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File of 56 Group secretary Pat Cross, comprising correspondence, 1962-1963, between Pat Cross and Group executive committee members Eric Malthouse, Arthur Giardelli and David Tinker (subject-matter including Pat Cross's resignation as Group secretary in 1963), between Pat Cross and her husband, Tom, and between Pat Cross and incoming Group secretary Mary Griffiths; secretarial notes, [1963], presumably made by Pat Cross; and a report of an informal Group meeting held 10 May 1962. Two of the letters are annotated by Pat Cross and three letters bear what appear to be a child's scribbles.

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.

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.

File of Group 56 executive committee member Eric Malthouse, comprising largely correspondence, 1956-1957, 1961 and undated, regarding 56 Group membership (including letters of membership acceptance addressed to Eric Malthouse from Robert (Bob) Hunter, Ernest Zobole, Arthur Giardelli and John Wright and a letter rejecting membership from artist and writer Brenda Chamberlain); together with Group manifesto of August 1956 and material relating to 56 Group exhibitions held in 1957 at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and Tenby Civic Centre. An undated letter to Group chairman Eric [Malthouse] from Bob [Robert Hunter] includes a humorous interpretation of the latter's relinquishing of his secretarial role in 1961.

Material relating to the 56 Group's Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain tour exhibitions which took place at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1960, comprising correspondence, including circular letters, between Group representatives and other members and the Arts Council of Great Britain, exhibition venues and Lady Megan Lloyd George; and related material, including lists of exhibiting artists and their works.

Material relating to the 56 Group exhibition held at Turner House, Penarth, April-June 1958, including exhibition catalogue (which folds out as poster), list of exhibitors and works, list of invitees to private viewing, list of works sold, printed copy of Arts News and Review, correspondence and other related material.

Material relating to the 56 Group's first exhibition, held at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, June 1957, and the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, July-August 1957, comprising draft and printed invitations to private viewings, visitors' book, price lists for exhibited works, quotations and invoices, and correspondence.

Correspondence and other material, 1956-1957, largely relating to 56 Group exhibitions which took place in 1957 at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and Tenby Civic Centre.

Material relating to the 56 Group exhibition held at Tenby Civic Centre, August 1957, as part of their first exhibition tour, comprising a list of exhibiting artists and their works and miscellaneous memoranda.