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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.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, Brittany, 1974-1975, including list of invitees to private viewing, circular letters, 1974, from Group secretary Elisabeth Elias to those invited, and responses to invitations; circular letters to Group members; exhibition catalogue texts; details relating to exhibiting artists and works; travel expenses; 'souvenirs' of Nantes; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Painting & Sculpture exhibition held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1975, and the ultimately cancelled plans for an exhibition which was to have taken place at the Union Carbide Corporation Building, New York as part of the 'Wales Week in New York' event held 26 August to 1 September 1975, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and various New York representatives, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Group members and others; printed invitation to private viewing in Cardiff; mailing list for Cardiff exhibition catalogue; press releases and other publicity material; details of exhibiting artists and works; and printed copies of 'Wales Week in New York' brochures outlining programme of events, etc. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and Group chairman Arthur Giardelli.

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.

Material relating to an exhibition by 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, held at University College, Cardiff, 1975, including letters from Group secretary Mary Griffiths to Raymond Eyquem of University College, Cardiff; and printed invitation to private viewing. Letters annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Papers, including correspondence between insurers and Group secretary Mary Griffiths, 1964, 1970, 1975, relating to insurance of 56 Group/56 Group Wales members' exhibited works and to insurance claims relating to exhibited works stolen (1970) and damaged (1975).

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1975, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli and David Tinker; and letters, 1975, from Mary Griffiths to former Group secretary Elisabeth Elias. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths. Some of Group chairman Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

Correspondence, 1975 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and others.

56 Group Wales exhibition catalogues, 1970-1975 and undated, with related material. One folio annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, Brittany, 1974-1975, including correspondence, 1971-1975, between Group secretaries Elisabeth Elias and Mary Griffiths and the Musée des Beaux-Arts, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), the British Council, Raymond Eyquem of University College, Cardiff, Group members and others; exhibition catalogue; press release; expenses and invoices; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales 1975 exhibition, 1975, held at the University Gallery, Leeds, including correspondence, 1974-1975, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the University Gallery and, 1975, between Mary Griffiths and Group members; details relating to exhibiting artists and works; material relating to sales of exhibited works; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and Group chairman Arthur Giardelli; one folio illustrated with a ballpoint and watercolour wash drawing of a bird by Arthur Giardelli.

Material relating to the ultimately cancelled 56 Group Wales exhibition to have been held at the Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, 1976, comprising correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Scottish Arts Council, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and the Third Eye Centre Gallery, Glasgow; and floor plans of the Fruit Market Gallery. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Letters, 1971-1974 and undated, from Group secretary Elisabeth Elias and circular letters from Group secretary Mary Griffiths to Group members; letter, 1973, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli from Group member Heinz Koppel; circular letter, 1973, from Arthur Giardelli to Group members; and miscellaneous Group papers. One letter illustrated with abstract drawing in coloured pencils.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Glasgow Group Wales exhibition, 1973, held at the McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, including correspondence, 1973-1974, between Group secretaries Elisabeth Elias and Mary Griffiths and the McLellan Galleries and, 1973, between Elisabeth Elias and Group members; printed invitation to private viewing; draft exhibition catalogue texts; details of exhibiting artists and works; floor plan of the McLellan Galleries; and other related correspondence. One or two folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

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.

Photographs taken at the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes in 1974.

THIS MATERIAL IS KEPT SEPARATELY AND MAY BE ACCESSED ON REQUEST FROM:
Photo books 6028, size B and 6029, size B.

Correspondence, 1974 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members; and miscellaneous Group papers, including Annual General Meeting agenda and statement by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Photographs taken at Group exhibitions held at the Bols Taverne, Amsterdam, 1967, the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1968 (as part of the Republic of Ireland Arts Council tour), and the Oriel Gallery, Cardiff, 1974.

THIS MATERIAL IS KEPT SEPARATELY AND MAY BE ACCESSED ON REQUEST FROM:
Photo books 6028, size B & 6029, size B.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's A Rainy Day Welsh Arts Council exhibition tour, 1973, held at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, the University College of North Wales in Bangor and Newport Museum & Art Gallery, including correspondence, 1972-1974, between Group secretaries Elisabeth Elias and Mary Griffiths and the National Museum of Wales, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and Group members; printed invitations to private viewings; press releases; draft catalogue texts; details relating to exhibiting artists and works; list of sales of exhibited works; invoices; and floor plans of exhibition venues.