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Sub-series consists of material related to the Banff International String Quartet Competition's membership in the World Federation of International Music Competitions. It includes the Federation's statutes, as well as minutes and correspondence from the organization's General Assemblies, executive committee, and Pan-American Council.

Sub-series consists of administrative files related to the 1983 Banff International String Quartet Competition. It includes material on media coverage and the broadcasting of the competition on CBC radio, application files from participating quartets, arrangements related to members of the jury, the commissioning of a work by Harry Somers for the competition's imposed piece and a set of matched bows from Michael Vann as part of the competition's first prize, as well as arrangements for the winning quartet's Canadian tour.

Sub-series consists of audio recordings of performances from the 1983 Banff International String Quartet Competition, recordings and transcripts of the CBC's broadcast of the competition on Arts National (which includes interviews with quartet and jury members, as well as audio of competition announcements), and a commercial recording released by Radio Canada International featuring a documentary about the Banff Centre on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary and a performance of Harry Somers' Movement for String Quartet by the Lydian Quartet.

Sub-series consists of the work Movement for String Quartet by Harry Somers, commissioned with funding from the Canada Council to be used as the imposed piece for the 1983 Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Sub-series consists of promotional material for the 1983 Banff International String Quartet Competition, including pamphlets, application material, concert programs, posters, and a competition guide.

Sub-series consists of photographs related to the 1983 Banff International String Quartet Competition, including participating quartets, and members of the jury.

Sub-series consists of Ken Murphy's administrative files related to the 1986 Banff International String Quartet Competition. It includes material on media coverage and the broadcasting of the competition on CBC radio, application files from participating quartets, arrangements related to members of the jury, the commissioning of a work by John Hawkins for the competition's imposed piece and a set of matched bows from Michael Vann as part of the competition's first prize, as well as arrangements for the winning quartet's Canadian tour.

Sub-series consists of recordings of the CBC's broadcast of the 2nd Banff International String Quartet Competition on Arts National, the Franciscan Quartet's performance in Toronto as part of the winners tour, segments about the competition broadcast on CBC Alberta's Sunday Arts and CKUA's Arts Alberta, and a commercial recording released by Radio Canada International featuring the Franciscan Quartet, and Quatuor Parisii (winner of the prize for best performance of the imposed piece).

Sub-series consists of the work Three Archetypes for String Quartet by John Hawkins, commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to be used as the imposed piece for the 2nd Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Sub-series consists of promotional material for the 2nd Banff International String Quartet Competition, including concert programs, posters, and competition guides.