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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.

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.

Correspondence, 1956-[2012], between Group 56/Group 56 Wales secretaries and members of the 56 Group/56 Group Wales executive committee, and between 56 Group/56 Group Wales secretaries and/or executive committee members and external correspondents, the subject-matter relating mainly to Group exhibitions, publicity, Group membership and funding.

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.

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.

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.

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.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1967-1969, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and John Wright; letter, 1967, from Group chairman Arthur Giardelli to Mary Griffiths's husband, Bruce Griffiths; circular letters from Mary Griffiths to Group members; printed flyer for exhibition by Arthur Giardelli, Bim Butler (later Giardelli) and Group member Robert Hunter, December [?1967 or 1968]; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths and Arthur Giardelli. Secretarial material relating to 1969 is missing.

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.

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.

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.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1976-1977, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members David Tinker and Arthur Giardelli (subject-matter includes the death of Group member Hubert Dalwood); letter, 1976, from Mary Griffiths to the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales) applying for funding for the forthcoming Group publication The Artist and how to Employ Him, edited by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli; letter, 1976, from Group member Glyn Jones to Arthur and Bim Giardelli; and letters, 1976-1977, from Mary Griffiths to Group members. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, Arthur Giardelli and David Tinker. Most of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings (one with a watercolour drawing) of birds.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1977, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members David Tinker and Arthur Giardelli. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths. Almost all of Group chairman Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1978, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins. Some letter annotated by Mary Griffiths and Arthur Giardelli. Almost all Group chairman Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1979, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members David Tinker, Arthur Giardelli and William Wilkins; letters of resignation, 1979, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli from Mervyn Baldwin and David Shepherd; and letter, 1979, to Arthur and Bim Giardelli from Group member Eric Rowan. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths and Arthur Giardelli. Almost all Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1980 and undated, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins (subject-matter includes the death of Group member Heinz Koppel); letters, 1980, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli from Group members Erica Daborn and Michael Punt; Mary Griffiths's notes on the Group Sub-Committee Meeting held 15 December 1980; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, one annotated by Arthur Giardelli. Most of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds, two illustrated with musical notes. One letter to Mary Griffiths from Group treasurer David Tinker appears to lack its beginning.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1981 and undated, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins; letter, 1981, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli from Group treasurer David Tinker; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, one annotated by Arthur Giardelli. Most of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

File of Group 56 Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1982, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members David Tinker, Arthur Giardelli and William Wilkins; and letter, 1982, from Group treasurer David Tinker to Group member Geoffrey Davies. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, two annotated by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli, one annotated by Group publicity officer William Wilkins. Most of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds. Letters, 3 September 1982 (to William Wilkins from Mary Griffiths) and 8 November 1982 (to David Tinker from Mary Griffiths), duplicated.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1982-1983 and undated, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins; and agenda of the Bologna Catalogue Sub-Committee meeting held 30 January 1983. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, two annotated by Group publicity officer William Wilkins, one annotated by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli. Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds. Two letters to Mary Griffiths from Arthur Giardelli duplicated.