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Nos 1-86. Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to Anglo-German relations. The earlier sections relate to the period of Appeasement, the later to propaganda to Germany immediately before and after the outbreak of war. This Volume is essentially a residue. Much material on Germany, and on Appeasement, is distributed throughout this collection; see, in particular, classes A, O, P, Q, S, T, W and Z. The more substantial items are: No. 3. A. J. Toynbee's interview with Adolf Hitler, Feb. 1936; No. 10. Memorandum on British economic policy, with reference to Germany, sent to Thomas Jones by Barrington-Ward of the Times, July 1936; Nos 11-13. Letters of Lord Brand, 1954, with material on appeasement, 1936; No. 46. Copy of The Week (Claude Cockburn), 22 Dec. 1937; No. 48. Letter from an anti-Nazi German to Thomas Jones, 28 Sept. 1938; Nos 49-50. Sir Arthur Salter on parliamentary and political reactions to the Munich Agreement, Oct. 1938; Nos 58-60. Memoranda of Tracy Philipps on the Polish Guarantee, April 1939; No. 62. Memorandum on policy towards Germany, April 1939; Nos 73-78. Material (some in German) on British propaganda to Germany, Sept.-Oct. 1939. Index: Allen, Lord, of Hurtwood, No. 6; Astor, David, (F.D.L.), Nos 79-86; Baldwin, Stanley, No. 29; Barrington-Ward, R. M., Times, No. 9; Beresford, J. B., U.G.C., Nos 63-65; Brand, Lord, Nos 11-14; Conwell-Evans, T. P., Anglo-German Fellowship, Nos 16-17, 23-28, 31-32, 34, 36, 42-45; Curzon, Lord, No. 1; Dawson, Geoffrey, Times, Nos 8, 13, 20; Dufour, Baron Albert, Nos 2, 39-41; Durckheim, Count, Nos 4-5; Earle, E. M., U.S.A., No. 51; Garvin, J. L., No. 44; Geyr von Schweppenburg, Baron T., Nos 19, 54-57; Goering, Hermann, No. 32; Halifax, Lord, Nos 36, 47; Hitler, Adolf, Nos 3, 32; La Follette, Governor P. F., U.S.A., Nos 51-57; Matheson, Hilda, No. 81; Philipps, Tracy, Nos 58-60; Ribbentrop, Joachim von, Nos 6-7, 20, 36; Ropp, Baron von der, Nos 18, 39-40; Rothfels, Prof., Nos 23-25; Salter, Sir Arthur, Nos 49-50; Schacht, Hjalmar, No. 32; Schuler, Mr, No. 67; Schwerin, Col. Graf G. von, Nos 68-69; Tallents, Stephen, B.B.C., No. 66; Thomas, Ivor, No. 34; Toynbee, A. J., No. 3; Unger, Dr M., Deutsches Frauenwerk, Nos 21-22; Veitschberger, Baron, Nos 37-38; Waldergrave, Esther, Anglo-German Brotherhood, Nos 39-40; Waterfield, A. P., Min. of Information, No. 79; Wilson, Horace, Nos 47, 65; Wussow, Georg von, Nos 6-7, 15, 33, 35, 68-69.

Nos 1-37. Correspondence and papers relating to the Miners' Strike, comprising: Memo on the issues raised by the Strike, [summer 1926] (No. 1); Letter, 10 June, from David Davies enclosing memo sent to the Mining Association, 2 June 1926 (Nos 2-4); Draft of statement to be made by the Prime Minister on Miners' Hours, 15 June 1926 (No. 5); Letter from David Davies enclosing letter sent to Edmund Hann, 16 June 1926 (Nos 6-7); Letter from W. Wallace, Rowntree & Co., 16 June 1926 (No. 8); Copy of letter from H. J. Wilson to Sir Patrick Gower, 18 June 1926 (No. 9); Letter from H. D. Hancock, 19 June 1926 (No. 10); Notes etc. by Sir David Llewellyn, 20 June 1926 (No. 11); Memo for the committee on the Mining Industry Bill, n.d. [summer 1926] (No. 12); Note on Mining Industry by Selwyn Davies, 29 June 1926 (No. 13); Note by Thomas Jones on the Report of the Coal Committee, [summer 1926] (No. 14); Memo by Sir Alfred Cope on Reorganisation, [summer 1926] (No. 15); Memo on Assistance to Displaced Miners, [?summer 1926] (No. 16); Letter from Sir David Llewellyn, [July 1926] (No. 17); Memo from Lord Wimborne, 1 July 1926 (No. 18); Letter from Sir David Llewellyn, 15 July 1926 (No. 19); Memo on the intervention of the bishops, 19 July 1926 (No. 20); Letter from H. J. Wilson enclosing copies of A. J. Cook / Stephen Demetriadi / Stanley Baldwin letters, 19-20 July 1926 (Nos 21-23); Draft of no. 25 (No. 24); Confidential memo on the R. C. on the Coal Industry 1925, 22 July 1926 (No. 25); Letter from H. J. Wilson enclosing memo, on arbitration, 22 July 1926 (Nos 26-27); Article: 'Mediation' by Thomas Jones, The Accountant, 24 July 1926 (No. 28); Extract