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Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Retrospective Exhibition held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff as part of the 56/20: Twentieth Anniversary exhibition tour of 1976-7, including correspondence, 1974-1976, 1983, 1987, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the National Museum of Wales and Group members; details of exhibiting artists and works; mailing list for exhibition catalogue; National Museum of Wales printed programmes of events; other related correspondence; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising correspondence, 1984, 1986, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins; letters from Mary Griffiths to the National Library of Wales and the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); letters, 1986, to Arthur Giardelli and to Mary Griffiths from various correspondents; draft letters, 1986, from Arthur Giardelli; and miscellaneous Group papers. Some folios annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

Correspondence, 1979-1986, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths, Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and Group treasurer David Tinker and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and letter, 1979, to Mary Griffiths's husband, Bruce, from the Welsh Arts Council; grant applications, 1979-1986, with related correspondence and other material; completed Welsh Arts Council training questionnaire; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the Eight New Members exhibition by 56 Group Wales members Alain Ayers, Paul Davies, Maggie James, Kieran Lyons, John Mitchell, Philip Nicol, Emrys Williams and Michael Williams held at the Viriamu Jones Gallery, University College, Cardiff, 1986, comprising headed information sheet relating to the exhibition.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1986, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker, William Wilkins, Michael Williams and Peter Ellis; letter, 1986, to Group member Tom ('Diz') Gilhespy from Mary Griffiths; and correspondence, 1986, between Mary Griffiths and the Association of Artists and Designers in Wales (AADW). Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and Group publicity officer William Wilkins. Nearly all Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.

Material relating to the Eight New Members exhibition by 56 Group Wales members Alain Ayers, Paul Davies, Maggie James, Kieran Lyons, John Mitchell, Philip Nicol, Emrys Williams and Michael Williams held at the Viriamu Jones Gallery, University College, Cardiff, 1986, comprising printed postcard publicising the exhibition.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at Fishguard Library, 1986, as part of the Fishguard Music Festival, comprising printed card publicising the exhibition.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's exhibition tour of 1986-1987 held at the Mirbachov Palace in Bratislava, the Dům Umění in Brno, the Galerie Umění in Karlovy Vary and the Eastern Slovakia Gallery in Košice in what was then Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia), comprising printed Czechoslovak artists' catalogues.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising letters, 1985, to Arthur Giardelli from Group secretary Mary Griffiths, the British Council and Cheltenham College; correspondence, 1985, between Mary Griffiths and various correspondents, including the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); and general Group papers, including Annual General Meeting agenda, accounts and annual report. Some folios annotated by Arthur Giardelli and Mary Griffiths.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1985, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker, William Wilkins and Peter Ellis; and an undated letter from Group treasurer David Tinker to Group sponsorship officer Peter Ellis. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths and Group chairman Arthur Giardelli. Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds. One letter to Arthur Giardelli from Mary Griffiths duplicated and one letter to William Wilkins from Mary Griffiths duplicated.

Correspondence, 1984-1985 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members; miscellaneous Group papers, including Group annual report; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Life and Landscape from Scotland and Wales exhibition, held in conjunction with members of the Glasgow Group at Newport Museum and Art Gallery, 1985, comprising printed invitation to private viewing.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's 25th Anniversary Exhibition tour, 1981-1982, held at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth and the Mostyn Art Gallery in Llandudno, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues and others; details of exhibiting artists and works; printed invitation to private viewing; exhibition catalogue mailing lists; printed programmes of events at the National Museum of Wales and National Library of Wales; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising correspondence, 1983-1984, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and various correspondents, including Group executive committee members and other Group members, HTV, the National Museum of Wales, the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales), the British Council and the Czech Embassy in London; letters, 1984, to Arthur Giardelli from Group member Erica Daborn; and general Group papers. Some letters annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

Correspondence, 1962, 1976-1982, 1984, between Group secretaries Pat Cross and Mary Griffiths and representatives in Brittany, including Claude Souviron, director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to three exhibitions which took place at University College, Cardiff, namely the 56 Group Wales exhibition of 1978, the Paintings, Drawings & Constructions exhibition by Group members Arthur Giardelli, Glyn Jones and Terry Setch, also of 1978, and the exhibition by Group members Robert Hunter and David Tinker held in 1979, including correspondence, 1977-1980, 1982-1983, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and University College, Cardiff and others; printed invitations to private viewings; printed exhibition catalogues; translated transcript of BBC Radio Cymru programme Llwyfan, with attached comment by Group publicity officer William Wilkins; details of exhibited works; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths and others. Many folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's A Birthday Celebration exhibition held at the Welsh Arts Council's Oriel Gallery in Cardiff to mark the gallery's tenth anniversary in 1984, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Oriel Gallery, Group members and others; draft exhibition catalogue text, including details of exhibiting artists and works; private viewing invitation list and printed invitations; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to an 'exchange exhibition' of Bolognese artists held at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1984, in reciprocation of the 56 Group Wales's 1983 exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (see S/12 (a) and S/12 (b) (Box 18) and S/12 (c) - (e) (Box 19)), including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the National Museum of Wales, the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and others; letter from Group chairman Arthur Giardelli to the Welsh Arts Council; notes of discussions between 56 Group Wales representatives and the National Museum of Wales; draft exhibition catalogue texts; printed notice of exhibition; printed National Museum of Wales events programme; photocopied press cuttings from Italian and Welsh sources; invitation lists for private viewing and printed invitations; details of exhibiting artists; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths. Italian correspondence translated by Arthur Giardelli.

Material relating to an exhibition of etchings by Bolognese artists held at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, [1984], comprising illustrated exhibition catalogue. Catalogue inscribed by Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1984, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker and William Wilkins; letter, 1984, to Group chairman Arthur Giardelli's wife, Bim from Mary Griffiths; correspondence, 1984, between Mary Griffiths and the Association of Artists and Designers in Wales (AADW); letters, 1984, from Mary Griffiths to undisclosed recipients; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths and William Wilkins. Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.