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Material relating to the 1983 HTV broadcast Where The Tide Turned: A Portrait of the 56 Group Wales, which featured interviews with a selection of Group members, the said related material including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths, HTV, St David's Hall in Cardiff, Group members and others; printed 1983 HTV programme review; details of exhibiting artists and works; Group statement; list of invitees to press reception; press release; HTV filming schedules; minutes of meeting; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Several folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

VHS video cassette and DVD copies of the 1983 HTV broadcast Where The Tide Turned: A Portrait of the 56 Group Wales, the programme featuring interviews with a selection of 56 Group Wales members.

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VM 9138
DVD 6178

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Wales Art Fair exhibition held at the Old Library, Cardiff, 1991, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Wales Art Fair organisers, Arts Review (London) and Group members; and details of exhibiting artists and works. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the Vale of Glamorgan Festival Exhibition by 56 Group Wales members Alain Ayers, Harvey Hood and Philip Nicol held at St Donat's Arts Centre, 1984, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths, St Donat's Arts Centre, Group members and others; draft and printed publicity material; list of invitees to private viewing and printed invitations; notes of discussion between representatives of 56 Group Wales and St Donat's Arts Centre; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths.

Financial records, 1991-2001 and undated, of 56 Group Wales, including income and expenditure accounts; statements, invoices and receipts; insurance arrangements; and related correspondence.

Transparencies of Group members' works, some dated. In folders.

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Photo book 6107, size E.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Two Foot Square exhibition tour of 1970-1971, held at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery in Merthyr Tydfil, Haverfordwest Library, the Memorial Gallery in Newtown and Bangor Art Gallery, including correspondence, 1970-1971, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues and their representatives and between Mary Griffiths and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); exhibition catalogue; press releases; list of exhibited works; printed invitation to private viewing; and other related correspondence. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the twentieth-anniversary 56 Group Wales publication The Artist And How To Employ Him (1976), edited by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and containing contributions from Group members, the said material including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Group members and others; printed notice of publication; mailing lists and sales details; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the twentieth-anniversary 56 Group Wales publication The Artist And How To Employ Him (1976), edited by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and containing contributions from Group members, the said material including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Group members and others; biographical details and artist statements of Group members; draft texts; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Several folios annotated by Mary Griffiths, some annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

Material relating to the twentieth-anniversary 56 Group Wales publication The Artist And How To Employ Him (1976), edited by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and containing contributions from Group members, the said material comprising draft and fair-copy texts of the forthcoming book.

Correspondence, 1969, 1973-1979, 1981, 1991-1994, between Group secretaries Elisabeth Elias, Mary Griffiths and Julian Sheppard and representatives of HTV Wales and HTV West regarding sponsorship of Group activities. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and others.

Correspondence, [1981], 1986-1989, 1993-1994, 1996, 1998 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretaries Mary Griffiths, Julian Sheppard and Bob Weir and Group executive committee members and various recipients, including the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Texaco, the Bank of Wales plc, Welsh Water plc, the Midland Bank (later HSBC Bank) and British Telecom, regarding sponsorship of Group activities. Includes photocopy of completed sponsorship application form. Some folios duplicated. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths, one annotated by Group treasurer David Tinker.

Material relating to the Spirit of Time, Spirit of Place: Contemporary Czech Painting & Sculpture exhibition held at the Davies Memorial Gallery, Newtown, 1991, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Davies Memorial Gallery; printed exhibition catalogue; printed invitations to private viewing; and other related correspondence. Most folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Photographic slides showing Group members' works. Slotted into plastic pockets within card folders.

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Photo book 6107, size E.

Slides of various Group exhibitions, namely the Painting and Sculpture exhibition held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1975, the Gruppo 56 Galles exhibition held at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, 1983, the Birthday Celebration exhibition held at the Oriel Gallery, Cardiff, 1984, and the Chepstow Festival Exhibition held at Chepstow Museum, 1990.

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Photo book 6107, size E

Binder scrapbook containing mainly press cuttings and items taken from printed sources relating largely to 56 Group Wales exhibitions and to individual artists, 1978-1990. Inserted into the scrapbook is a folder containing press cuttings and items taken from printed sources relating to 56 Group Wales exhibitions, 1986. Items in scrapbook kept in plastic pockets.

Scrapbook containing mainly press cuttings, printed invitations, etc relating to 56 Group/56 Group Wales exhibitions, 1957-1964. Some items loose. Some folios blank.

Ring-binder scrapbook containing mainly press cuttings and items taken from printed sources relating to 56 Group/56 Group Wales exhibitions, 1964-1978. Some items annotated. Some items loose.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Retrospective Exhibition held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff as part of the 56/20: Twentieth Anniversary exhibition tour of 1976-7, including correspondence, 1974-1976, 1983, 1987, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the National Museum of Wales and Group members; details of exhibiting artists and works; mailing list for exhibition catalogue; National Museum of Wales printed programmes of events; other related correspondence; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Raymond Eyquem: The Art of the Possible exhibition held at University College, Cardiff, Pembroke Dock Library and Oriel Bangor Museum & Art Gallery, 1996-1997, including artists' drawings and details of exhibiting artists and works.