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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.

Annual reports and chairs' reports of the 56 Group/56 Group Wales, 1961-2011, with related material.

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.

Financial records, 1956-2011, of the 56 Group/56 Group Wales, including accounts, ledgers, receipts, audits, invoices and treasurer's reports, with related correspondence.

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.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1974, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli and David Tinker; letter, 1974, from Group chairman Arthur Giardelli to Group treasurer David Tinker; and correspondence, 1974, between Mary Griffiths and former Group secretary Elisabeth Elias. There are frequent references throughout all correspondence to Claude Souviron, Keeper of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, and to Rollo Charles, Keeper of Art at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths. Some of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1976-1977, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members David Tinker and Arthur Giardelli (subject-matter includes the death of Group member Hubert Dalwood); letter, 1976, from Mary Griffiths to the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales) applying for funding for the forthcoming Group publication The Artist and how to Employ Him, edited by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli; letter, 1976, from Group member Glyn Jones to Arthur and Bim Giardelli; and letters, 1976-1977, from Mary Griffiths to Group members. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, Arthur Giardelli and David Tinker. Most of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings (one with a watercolour drawing) of birds.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1979, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members David Tinker, Arthur Giardelli and William Wilkins; letters of resignation, 1979, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli from Mervyn Baldwin and David Shepherd; and letter, 1979, to Arthur and Bim Giardelli from Group member Eric Rowan. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths and Arthur Giardelli. Almost all Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1982, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members David Tinker, Arthur Giardelli and William Wilkins; and letter, 1982, from Group treasurer David Tinker to Group member Geoffrey Davies. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, two annotated by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli, one annotated by Group publicity officer William Wilkins. Most of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds. Letters, 3 September 1982 (to William Wilkins from Mary Griffiths) and 8 November 1982 (to David Tinker from Mary Griffiths), duplicated.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1982-1983 and undated, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins; and agenda of the Bologna Catalogue Sub-Committee meeting held 30 January 1983. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, two annotated by Group publicity officer William Wilkins, one annotated by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli. Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds. Two letters to Mary Griffiths from Arthur Giardelli duplicated.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1984, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins; letter, 1984, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli's wife, Bim from Mary Griffiths; correspondence, 1984, between Mary Griffiths and the Association of Artists and Designers in Wales (AADW); letters, 1984, from Mary Griffiths to undisclosed recipients; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths and William Wilkins. Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

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 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 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.

Correspondence, 1963-1965 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members; members' biographical notes; miscellaneous Group papers; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths.

Correspondence, 1977-1978 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members; miscellaneous Group papers, including members' biographical notes, Annual General Meeting agenda, Group annual report and Group members' statements and proposals; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and others.