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Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at Oriel Henry Thomas, Carmarthen, 2005, including correspondence largely between Group secretary Peter Seabourne and Group vice-chair Peter Spriggs and Oriel Henry Thomas; printed emails between Group members; exhibition notice and printed poster; and printed invitation to private viewing.

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 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 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 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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Binder scrapbook containing mainly press cuttings and items taken from printed sources relating largely to 56 Group Wales exhibitions and to individual artists, 1978-1990. Inserted into the scrapbook is a folder containing press cuttings and items taken from printed sources relating to 56 Group Wales exhibitions, 1986. Items in scrapbook kept in plastic pockets.

Colour postcards showing works by 56 Group Wales members.

Print-out of an interview conducted in 2007 between 56 Group Wales chairman Peter Spriggs and artist, writer and film-maker Derek Shiel entitled '56 Group Wales: Exhibiting At Home And Abroad'.

Material comprises proposed design and layout for 56 Group Wales members' book and invitation to contribute text and images; printed booklet to publicise forthcoming book which features illustrations of members' works; printed invitation to launch of book at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; and copy of book.

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DVD 6178.

Print blocks used by members of 56 Group Wales.

Chairman's agendas and minutes of 56 Group Wales executive committee meetings and Group meetings held December 1971 to November 1979, together with related correspondence and notes, and papers and proposals to be read and discussed at meetings. Some folios annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group chairman Arthur Giardelli.

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.

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.

56 Group/56 Group Wales annual audited accounts, 1962-1997, treasurer's reports prepared for Group Annual General Meetings, and related correspondence.

Lists of those 56 Group/56 Group Wales members owing subscription fees, 1965-1994, 1999-2000, with related correspondence, largely from Group secretaries Mary Griffiths and Julian Sheppard to Group members; list of Group members as of October 1974; list of Group members due to contribute towards exhibition opening, 1978; and receipt book, 1993-1994. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and Group treasurer David Tinker.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1967-1969, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and John Wright; letter, 1967, from Group chairman Arthur Giardelli to Mary Griffiths's husband, Bruce Griffiths; circular letters from Mary Griffiths to Group members; printed flyer for exhibition by Arthur Giardelli, Bim Butler (later Giardelli) and Group member Robert Hunter, December [?1967 or 1968]; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths and Arthur Giardelli. Secretarial material relating to 1969 is missing.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1970-1971, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli and David Tinker (subject-matter includes Mary Griffiths's pending resignation as Group secretary); and circular letter, 1971, from Mary Griffiths to Group members. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths. Some letters from Group chairman Arthur Giardelli to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds. Secretarial records relating to 1969 are missing.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Elisabeth Elias, comprising correspondence, 1971-1974, between Elisabeth Elias and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli and David Tinker (subject-matter including the reinstatement of Mary Griffiths as Group secretary and Eric Malthouse's reinstatement as Group member); letter, 1974, from Elisabeth Elias to Arthur Giardelli's wife, Beryl ('Bim'); and Group grant application for 1972/3. Two letters from Arthur Giardelli to Elisabeth Elias illustrated with drawings of birds.