Sub-series consists of correspondence, notes, research material, photocopies and annotated and edited transcripts of archival documents (the originals of many of which are found elsewhere in the fonds), created and collected by Naomi Jackson Groves as part of her research into the life and work of A.Y. Jackson and their shared family history and genealogy. Some of the material was originally organized in binders and files by Groves, but other material was found scattered loose among Groves' records. All the material that was originally found in binders has been filed under B for binders, with the original order maintained. Exhibition catalogues, notes, printed material and reproductions of art works relating to A.Y. Jackson and the Group of Seven which were found loose among her records have been filed under M for miscellaneous. The files created by Groves include material on Frederick Banting, Sam Borenstein, Herman Voaden, Melinda Ewanyszyn-Chop and Peg Forbes, as well as on an exhibition of the work of the Group of Seven held in Germany in 1977. The binders included some correspondence and notes Groves' inherited from her father, reflecting H.A.C. Jackson's own interest in family history. Most of the material was collected or created between 1950 and 2001, but the H.A.C. Jackson material dates back to 1925.
Sub-series also includes a sound recording documenting a presentation by A.Y. Jackson regarding Canada's pre-eminent painters, the Group of Seven. Jackson speaks of the Group's beginnings, individual members, the unique style of the Group, divergence from European styles and traditions, financial support received from Dr. James MacCallum, Jackson's experience as a Canadian war records painter during the First World War, experiences of the Group as they travelled across Canada, painting at Georgian Bay, the Algoma area, the Batchawana River, Sand Lake, and Lake Superior, criticism from Canadian art critics, painting the Rocky Mountains, travelling to and painting the Arctic landscape, acceptance by art critics in Great Britain, dissolution of the Group, the Canadian Group of Painters, acceptance from the Canadian public, and Jackson's personal style. The presentation was recorded in June 1956.
