Collection 1: National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) records, ca. 1983-1992

MLMSS 9096/Boxes 1-35
MLMSS 9096/Boxes 36X-39X

sub-fonds

ca. 1983-1992

80519

7.5 metres of textual material (34 boxes and 4 outsize boxes)

Includes records and information on artists and professional practitioners

BOXES 1-5
Financial records and correspondence relating to membership and subscription including member forms, lists and receipts and receipt books, ca. 1985-1988

Research material and drafts for NAVA visual arts quarterly newsletter and ‘Deckchairs’ feature, ca. 1985-1989, includes printed newsletters and flyers, media releases and newspaper clippings relating to art exhibitions, gallery openings and events, arts funding and grants

Incoming mailbook, 3 July 1987-11 April 1988

Records, correspondence and day files mainly relating to NAVA administration, executive committee meetings, policy, events and activities, ca. 1984-1987, includes correspondence with government departments and funding bodies

BOXES 5-6
Records and correspondence from Vice-Chairman Richard Heathcote's archive, 1983-1987

Minutes of meetings of Executive Committee, NSW State Management Committee, National Board Meeting Canberra and the NSW Division of ICCM (Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material), ca. 1984-1986

Review and proposed legislative and policy changes to Australia Council and visual arts, ca. 1985-1986

Visual Arts Lobby, 1983-1984

Job application and interview records and correspondence file relating to National Director position, ca. 1984-1986

Office records including mailing list labels, stationary samples, grant applications, and printed newsletters and journals, 1984-1986

BOXES 7-10
Records, correspondence, day files relating to NAVA administration, membership, policy, advocacy and services for visual arts professions, ca. 1986-1990

BOXES 10-11
Financial records including accounts, invoices, petty cash receipts, cheque vouchers, cash book summaries, bank cheque books, receipts and receipt books, ca. 1983-1988

Two phone message books documenting messages from clients i.e. art galleries and members, ca. 1989

BOXES 12-16
Records and correspondence including media releases, memos, reports and submissions, minutes and notes of meetings, newspaper clippings relating to Visual Arts Lobby, 1980-1984

Printed material and 1987 federal election campaign pamphlets and flyers for the visual arts, Art Alliance publications and Australian Labor Party policy documents, ca. 1982-1987

Research material mainly newsletters, flyers and pamphlets relating to visual arts industry, events and exhibitions for NAVA newsletter and Deckchairs, 1989-1992, includes manuscripts notes, corrections and drafts, editorial records and correspondence with contributors to the Newsletter

BOXES 16-17
Financial records mainly cheque vouchers, accounts records, cash receipts and books, cheque butt books, chart of accounts journals, ca. 1987-1991

Correspondence mainly with art galleries, government funding bodies and other clients relating to activities, publications and services to visual arts industry, ca. 1989

BOXES 18-23
Financial records and correspondence, including petty cash receipts, account statements, invoices and correspondence with creditors, salary records and group certificates, ca. 1988-1990

NAVA Individual Artist Database (IADB) Registration Forms NSW, WA, Queensland, NT, ACT and Victoria branches, ca. 1987-1990

Record, correspondence and committee meeting minutes relating to Individual Artist Database Project (IADB) and visual arts and craft industry mainly relating to project planning, staffing and resourcing, publication of artist directory and proposals for publication of visual arts industry directory, ca. 1987-1991. Includes research papers, reports, drafts and editorial content

Card catalogue recording subscription and membership details clients and practitioners in visual arts sector including artists and art galleries, ca. 1984-1991

BOXES 24-26
Membership records, receipts, ledgers and renewal forms, ca. 1987-1990

Monthly membership reports, ca. 1989-1990

Individual subscription forms and processed membership applications and forms NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, ca. 1984-1988

BOXES 27-30
Financial records including NAVA deposit, withdrawal and cheque vouchers, ca. 1989-990, and bank statements Aboriginal Arts Management Association (AAMA) and Aboriginal Artists Trust (AAT)

Records, correspondence and annual reports of Arts Training Australia formerly National Arts Industry Training Committee (NAITC), ca. 1985-1990

Membership records, receipts and invoices, ca. 1988-1989

BOXES 31-32
Records and correspondence with artists and visual arts organizations relating to Individual Artists Database Project, ca. 1987-1992, includes survey and registration forms, minutes of meetings, flyers, reports, plans and proposals for information services, printed material including brochures and flyers for visual arts software and research material

BOXES 33-34
Records, day files and correspondence with visual arts organisations and government funding bodies relating to NAVA administration, activities and services and visual arts industry, 1989

Cheque vouchers, January 1989 - June 1989

Records and correspondence with artists and visual arts organisations relating to Individual Artists Database Project (IADB), 1989-1991, mainly database report request forms

Mailing lists of key contacts, 1986-1989 including committees, federal ministers and departments, national board members, aboriginal arts organisations, artists, artist run spaces, galleries and museums, arts ministers, libraries, unions

NAVA Information Package for State Management Committee,

BOXES 35X-36X
NAVA state and national membership lists including artist, non-artists and organisations, ca. 1990

IADB organisation list and non-artist register, NAVA database artists statistical reports, and Wang database membership records and arts organisation lists, 1988-1990

BOXES 37X-38X
Financial records, July 1989-March 1991, includes balance sheets, accounts, financial reports, ledgers and statements of income and expenditure

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014