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The 1984, 1987, 1990-1992, 1996-1997 accruals, listed as Welsh Arts Council Archives (Groups I, II and III) respectively, comprise mainly papers from: the Drama Department, 1961-1994, including papers relating to drama and theatrical companies, theatres, arts centres, revenue clients, the drama committee, theatre in education, community theatre, festivals, projects, funding and financial matters, housing the arts, playwrights and writing, arts marketing, societies, and the Drama Association of Wales; the Dance Department, 1968-1988, including correspondence and papers of dance committees and panels, together with papers relating to dance projects, companies & groups, dancers, community dance, projects, festivals and events, productions and funding; the Visual Arts Department, 1946-1987, including exhibition files relating to various exhibitions, together with papers relating to commissions by the Welsh Arts Council, regional arts associations, funding matters, competitions, projects, and Oriel gallery exhibitions; the Literature Department, 1953-1991, including papers relating to journals, publications, societies and associations, publishers, competitions, funding matters, scholarships, authors and poets, events, festivals, awards, children's literature, and literature committees; the Music Department, [1963]-1985, including papers relating to the Welsh National Opera company, eisteddfodau, festivals, funding, societies, policy matters, concerts, competitions, together with general papers; the Film Department, 1960-1963, including papers relating to committees and working groups, funding, awards, the British Film Institute, festivals, education and training, and the film archive; the Finance and Administration Department, 1961-1993, including minutes and policy papers, financial returns, financial reports, and papers relating to projects, arts centres, societies, theatres, galleries, revenue clients, together with papers relating to drama, dance, literature, visual arts and music matters; Director files relating to various arts organisations and Welsh Arts Council departments, 1970-1992. The accrual described here comprises additional records, 1863-2002, including papers of the Finance and Administration Division, the Chief Executive Division, the Access Development Division, and the Artform Development Division, which consists of papers of the Visual Arts, Literature, Drama, Dance and Music Departments, and papers inherited from its predecessor body, the Welsh Arts Council.

An additional collection of forty-seven R-Kive boxes of papers were received in April 2011. This collection remains uncatalogued. -- Also, a further memory stick was received in January 2012. This collection remains uncatalogued (see Sub-sub-fonds AG). A further 5 boxes were received December 2012 from Ms Helen Williams, Colwyn Bay.

The group consists of assorted papers relating to the Visual Arts, Literature, Music, Drama and Dance Departments of the Arts Council of Wales, 1941-2002.

Papers relating to the visual arts in Wales, including papers relating to exhibitions serviced by Welsh Arts Council and Oriel gallery exhibitions, 1967-1998; biographical files compiled by the division relating to deceased artists and artists living outside Wales, 1941-2002; and papers relating to client galleries in Wales, [early 1960s]-1995.

Papers relating to various exhibitions that were serviced by WAC/ACW, but organised by various galleries and other arts organisations, 1967-1996.

Papers relating to exhibitions serviced by WAC/ACW and Oriel Gallery exhibitions, 1967-1998. The papers relate to the organization and administration of the exhibitions, and to the artists and art work appearing in the exhibitions.

Correspondence and papers relating to WAC's project to promote the greater understanding of prints and printmaking, 1980-1984, by commissioning eight artists, namely Ken Bryce, Anthony Davies, Ian Grainger, Harry Holland, Gareth John Jones, Alan Lumsden, John Macfarlane and Frances Woodley, to produce original prints. These prints were marketed by WAC in collaboration with a commercial publishing house, Felix Rosenstiel's Widow and Son, Ltd. The prints then formed part of a touring exhibition, together with a variety of other prints produced by artists living or working in Wales. Included are letters relating to the administration of the project, including letters from the artists and Felix Rosenstiel's Widow and Son, Ltd.

Correspondence relating to an initiative started by the Welsh Arts Council in 1967 aimed at bringing art to everyday life, 1967-1995. It did this by commissioning artists to produce designs to be displayed as posters throughout Wales. Included are letters relating to the administration of the project, correspondence with the commissioned artists and photographs of the posters.

Papers relating to the organisation and the administration of the An Artist in the Quarries exhibition, 1980-1984.

Correspondence and papers relating to the touring exhibition Early Wales Recreated of the archaeological and historical reconstruction paintings of Alan Sorrell, 1981-1982.

Correspondence and papers relating to the exhibition of the work of Peter Reddick, Gregynog Fellow, 1980-1982.

Correspondence, exhibits list and papers relating to the exhibition of the work of Goscombe John, organised jointly by the National Museum of Wales and the Welsh Arts Council, 1981-1982.

Correspondence and papers relating to the touring exhibition of the work of Barry Flanagan, 1981-1982, an Oriel Mostyn exhibition toured by the Welsh Arts Council.

Correspondence and papers relating to the tour of work by the painter Thomas Rathmell, 1981-1982, organised by Oriel Gallery.

Correspondence and papers relating to the tour of the work of painters Evan and Felicity Charlton, 1980-1981, organised by Oriel Gallery.

Correspondence and papers relating to The Shadow of my Hand touring exhibition to celebrate the Welsh landscape by artists in Wales, 1981-1982, organised by the Oriel Gallery.

Correspondence and papers relating to the administration of the exhibition The Dark Hills: The Heavy Clouds, which aimed to express the Welsh landscape through the work of seven painters, 1981-1982. The file includes letters written by Ernest Zobole.

Correspondence, research material and photographs for the intended exhibition on Welsh chapels, 1976-1981, icluding surveys of chapels, providing architectural and historical information, and completed questionnaires. The exhibition was cancelled in 1981 following a recommendation by the Art Committee.

Correspondence relating to the open competition for the design and illustration of three children's books in Welsh, 1972. The competition was the first competition for book design and illustration to be arranged by the National Eisteddfod of Wales. It was organised by the Welsh Arts Council with the cooperation of the Welsh Joint Education Committee.

Correspondence, papers and photographs relating to the exhibition devised for the Bro Myrddin Eisteddfod, 1974, from a competition open to artists of Welsh origin or residence on the subject of the Mabinogion, 1974-1975.

Photographs for the Portraits of Welsh People exhibition, 1973-1974.