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Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Welsh Arts Council's Oriel Gallery, Cardiff, 1974, including correspondence, 1973-1974, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Oriel Gallery/Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and, 1974, between Mary Griffiths and Group members; printed invitation to private viewing; press release; details relating to exhibiting artists and works; floor plan of Oriel Gallery; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Correspondence, 1970-1973, between Group secretaries Mary Griffiths and Elisabeth Elias and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and between Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and Group treasurer David Tinker and the Welsh Arts Council; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and Elisabeth Elias, one folio annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at Newport Museum & Art Gallery, 1972, including correspondence, 1971-1972, between Group secretary Elisabeth Elias and Newport Museum & Art Gallery and circular letters, 1972, from Elisabeth Elias to Group members; press releases; printed invitations to private viewing; lists of invitees to private viewing; details relating to exhibiting artists and works; Group membership list; material relating to forthcoming 56 Group Wales exhibition at the Bürgermeister-Ludwig-Reichert-Haus, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; and other related correspondence.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1972, including correspondence, 1970-1972, between Group secretaries Mary Griffiths and Elisabeth Elias and the Midland Group Gallery and, 1972, between Elisabeth Elias and Group members; printed invitations to private viewing; list of invitees to private viewing; press releases; lists of exhibited works; draft exhibition catalogue texts; and other related correspondence.

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 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1971, including correspondence, 1970-1971, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the National Museum of Wales and between Mary Griffiths and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); printed invitations to private viewing; press release; details of exhibiting artists and works; draft exhibition catalogue text; and other related correspondence. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibitions held at Newport Museum & Art Gallery and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1971, including correspondence, 1970-1971, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues and between Mary Griffiths and the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; exhibition catalogues; printed invitation to private viewing; list of invitees to private viewing; details of exhibiting artists and works; Group membership lists; and other related correspondence.

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.

Correspondence, 1970-1971 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members; letter, 1970, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli from Group member Bryan Macdonald; copy of letter, 1970, to Arthur Giardelli from the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); and miscellaneous Group papers, including Group minutes and press release. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to a 1969 exhibition tour by the 56 Group Wales held at the Richard Demarco Gallery in Edinburgh, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Dundee City Art Gallery and the Victoria Street Gallery in Nottingham, including correspondence, 1968-1971, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues; tour itinerary; press release and other publicity material; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 1971, including correspondence, 1969-1971, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Arnolfini Gallery and circular letters, 1970-1971, from Mary Griffiths to Group members; biographical details relating to Group members; exhibition catalogue; printed Arnolfini Gallery newsletter, February 1971; and other related correspondence. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

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.

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 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.