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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.

Material relating to an exhibition by 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, held at University College, Cardiff, 1975, including letters from Group secretary Mary Griffiths to Raymond Eyquem of University College, Cardiff; and printed invitation to private viewing. Letters annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Papers, including correspondence between insurers and Group secretary Mary Griffiths, 1964, 1970, 1975, relating to insurance of 56 Group/56 Group Wales members' exhibited works and to insurance claims relating to exhibited works stolen (1970) and damaged (1975).

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.

Correspondence, 1975 and undated, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group members. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and others.

56 Group Wales exhibition catalogues, 1970-1975 and undated, with related material. One folio annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

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.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales 1975 exhibition, 1975, held at the University Gallery, Leeds, including correspondence, 1974-1975, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the University Gallery and, 1975, between Mary Griffiths and Group members; details relating to exhibiting artists and works; material relating to sales of exhibited works; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and Group chairman Arthur Giardelli; one folio illustrated with a ballpoint and watercolour wash drawing of a bird by Arthur Giardelli.

Material relating to the ultimately cancelled 56 Group Wales exhibition to have been held at the Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, 1976, comprising correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Scottish Arts Council, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and the Third Eye Centre Gallery, Glasgow; and floor plans of the Fruit Market Gallery. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Graphic Work exhibition held at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff and the Installation and other Large Works exhibition held at the Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff as part of the 56/20: Twentieth Anniversary exhibition tour of 1976-7, including correspondence, 1975-1976, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues, Group members, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and others; details of exhibiting artists and works; floor plan of the Chapter Arts Centre; list of sales of exhibited works; printed poster of forthcoming events at the Sherman Theatre; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Colour postcards showing works by 56 Group Wales members.

Material relating to exhibitions by individual members of the 56 Group Wales held at University College, Swansea, 1974-1975, namely Glyn Jones and Eric Rowan's Paintings & Drawings exhibition, 1974, William Wilkins' Drawings exhibition, 1975, and David Tinker and Mary Lloyd Jones's exhibition, 1975, including correspondence, 1974-1976, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and University College, Swansea, Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and exhibiting Group members; printed invitation to private viewing; and other related correspondence. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Printed June 1975 edition of the circular newsletter Lettera illustrated with images of works by 56 Group Wales members and containing Group members' details; introduction to the June 1975 issue of Lettera by Raymond Eyquem of University College, Cardiff, translated into English from the original French text; translations into English of a review in Italian of Lettera; photocopied press cuttings from the Gazzetta di Mantova; and notes relating to sponsorship.

Material relating to the twentieth-anniversary 56 Group Wales publication The Artist And How To Employ Him (1976), edited by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and containing contributions from Group members, the said material including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Group members and others; biographical details and artist statements of Group members; draft texts; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Several folios annotated by Mary Griffiths, some annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

Correspondence, 1976 and undated, including circular letters, from Group secretary Mary Griffiths to Group members; and miscellaneous Group papers, including press release. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Photographs taken at the 56 Group Wales's Retrospective Exhibition held at the National Museum of Wales, the Graphic Work exhibition held at the Sherman Theatre, and the Installation and other Large Works exhibition held at the Chapter Arts Centre, all of which formed part of the Group's Twentieth Anniversary exhibition tour of Cardiff venues.

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Photo books 6028, size B and 6029, size B.

Material relating to the twentieth-anniversary 56 Group Wales publication The Artist And How To Employ Him (1976), edited by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and containing contributions from Group members, the said material comprising draft and fair-copy texts of the forthcoming book.

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.