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Material relating to 56 Group Wales exhibitions held at Newport Museum & Art Gallery and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1979, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues, Group members and others; printed invitations to private viewings; press releases; and draft exhibition catalogue texts, including details of exhibiting artists and works.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's exhibition tour of 1969-1970 held at the Bear Lane Gallery in Oxford, the Palmer Building at the University of Reading, the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham and the Blucoat Chambers in Liverpool, including correspondence, 1969-1970, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues; press release and other publicity material; list of exhibited works; and other related correspondence. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to 56 Group Wales exhibitions held at the Bear Lane Gallery in Oxford, the North Oxfordshire Technical College in Banbury, West Oxfordshire Technical College in Witney, the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, the City Art Gallery in Leeds, the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, Dolgellau Free Library and Bangor Art Gallery (the last three venues comprising the Group's Welsh Arts Council tour), including correspondence, 1966-1967, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues; list of exhibited works; printed publicity material; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to three exhibitions which took place at University College, Cardiff, namely the 56 Group Wales exhibition of 1978, the Paintings, Drawings & Constructions exhibition by Group members Arthur Giardelli, Glyn Jones and Terry Setch, also of 1978, and the exhibition by Group members Robert Hunter and David Tinker held in 1979, including correspondence, 1977-1980, 1982-1983, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and University College, Cardiff and others; printed invitations to private viewings; printed exhibition catalogues; translated transcript of BBC Radio Cymru programme Llwyfan, with attached comment by Group publicity officer William Wilkins; details of exhibited works; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths and others. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to exhibitions by individual members of the 56 Group Wales held at University College, Swansea, 1974-1975, namely Glyn Jones and Eric Rowan's Paintings & Drawings exhibition, 1974, William Wilkins' Drawings exhibition, 1975, and David Tinker and Mary Lloyd Jones's exhibition, 1975, including correspondence, 1974-1976, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and University College, Swansea, Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and exhibiting Group members; printed invitation to private viewing; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising correspondence, 1983-1984, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and various correspondents, including Group executive committee members and other Group members, HTV, the National Museum of Wales, the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales), the British Council and the Czech Embassy in London; letters, 1984, to Arthur Giardelli from Group member Erica Daborn; and general Group papers. Some letters annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising letters, 1985, to Arthur Giardelli from Group secretary Mary Griffiths, the British Council and Cheltenham College; correspondence, 1985, between Mary Griffiths and various correspondents, including the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); and general Group papers, including Annual General Meeting agenda, accounts and annual report. Some folios annotated by Arthur Giardelli and Mary Griffiths.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising correspondence, 1984, 1986, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins; letters from Mary Griffiths to the National Library of Wales and the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); letters, 1986, to Arthur Giardelli and to Mary Griffiths from various correspondents; draft letters, 1986, from Arthur Giardelli; and miscellaneous Group papers. Some folios annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising letters, 1990, to Arthur Giardelli from Group assistant secretary Betty Evans, Group secretary Mary Griffiths, Group treasurer David Tinker, the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales) and others; letters, 1990, from Arthur Giardelli to former Group member Geoffrey Davies and Dr Silvia Ilečková of the Slovak National Gallery; letter, 1990, from Betty Evans to representatives of the Glasgow Group; letter, 1990, from Mary Griffiths to Rhondda Heritage Museum; and miscellaneous Group papers. Some folios annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising letters, 1981-1982, to Arthur Giardelli from various correspondents, including Group secretary Mary Griffiths, Group treasurer David Tinker and Group member Michael Punt, the Gulbenkian Foundation, the National Museum of Wales and the National Library of Wales; letters, 1981-1982, from Group secretary Mary Griffiths to Group executive committee members and other Group members and letters, 1982, from Mary Griffiths to other correspondents, including the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); other miscellaneous correspondence; and general Group information eg reports, accounts, agendas and minutes. Some letters annotated by Arthur Giardelli, one annotated by Mary Griffiths's husband, Bruce Griffiths.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising letters, 1987, 1989, to Arthur Giardelli from Group secretary Mary Griffiths, Group treasurer David Tinker, Zdenĕk Vaniček of the Czech Embassy in London, and the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); letters, 1988-1989, to Mary Griffiths from Group treasurer David Tinker and Group member Peter Prendergast; correspondence, 1988-1989, between Mary Griffiths and Dr Silvia Ilečková of the Slovak National Gallery; letters from Isabel Hitchman of the Welsh Arts Council to the Czech Ministry of Culture; draft letters from Arthur Giardelli; and miscellaneous Group papers, including annual report and Group statements. Some folios annotated by Arthur Giardelli. One letter triplicated.

