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Correspondence largely between 56 Group/56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths and Group 56/Group 56 Wales treasurer David Tinker and auditors, 1964-1996. One folio annotated with note from David Tinker to Mary Griffiths.

Correspondence, 1994-2001 and undated, between Group secretaries Julian Sheppard and Bob Weir and the Arts Council of Wales (formerly the Welsh Arts Council). Some folios annotated by Bob Weir.

Correspondence, 1991-1999 and undated, between Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and Group secretaries Julian Sheppard and Bob Weir; letters, 1992-1995, from Julian Sheppard to Group members and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); letters, 1998-1999, from Bob Weir to Group member Carol Hiles and to artist, writer and film-maker Derek Shiel; miscellaneous correspondence, 1991-1998, including letters to Arthur Giardelli and Group secretary Mary Griffiths from the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); draft Group statement by Arthur Giardelli; and Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) newsletter, November 1992, with attached letter from Julian Sheppard to the Belgian Embassy in London. Some letters annotated by Bob Weir.

56 Group/56 Group Wales constitutions, including drafts, 1961-2006 (some undated), outlining the principal purpose and aim of the Group and setting down regulations relating to those aims; together with amendments to the constitutions and related correspondence. Some folios annotated.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Chepstow Festival Exhibition held at Chepstow Museum, 1990, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Chepstow Museum, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and Group member Kieran Lyons; printed invitation to private viewing; details of exhibiting artists and works; exhibition catalogue mailing list; museum floor plan; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Computer discs, some dated, containing photographs, artist statements and catalogues of members' works. In folder.

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CM 15708
CM 15709

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Cardiff to Camden exhibition held at Cardiff Old Library and Swiss Cottage Library, Camden, 1989, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and assistant secretary Betty Evans, Cardiff Old Library, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and Group members; printed invitations to private viewings; details of exhibiting artists and works; draft texts for exhibition catalogues; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Cardiff to Camden exhibition held at Cardiff Old Library and Swiss Cottage Library, Camden, 1989, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Swiss Cottage Library (which includes gallery floor plan) and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); correspondence between Group assistant secretary Betty Evans and the British Council in London and Group members; lists of invitees to private viewings and printed invitation; mailing lists for exhibition catalogues; press release and other publicity material; and details of exhibiting artists and works.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Breton Welsh Artists exhibition, 1969, held at University College, Cardiff, including correspondence largely between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Raymond Eyquem of University College, Cardiff; list of exhibited works; and press releases. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to an 'exchange exhibition' of Bolognese artists held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1984, in reciprocation of the 56 Group Wales's 1983 exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (see S/12 (a) and S/12 (b) (Box 18) and S/12 (c) - (e) (Box 19)), including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the National Museum of Wales, the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and others; letter from Group chairman Arthur Giardelli to the Welsh Arts Council; notes of discussions between 56 Group Wales representatives and the National Museum of Wales; draft exhibition catalogue texts; printed notice of exhibition; printed National Museum of Wales events programme; photocopied press cuttings from Italian and Welsh sources; invitation lists for private viewing and printed invitations; details of exhibiting artists; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths. Italian correspondence translated by Arthur Giardelli.

Material relating to an exhibition of etchings by Bolognese artists held at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, [1984], comprising illustrated exhibition catalogue. Catalogue inscribed by Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Arts Councils of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland exhibition tour, 1976-1977, held at the Bank of Ireland in Dublin, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork, and the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast as part of the 56/20: Twentieth Anniversary exhibition tour, including correspondence, 1974-1977, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Arts Council of the Republic of Ireland, the Northern Ireland Arts Council, Group members and others; printed invitations to private viewings; details of exhibiting artists and works; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group's Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain tour exhibitions which took place at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1960, comprising correspondence, including circular letters, between Group representatives and other members and the Arts Council of Great Britain, exhibition venues and Lady Megan Lloyd George; and related material, including lists of exhibiting artists and their works.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Artists Inc. exhibition, held at St Paul's Gallery, Leeds, 1982, along with artists from Belfast, Dundee and Exeter, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and St Paul's Gallery, Group members and others; printed invitation to private viewing; printed exhibition programme of St Paul's Gallery; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Art in Wales: The 20th Century: Today Welsh Arts Council exhibition tour of 1969, held at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, a venue in Tenby, Parc Howard in Llanelli, the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea and the Memorial Gallery in Newtown, including correspondence, 1968-1969, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members and between Mary Griffiths and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); printed invitation to private viewing; press release; list of exhibited works; details relating to exhibiting artists; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales Art in the Making: An Exhibition for the Village Halls of Wales exhibition tour, 1978-1979, held at Wrexham Arts Centre, Llanelli Library, The Cross Community Centre in Pontardawe, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Haverfordwest Library, Alyn & Deeside Area Library in Buckley, Greenhill Further Education Centre in Tenby, the Cathedral of St Woolos in Newport and Oriel Môn in Llangefni, including correspondence, 1976-1980, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Group members and others; printed invitations to private viewings; installation shots and instruction sheet for exhibition display panels; and press releases and other publicity material. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

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Photo books 6028, size B and 6029, size B
Photo book 6107, size E

Correspondence, 2005-2007 and undated, between Group committee members and potential Group members, including circular letter, 2007, from Group secretary Peter Seabourne to potential Group members; and letter, 2005, to Group secretary Bob Weir requesting information for academic essay.

56 Group/56 Group Wales annual reports, 1961-1998, and Group chairs' reports, 2010-2011, together with related correspondence, photocopies press reports/reviews, chairman's agendas, secretary's covering letters, and a discussion paper by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli. The Group annual reports for 1983-1984 and 1991-1992 are duplicated. Kept in a separate archival envelope but included in this folder are: Correspondence, 1992, 1994, 1998, relating to the receipt of Group annual reports by various Welsh bodies; a circular, 1987, to Group members from Group secretary Mary Griffiths; two postcards, 1997-1998, to Group secretary Bob Weir from art historian and author David Fraser Jenkins; and mailing lists for Group annual reports, 1987-1993, 1996/97. Some folios are annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths and others.

Chairman's agendas and minutes of 56 Group Wales Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings, 1976-2000, 2004-2011, including members' ballot, 1984, committee members' reports and attendance lists, with related correspondence and other papers; together with introductory information by new secretary, 2012, and Extraordinary General Meeting agenda, March 2012, the latter including proposal and selection of new Group members and Fellowship members. Some folios annotated.

Chairman's agendas and minutes of 56 Group/56 Group Wales Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings, 1961-1975, with related correspondence, together with the Publicity Officer's Report for 1964/5 and a Group Constitution of 1961. Some folios annotated by Group secretaries Pat Cross and Mary Griffiths and others. One folio contains a doodle incorporating the name 'Mary Griffiths' by Group member Mervyn Baldwin.