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Material relating to 56 Group exhibitions, 1957-1967, including correspondence, printed invitations to private viewings, publicity material, and details of exhibiting artists and works.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Graphics exhibition held at the Bols Taverne, Amsterdam, 1967, including correspondence, 1966-1967, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Bols Taverne, the British Council and the Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain; printed invitations to private viewing; 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.

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.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at Newport Little Theatre & Arts Centre, 1968, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Newport venue; lists of exhibited works; and other related correspondence. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Correspondence, 1967-1968 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members; members' biographical material and details of exhibited works; exhibition booklet with printed copies of members' works; miscellaneous Group papers; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths.

Chairman's agendas and minutes of the 56 Group/56 Group Wales executive committee meetings held December 1963 to March 1969, with related correspondence.

56 Group Wales exhibition catalogues, 1967-1969 and undated, with related material. One catalogue includes a note in the hand of Group secretary Mary Griffiths and one catalogue annotated by Mary Griffiths and others.

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.

Print blocks used by members of the 56 Group Wales from 1967 to 1969.

Print blocks used by members of 56 Group Wales.

Correspondence, 1963-1969, between Group secretaries Pat Cross and Mary Griffiths and other members of the Group executive committee and the Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); circular letter, 1969, from Mary Griffiths to Group members; copy of Arts Council of Great Britain report; Group grant applications, 1965-1970; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Exhibition of Work by Contemporary Welsh Artists exhibition tour of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, 1968, held at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Dublin, the Municipal Gallery in Limerick, Cork School of Art, the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast, Brooke Park Gallery in Derry (Londonderry) and Coleraine University, including correspondence, 1966-1969, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Republic of Ireland Arts Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland; press release; lists of exhibited works; printed invitations to private viewing; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

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.

Print blocks used by members of 56 Group Wales. V/6 (a) - V/6 (d) also contained in this box.

Correspondence, 1969 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members; Group Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting agendas; and miscellaneous Group papers, including diagrammatic schema representing current Group organisation and finances. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and others.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1969, including correspondence, 1968-1969, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Grosvenor Gallery and between Mary Griffiths and representatives from Harlech television regarding the making of a television programme focusing on the Group; printed publicity material; lists of invitees to private viewing; accounts; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Collection of artists' print blocks. Stored with W/1 (Box 23).

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 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.