Grant applications, 1989-1995

Component identifier:

Series 5

Content Summary:

Grant money received by the AFT from the Australia Council Boards was allocated by the AFT Board to projects, artists and groups under a number of different forms of devolved grants schemes: the Multicultural Dance Program, Folkloric Dance Program, Folklife Grants Program and AFT Fellowships. Each year there were two rounds of allocations. The applications include large numbers from dance groups and many from state and local folk organisations to fund festival events.

The applications for 1989 were in no discernible order and remain largely as they were received. They include supporting material, correspondence with grant recipients regarding overdue reports and summaries of applications. Only successful applications from 1990 were retained by the AFT. From 1991 the applications were filed in ring files and most files commenced with a summary list and other documentation relating to the applications contained in the ring file. The applications have been relocated to archival files and the summary lists have been filed in separate files at the beginning of the run of applications to which they refer. The order of the applications has been retained, generally successful interfiled with unsuccessful ones and with several filed in each archival file. The 1994 and 1995 applications were separated into two distinct numbering ranges - Folklife Grants Program (FGP) and Multicultural Dance Program (MDP). Accordingly in these years the applications are arranged into separate runs of FGP and MDP applications, with FGP first. Separate lists and memoranda relating to grants from 1990-1993 and additional supporting material for applications in 1991-1994 are filed at the end of the series.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The records of the AFT were donated to the Library in 2002 by Phil Spring, Director of National Folk Festival Ltd at that time.

Names:

Australian Folk Festival

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