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Material relating to the twentieth-anniversary 56 Group Wales publication The Artist And How To Employ Him (1976), edited by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and containing contributions from Group members, the said material comprising draft and fair-copy texts of the forthcoming book.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Marking 56 Years exhibition held at the Bay Art gallery, Cardiff, 2012, comprising printed invitation to private viewing; printed gallery programme; and publicity statement.

Publicity posters for 56 Group/56 Group Wales exhibitions.

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Material largely relating to a proposed lecture/concert featuring multimedia artist/performer Yoko Ono (who did not turn up on the assigned date) and a performance by musician Gavin Bryars and others, both held at the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, Cardiff, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths, Yoko Ono and others, letters from Mary Griffiths to Group member Eric Rowan and the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and letter to Mary Griffiths from the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); photocopy of performance fee cheque made out to Yoko Ono; press cutting; printed Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre Terms and Conditions of Hiring; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at Oriel Canfas, Cardiff, 2011, comprising circular letters to Group members; and printed and photocopied invitations to private viewing.

Material relating to 56 Group Wales publicity, 1956-2012, including correspondence, scrapbooks of press cuttings, printed posters, reviews, Group publications, media broadcasts, printed invitations and exhibition brochures.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Opening Show exhibition held at the Mumbles Road Gallery, Swansea, 2009, comprising printed emails and circular letter between Group chairman Peter Spriggs and the Mumbles Road Gallery and Group members; printed invitation to private viewing; and gallery floor plan. Printed invitation annotated on dorse by Group member Chris Shurrock.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's All Of These Things exhibition held at Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, 2008, including printed email to 56 Group Wales from Oriel Myrddin; printed invitations to private viewing; printed gallery programme; completed Oriel Myrddin Artist/Maker's Contract; and gallery floor plan.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Mixing West exhibition held at Tenby Museum & Art Gallery, 2008, including letter to Peter [?Seabourne, Group secretary]; printed invitation to private viewing; press cutting taken from the Tenby Observer; completed Exhibition Preparation Form; and gallery floor plan.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's 56 Mix exhibition held at the Wyndham Arcade Gallery, Cardiff, 2009, comprising printed exhibition flyer and poster.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Queen's Hall Gallery, Narberth (Oriel Q), 2010, comprising circular information to Group members from Group past-chairman Peter Spriggs; printed invitation to private viewing; page taken from Queen's Hall Gallery exhibition programme; printed Queen's Hall Gallery newsletter, which includes tribute to former 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, who died in November 2009; photocopied article from Wales Modern newsletter; and gallery floor plan.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Art Shop, Abergavenny, 2008, including printed email from the Art Shop to author and curator David Moore, which includes list of exhibiting artists; exhibition notice; printed invitation to private viewing; and gallery floor plan.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Exhibiting at Home exhibition held at the Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, 2008, including printed invitations to private viewing; press release; papers regarding insurance and transportation; and gallery floor plan.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's New Work exhibition held at St David's Hall, Cardiff, 2007, comprising circular letter to Group members from Group chairman Peter Spriggs.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery, Aberdare, 2007, including letters from Group secretary Peter Seabourne and Group chairman Peter Spriggs to the Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery, circular notices to Group members from Peter Seabourne and printed email from former Group chairman Glyn Jones to Group members; photocopy of invitation to private viewing; exhibition contract; gallery floor plan; and memoranda by Glyn Jones.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at The Gallery, Barry, 2007-2008, including circular letter to Group members from Group chairman Peter Spriggs; printed invitations to private viewing; and details of exhibiting artists and works.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's 50 Years of 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 2006, including correspondence and printed emails between Group chairman Glyn Jones and Group vice-chairman Peter Spriggs and the National Library of Wales, Group members and others; printed invitation to private viewing; printed National Library of Wales events programme; Group statements; list of current Group members; review of exhibition; press cuttings taken from Welsh sources and from the Guardian; other related correspondence; and memoranda by former Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and others.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, 2007, including letters to Group secretary Peter Seabourne from Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre; printed exhibition programme; and printed invitation to private viewing.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's 50 Years of 56 Group Wales exhibition as it was originally to have been held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff prior to the venue being relocated to the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, including correspondence between Group chairman Glyn Jones and the National Museum of Wales; report on meeting regarding exhibition as it was to have been held at the National Museum of Wales; and draft proposals for book and exhibition to mark the Group's fiftieth anniversary (see note below).

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff, 2006, including correspondence and printed emails between Group secretary Peter Seabourne, Group chairman Glyn Jones, Group vice-chairman Peter Spriggs and the Kooywood Gallery; circular letter from Peter Seabourne to Group members and printed emails between Group members; and printed invitation to private viewing.