of Festival, Advance publicity, items in Irish, relations with [those] running independent events, official opening, banners, bunting, exhibition centre, openings of exhibitions at exhibition centre, Festival committee, publicity during festival, Festival club, Public literary readings, ballet/Jesuit Hall venue, children's painting workshop, puppet shows, craft exhibitions, Financing of Festival, organisation of Festival Committee. Includes manuscript notes and annotation. Photocopy included.

Hardback bound volume, 'Minute Book'. Includes manuscript minutes in ink. First entry of minutes is titled 'A.G.M. 10/2/1981 Imperial Hotel', while the last entry of minutes is dated 19 March 1982, Great Southern Hotel. Minutes include details of date, venue and time of meeting, attendance, apologies, confirmation of minutes from previous meeting and notes of discussion on matters on the agenda regarding the Galway Arts Festival, which included Correspondence, Finance, Exhibitions, Music, Literature, Publicity, Drama, Dance, The Festival Office, Festival Club, Wages, Staff and other matters arising.

Typescript loose-leaf minutes from Committee Meeting of the Galway Arts Festival Committee, held at 12, Long Walk, Galway. Includes details of discussion on Press Conference, Drama, Taibhdhearc Theatre, Poetry Readings, Ballet, Festival Club, Festival Co-Ordinator, Arts Centre, Submission to the Arts Council, Sponsors, Exhibitions, Broadsheet and posters. Also includes typescript list of sponsors for the Galway Arts Festival 1982. The list details those who sponsored the Festival in 1981 and details the amount sponsored by each person or group. Photocopies of each document included.

Financial records of the Galway Arts Festival

Financial report (loose-leaf) of the Galway Arts Group and the Galway Arts Festival, completed and signed by W.A.K. Warnock, A.C.A. Document includes Summary of Financial Transaction for the year ended 30 Nov 1980. Includes detailed breakdown of all income, expenditure and notes associated with particular receipts or transactions.

Typescript documents which detail and discuss sponsorship and revenue needed to be generated to stage the Galway Arts Festival. Includes:

Document entitled 'Galway Arts Festival' (numbered 'Doc 1') is written to Guinness Peat Aviation and featuring an introduction to and details of the development of the Galway Arts Festival in the past three years. It outlines the goals of the Festival, highlights of the planned Festival for 1981, a breakdown of expected costs to run and stage the Galway Arts Festival in 1981, details of the benefits to Guinness Peat Aviation in sponsoring the Galway Arts Festival and an epilogue detailing required level of sponsorship. Document in prepared by Ted Turton, Festival Public Relations Officer (P.R.O) and Kieran Corcoran, Treasure. (5pp)

File also includes details of upcoming literary events at the Festival which will feature Neil Jordan and Des Hogan. A typescript press release entitled Sponsorship for Arts Festival which details that at time of print £3,000 had been raised for the Festival and outlines some firms who have committed sponsorship to the Festival and further updates on the Festival.

Typescript General Press Release providing an update on sponsorship for the Galway Arts Festival, upcoming exhibitions and news of theatre, films, dance, readings and children's events at the Festival.

Typescript statement of accounts for the Music for Galway Group for events performed at and held during the Galway Arts Festival. Photocopy of document also included.

Printed application form for the FAS Community Initiative Awards, featuring details of organisation of Galway Arts Festival, its finances, accounts, the skills required in its organisations, the benefits offered its staff and Social Employment Scheme employees, number of jobs created and other details. Photocopy of document is included.

Manuscript postcard, text reads 'Please forward programme of events for the Galway Arts Festival' [Tadhg] O'Regan, Lakelands, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Postcard is addressed to Secretary, Galway Arts Festival, Galway. Includes photocopy of front and reverse sides of postcard.

12 Feb 1982

Manuscript letter from Mitch Greenhill, Folklore Productions Inc, 1671 Appian Way, Santa Monica, California, written to Ollie Jennings, Galway Arts Festival. Text includes 'Ollie, good to talk to you...Thanks for the records...Please keep in touch regarding your future plans.' Photocopy of letter is included.

4 Nov 1982

Typescript letter from Ollie Jennings, Galway Arts Group, 13, St. Mary's Terrace, Taylor's Hill, Galway to D.M. Thomas 10 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford, HR4 OBE, England. Letter details contact with D.M. Thomas by James Harrold of Galway University Arts Society in encouragement for Thomas to attend the Galway Arts Festival. Jennings expresses his delight at Thomas' interest in coming to Galway and adds a new Galway Arts Festival administrator; Paraic Breathnach will be in touch soon. Photocopy of letter is included.