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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 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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.