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Material relating to the 56 Group's Paintings & Sculpture exhibition tour of 1962, including correspondence, 1961-1963, largely between Group secretary Pat Cross, Group chairman Eric Malthouse and exhibition venues; press release; invoices, statements and receipts; and draft text for exhibition catalogue.

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.

56 Group/56 Group Wales constitutions, including drafts, 1961-2006 (some undated), outlining the principal purpose and aim of the Group and setting down regulations relating to those aims; together with amendments to the constitutions and related correspondence. Some folios annotated.

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

Correspondence, 1961-1963 and undated, between Group secretary Pat Cross and Group members, which include members' biographical notes and an invitation, 1961, to the opening of an exhibition by painter and sculptor Ron Carlson; and a letter, [1961], to Pat Cross's husband, Tom, from the Arts Council of Great Britain.

56 Group/56 Group Wales constitutions, including drafts, 1961-2006 (some undated), outlining the principal purpose and aim of the Group and setting down regulations relating to those aims; together with amendments to the constitutions and related correspondence.

Correspondence, 1962, 1976-1982, 1984, between Group secretaries Pat Cross and Mary Griffiths and representatives in Brittany, including Claude Souviron, director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

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

Correspondence and related material, 1962-2000, between 56 Group/56 Group Wales secretaries and executive committee members and representatives in Brittany, the United States, the Ukraine and various European venues regarding potential/forthcoming overseas Group exhibitions.

Material relating to the 56 Group's Drawings & Gouaches exhibition tour of 1963-1964 held at the Dillwyn Gallery in Swansea, the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth, Welshpool Art Room, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, Hereford Art Gallery, the Arts Council Gallery in Cardiff, the Midlands Federation of Art Galleries (Lichfield Art Gallery, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Newark Museum, Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, Mansfield Art Gallery and Rugby Exhibition Gallery), Hambledon Gallery in Blandford Forum, Cheltenham Museum & Art Gallery and the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, including correspondence, 1964-1965, largely between Group secretaries Pat Cross and Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues, with other related correspondence; printed invitations to private viewings; press release; and exhibition itinerary.

Invoices directed to the 56 Group/56 Group Wales, 1962-1973, 1975, 1978, 1995-2000 and undated, relating to packaging and transportation of works to be exhibited, printing of publicity material, framing of exhibited works, hiring of exhibition spaces and reimbursement of expenses; with related correspondence and notes. Some folios annotated by Group secretary Bob Weir.

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

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, 1963-2001, largely between 56 Group/56 Group Wales secretaries and other members of the 56 Group/56 Group Wales executive committee and the Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Welsh Arts Council and their later incarnation, the Arts Council of Wales, the subject-matter including funding, publicity, and transportation and storage of exhibited works.

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's Oils & Constructions exhibition tour of 1964 held at the Dillwyn Gallery in Swansea, the Arts Council Gallery in Cardiff, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Newport Museum & Art Gallery and the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol, including correspondence, 1963-1964, largely between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues; printed invitations to private viewings; exhibition itineraries and estimated expenses; other related correspondence; and material relating to publicity. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Invoices sent by the 56 Group/56 Group Wales, 1963-1970, 1978-1981 and undated, relating to hiring of exhibition spaces, printing of publicity material, lecture fees and sales of exhibited works. Some folios annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

File of Group 56 secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1963-1966 and undated, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker, John Wright and Eric Malthouse (subject-matter including a proposal by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli to amend the Group name to '56 Group Wales'); draft letter, [1966], from Arthur Giardelli to the Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford; and circular letters, 1965 and undated, from Mary Griffiths to Group members. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths. Two letters from Mary Griffiths to Arthur Giardelli duplicated. One letter from Arthur Giardelli to Mary Griffiths appears to lack its beginning.