File of 56 Group Wales assistant secretary Betty Evans, comprising letters, 1987-1991, to Betty Evans from Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli and William Wilkins, former Group secretary Mary Griffiths, and Group member Chris Shurrock; letter, 1989, to Group treasurer David Tinker from Group chairman Arthur Giardelli; notes compiled by Mary Griffiths for information of Betty Evans; and circular letter, 1990, from Betty Evans to Group members. Most of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Betty Evans illustrated with drawings of birds.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Bob Weir, comprising correspondence, 1998-2000, largely between Bob Weir, Dr Peter Wakelin and the Arts Council of Wales regarding the organisation of 56 Group/56 Group Wales archives and funding towards this work; two copies of a progress report on the archival project compiled by Dr Peter Wakelin for the 1999 Group Annual General Meeting; and draft sections of a proposed publication by Dr Peter Wakelin entitled 56-06: Half a Century of Innovation in Welsh Art, described as 'a book and exhibition proposal to mark the 50th anniversary of 56 Group Wales'.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Bob Weir, comprising correspondence, 1997-1998, between Bob Weir and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, Martyn Dallimore-Jones and Sue Williams and letters, 1997-1998, to Bob Weir from Group member Chris Shurrock and other correspondents; and letter, 1997, to Group publicity officer Martyn Dallimore-Jones from the Washington Gallery, Penarth.

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.

File of Group 56 executive committee member Eric Malthouse, comprising largely correspondence, 1956-1957, 1961 and undated, regarding 56 Group membership (including letters of membership acceptance addressed to Eric Malthouse from Robert (Bob) Hunter, Ernest Zobole, Arthur Giardelli and John Wright and a letter rejecting membership from artist and writer Brenda Chamberlain); together with Group manifesto of August 1956 and material relating to 56 Group exhibitions held in 1957 at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and Tenby Civic Centre. An undated letter to Group chairman Eric [Malthouse] from Bob [Robert Hunter] includes a humorous interpretation of the latter's relinquishing of his secretarial role in 1961.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Julian Sheppard, comprising correspondence, 1991, between Julian Sheppard and Group chairman Arthur Giardelli; letters, 1991, to Julian Sheppard from Arthur Giardelli, Group members Paul Davies and Emrys Williams, and the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol; letters to Arthur Giardelli from Zdenĕk Vaniček of the Czechoslovak Embassy in London and former Group secretary Mary Griffiths; correspondence, 1991, between Group treasurer David Tinker and Mary Griffiths; note, 1991, to Mary Griffiths from Zdenĕk Vaniček; letter, 1991, from Group member Peter Ellis to other members; circular letter, 1991, from Julian Sheppard to Group members; agendas and minutes of Group Annual General Meetings and Group meetings, 1991; detailed notes by Group treasurer David Tinker regarding forthcoming exhibition; information from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, Liverpool relating to funding application; and memoranda by Arthur Giardelli. Some letters annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Julian Sheppard, comprising correspondence, 1992, between Julian Sheppard, Group executive committee members and other Group members, and between Julian Sheppard and other correspondents; letters, 1992, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli from Group member Tom ('Diz') Gilhespy and the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); circular letters, 1992, from Julian Sheppard to Group members; biographical details and artist statement of Group member Shani Rhys James, dated December 1991; 56 Group Wales statement; mailing list for Group annual report 1991/2; speech delivered at private viewing, April 1992; and photocopied press cuttings relating to Group members and exhibition. Some letters annotated by Arthur Giardelli. Three letters duplicated.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Julian Sheppard, comprising correspondence, 1993-1994, 1996, between Julian Sheppard and Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and between Julian Sheppard and other correspondents, including former Group member Jeffrey Steele (subject-matter includes the death of Group member Paul Davies and tributes to him); circular letters, 1995-1996, from Julian Sheppard to Group members; funding applications; statement of expenses and accounts; Group Annual General Meeting agenda, 1993; and memoranda, draft letters, etc by Arthur Giardelli. Some letters annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

Correspondence and other material, 1956-1957, largely relating to 56 Group exhibitions which took place in 1957 at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and Tenby Civic Centre.