DATES OF CREATION:
1972-1985

PHYSICAL EXTENT:
2.4 m of textual records and other material

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Activities which began as early as 1972 through Mount Allison University Extension Department classes, Owens Art Gallery and New Brunswick Community College led to the formal organization of the Sackville Community Arts Council in 1978. It organized exhibitions, art programs and workshops for children and adults. A community focused gallery, studio and teaching facility was established as the Community Arts Center in an unused school in Middle Sackville, New Brunswick. This organization ceased operations about 1985-1986.

CUSTODIAL HISTORY:
Information about the custody of these records prior to acquisition is unavailable

SCOPE AND CONTENTS:
Fonds consists of records created, collected and used by the Sackville Community Arts Council including constitution, correspondence, minutes of meetings, fundraising records, public relations files, subject files, event files and exhibition files; scrapbooks; photographs; slides; sound recordings.

SOURCE OF TITLE:
Title based on contents of fonds

ACCRUALS:
None expected

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS:
None known

FINDING AIDS:
Inventory available at repository

IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION:
Donated by Sackville Community Arts Council, intermediary Wendy Burnett, 1986

LANGUAGE:
English

LOCATION OF ORIGINALS:
Mount Allison University

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Not available

RELATED RECORDS:
Not available

ALL OTHER NOTES:
Not applicable

RETRIEVAL NO.:
8629

REPOSITORY:
Mount Allison University Archives

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS, USE AND REPRODUCTION:
Open for research purposes. Copying and/or publication permitted only with written permission of the Mount Allison University Archives