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56 Group Wales Papers
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Exhibitions: Oxford, Reading, Birmingham and Liverpool

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.

Group exhibitions

Material relating to 56 Group Wales exhibitions, 1970-1975, including correspondence, publicity material, exhibition catalogues, printed invitations to private viewings and details of exhibiting artists and works.

Correspondence with members: Mary Griffiths as secretary

Correspondence, 1969 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members; Group Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting agendas; and miscellaneous Group papers, including diagrammatic schema representing current Group organisation and finances. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and others.

Sponsorship: HTV Wales

Correspondence, 1969, 1973-1979, 1981, 1991-1994, between Group secretaries Elisabeth Elias, Mary Griffiths and Julian Sheppard and representatives of HTV Wales and HTV West regarding sponsorship of Group activities. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and others.

Exhibition: Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol

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.

The Two Foot Square Show exhibition

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.

Exhibition: National Museum of Wales

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.

Exhibitions: Newport and Swansea

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.

Exhibition: Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham

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.

File of Mary Griffiths as secretary

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 with members: Mary Griffiths as secretary

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.

Exhibition: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes

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.

Correspondence with Welsh Arts Council

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.

Correspondence with members: Elisabeth Elias as secretary

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.

Exhibition: Newport Museum & Art Gallery

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.

Executive committee minutes and Group minutes

Chairman's agendas and minutes of 56 Group Wales executive committee meetings and Group meetings held December 1971 to November 1979, together with related correspondence and notes, and papers and proposals to be read and discussed at meetings. Some folios annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group chairman Arthur Giardelli.

File of Elisabeth Elias as secretary

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.

Exhibition: Bürgermeister-Ludwig-Reichert-Haus, Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Bürgermeister-Ludwig-Reichert-Haus, Ludwigshafen am Rhein in what was then West Germany, 1972, including correspondence, 1971-1973, 1977, 1984, largely between Group secretary Elisabeth Elias and the Bürgermeister-Ludwig-Reichert-Haus and, 1972, between Elisabeth Elias and Group members; exhibition catalogue; details relating to exhibiting artists and works; publicity material; expenses and accounts; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

A Rainy Day Welsh Arts Council exhibition tour

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.

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