File consists of material relating to the 1961 conference of the Ontario Recreation Association, which took place in Hamilton, Ontario. Gordon Couling participated as a resource person in one of the conference discussions. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda, papers prepared by the Ontario Recreation Association, handwritten notes, and a conference program.

File consists of material relating mainly to events and workshops held by the Five Counties Art Association throughout 1955. Includes flyers, announcements, invititations, and notices of events; lists of participants in various activities; incoming and outgoing correspondence, the association news bulletin (vol. 1, no. 1); an exhibitors list; registration forms for a sketching weekend; an insurance policy; and other material.

File consists of material relating mainly to the early history of the COAA/Five Counties Art Association, probably removed from other files (especially those belonging to Gordon Couling; see Series 2) for the purpose of researching and writing a history of the association. Includes meeting minutes, reports, exhibition lists and catalogues, flyers and brochures, association bulletins, an outgoing letter from Gordon Couling, a mailing list for the Five Counties Art Association Teachers' Council, an article by Gordon Couling about an art exhibition held by the association, news releases prepared by the association, etc. Some items have been marked "N.B." File also includes a 2002 newspaper clipping about a mural at St. Joseph's Hospital (Guelph) painted by Gordon Couling.

File consists of material accumulated by Gordon Couling relating to the administration and events by the Five Counties Art Association and material accumulated and created by him relating to art. Includes handwritten and typed draft papers about art, handwritten notes, incoming and outgoing correspondence, a meeting agenda, a newspaper clipping, etc.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institue (Guelph) in 1960, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling (Art 3). Includes handwritten and typed course outlines, handwritten and typed notes made by Couling in preparation for the course, lists of participants and recommended resources, correspondence, meeting agendas, other information related to the Leader's Institute, etc.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1959, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling. Includes handwritten notes, responses to a questionnaire, typed notes by Couling prepared for the course, a course outline, participant lists, incoming correspondence, and other information relating to the institute.

File consists of material relating to the planning of the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1958, and the purpose and goals of the institute. Includes correspondence, minutes of a Five Counties Art Association meeting, reports on meetings of the institute planning committee, and a meeting agenda.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1957, and in particular the course taught by Gordon Couling. Includes a conference outline and timetable, a survey, handwritten notes, typed instructions for class projects and assignments, a list of resources, etc.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1956, and in particular the course taught by Gordon Couling (Art, first year). Includes correspondence and memoranda, lists of courses and participants, handwritten notes taken from or created in preparation for the course, a course outline, lists of resoures, and other information relating to the institute.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1956. Includes typed reports and feedback about the conference, handwritten notes, correspondence (including a draft), reports on discussion sessions, a list of participants, and statements of purpose for the Leader's Institute.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1955, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling. Includes a manual on informal education for adults, handwritten notes by Couling prepared for the course, a draft scheudule, list of participants, other information relating to the institute, and correspondence.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Insittutes held at McMaster University (Hamilton) and the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1954. Includes reports (including a financial report), lists of student by region, evaluations of the institutes, incoming and outgoing correspondence, a timetable, flyers, etc.

File consists of a typed manual on informal education for adults and a typed handout with "suggestions for outdoor sketching." The latter and possibly both items were prepared by the Community Programmes Branch of the Ontario Department of Education and were probably collected or used by Gordon Couling at the Leader's Institute.

File consists of material from the Guelph Creative Arts Association, some or all of it probably accumulated by Gordon Couling. Includes a newsletter (November 1980), flyers, and the minutes of an executive meeting (1965).

Series consists of records kept by Gordon Couling, charter member and first chair of the teachers' council executive, relating to the formation, administration, and activities of the COAA, mainly for the period from 1953 to 1960. Includes yearly files kept by Couling documenting the administration and activities of the association, as well as Couling's files relating to the annual Leader's Institute at the Macdonald Insitute in Guelph, offered by the Community Programs Branch of the Ontario Department of Education. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, exhibitors' lists, flyers and programs, course outlines and resource lists, course notes and handouts, forms and surveys, lists of student participants, and other material.

File consists of a letter and a draft registration form relating to the Crossection exhibition for 1979.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Association for 1960. Includes a bulletin, an exhibitors' list, newspaper clippings, ts. notes regarding the teachers' council, etc.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Assoication for 1959. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, exhibitors' lists, minutes for meetings of the teacher's council, handwritten notes, reports on seminars, flyers and invitations, a draft outline for a course by Gordon Couling at the 1959 Leader's Institute, and other material.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Assoication for 1958. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, exhibitors' lists, minutes for meetings of the teacher's council and for a Leaders Institute planning meeting, handwritten jury score sheets from an exhibition, handwritten notes, etc.

File consists of material relating mainly to the coordination of the regional art exhibitions of the Five Counties Art Association for 1957. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting agendas, exhibitors lists and exhibition programs, flyers, lists of art works received or for auction, handwritten notes, etc.

File consists of material relating to administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Association for 1957. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting agendas and one set of minutes (possibly draft copy), handwritten notes, an exhibition program, and a newspaper clipping.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Association for 1956. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting notices and agenda, and minutes of meetings of the association and of the teachers' council.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Association for 1955. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence; meeting minutes; flyers, invitations, and registration forms for events and exhibitions; exhibition lists and programs; typed and handwritten notes; a typed lecture transcript on painting methods; and other material. File also includes some material relating to the East Central Ontario Art Association: correspondence, meeting minutes, and an exhibition program.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Association. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, much of it between Gordon Couling and Lloyd Minshall of the Ontario Department of Education, Community Programs Branch; an exhbition list; a questionnaire sent to art teachers and potential art teachers in the counties; and minutes for a meeting of the teachers' council executive (1961).