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Correspondence, 1961-2012, largely between 56 Group/56 Group Wales secretaries and 56 Group/56 Group Wales members, the subject-matter for the most part relating to current/forthcoming exhibitions and Group membership.

56 Group/56 Group Wales exhibition brochures and catalogues, 1957-2012, with related material.

56 Group Wales exhibition catalogues, 2007-2008, 2012 and undated (sequence incomplete), with price lists for exhibited works.

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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Papers, 1956-2012, of the professional artist exhibiting association 56 Group Wales (formerly the 56 Group) which include publicity material (including catalogues and posters); printed publications; audio-visual footage; photographic print blocks; financial records; insurance papers; agendas and minutes of annual general meetings, extraordinary general meetings and Group meetings; and a voluminous correspondence, largely between the Group’s secretaries and its executive committee and other members, the Welsh Arts Council, exhibition venues, accountants and auditors, etc.

Material relating to 56 Group Wales exhibitions, 1990-2012, including correspondence, printed invitations to private viewings, details of exhibiting artists and works, exhibition catalogues, and press releases and other publicity material.

Annual General Meeting minutes and Extraordinary General Meeting minutes of the 56 Group/56 Group Wales, 1961-2012, with related material.

Correspondence, 1956-[2012], between Group 56/Group 56 Wales secretaries and members of the 56 Group/56 Group Wales executive committee, and between 56 Group/56 Group Wales secretaries and/or executive committee members and external correspondents, the subject-matter relating mainly to Group exhibitions, publicity, Group membership and funding.

Material relating to the publication in 2012 of the book A Taste Of The Avant-Garde: 56 Group Wales, 56 Years, written by author and curator David Moore and designed by artist Sue Hiley Harris, comprising press release; printed posters advertising illustrated talk and book signings by David Moore; printed invitation to book launch at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; and a copy of the book.

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.

Lists of Group members, 1963-[2012] (some years missing), with addresses, telephone numbers and (in later lists) email addresses of members, some lists including the year individual members joined the Group and one list noting the ages of Group members; circular note, 2001, to Group members regarding membership ballot; and a letter, 1982, from Group secretary Mary Griffiths to the National Museum of Wales. Some folios annotated by Group secretaries Mary Griffiths and Bob Weir and others.

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.