from Hansard, 14 July 1926 (No. 29); Memo on pooling of wagons, n.d. [?July-Aug. 1926] (No. 30); Letter from Thomas Jones to Sir Ernest Gowers, 3 Aug. 1926 (No. 31); Note of comments made by H. J. Wilson and Arthur Steel-Maitland on strike talks, 20 Aug. 1926 (No. 32); Correspondence between A. J. Cook and the Prime Minister, 20 Aug. 1926 (No. 33); Letter from ?F. L. Price, Ministry of Labour, 23 Aug. 1926 (No. 34); Proposals handed to the miners' officials for consideration, 25 Aug. 1926 (No. 35); Typescript notes by T. S. Chegwidden on proposed meeting of miners' officials and mine-owners, 25 Aug. 1926 (No. 36); Verbatim report (incomplete) of meeting between Churchill, Steel-Maitland, Lane Fox, Richards, Cook and Smith, 25 Aug. 1926 (No. 37). See also C 8. Index: Baldwin Stanley Nos 5, 22-23; Chegwidden, T. S., No. 36; Churchill, W. S., No. 37; Cook, A. J., Nos 23, 33-34, 37; Cope, Sir Alfred, No. 15; Davies, David, Nos 2-4, 6-7; Davies, Selwyn, No. 13; Demetriadi, Stephen Nos 22-23; Gower, Sir Patrick, No. 9; Gowers, Sir Ernest, No. 31; Hancock, H. D., No. 10; Hann, Edmund, Nos 6-7; Lane-Fox, G. R., No. 37; Llewellyn, Sir David, Nos 11, 17, 19; Price, F. L., No. 34; Richards, Thomas, No. 37; Smith, Herbert, No. 38; Steel-Maitland, Arthur, Nos 32, 37; Wallace, W., Rowntree & Co., No. 8; Wilson, H. J., Nos 9, 21, 26-27, 32; Wimborne, Lord, Nos 18, 35.

Nos 1-77. Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to industrial relations. The papers refer mainly to the General Strike, March-May 1926 (Nos 4-77), and include a considerable number of notes, jottings, verbatim transcripts etc. of Cabinet meetings and conferences. The papers comprise: Typescript copy of The Miner's Next Step, 1912 (No. 1); Cabinet paper, The Labour Situation, Nov. 1919 (No. 2); Verbatim Report of Conference between representatives of the Government and representatives of the Federation of British Industries held at 10 Downing Street, 14 April 1921 (No. 3); Note 'for tomorrow's coal meeting', [?10 March 1926] (No. 4); Letters and memos by C. S. Hurst, Mines Dept, 18 March-29 May 1926 (Nos 5, 8, 11, 74); Notes from Cabinet/Conference of 24 March 1926 (Nos 6-7); Letter from Arthur Duckham enclosing memo sent to Coal Commission, 1 April 1926 (No. 8); Notes by Thomas Jones, April 1926 (No. 9); Letters to and from Doreen Logan, Ministry of Labour, 13 April 1926 (Nos 10-12); Notes on coal wages, April 1926 (Nos 13-15); Note by Thomas Jones to the Prime Minister on Mond's plan, 17 April 1926 (No. 16); Sir Alfred Mond's plan, April 1926 (No. 17); Notes on coal industry, April 1926 (Nos 18-19, 22-23); Letter and memo on Mond's plan by G. L. Barstow, 19 April 1926 (Nos 20-21); Draft memo by Sir James German, April 1926 (No. 24); Report on proposed coal-selling corporations, 24 April 1926 (No. 25); Memo on Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate, 1925-1926 (No. 26); Crossword solved by the Prime Minister, 26 April 1926 (No. 27); Draft for Prime Minister for Owners' Conference, 26 April 1926 (No. 28); Memo on the coal dispute, [?c.26 April 1926] (No. 29); Memos by J. A. Gordon on miners' wages, 28 April 1926 (Nos 30-32); 'Hankey's solution', [April 1926] (No. 33); Notes for speeches and broadcasts by the Prime Minister 29 April-early May 1926 (Nos 34-36); Printed resolutions and proposals submitted to Conference of Trade Union Executives, 29 April 1926 (Nos 37-38); Proposals by J. H. Thomas, [late April-early May 1926] (No. 39); 'The Birkenhead formula', 2 May 1926 (No. 40); Drafts of statement by the Prime Minister, 2 May 1926 (Nos 41-45); Lord Londonderry's proposal, 2 May 1926 (No. 46); Notes from Cabinet meetings etc. by Steel-Maitland, Birkenhead, Churchill etc., 2-3 May 1926 (Nos 47-51); Memo by Thomas Jones to the Prime Minister on proposed broadcast, 4 May 1926 (No. 52); Draft telegram to the Dominions, 6 May 1926 (No. 53); The Archbishop of Canterbury's statement, [early May 1926] (No. 54); Terms of settlement, 7 May 1926 (No. 55); Memo by Professor Laski to Thomas Jones, 8 May 1926 (No. 56); Note by Lord Wimborne and joint statement with Lord Reading, 10 May 1926 (Nos 57-58); Letter from Selwyn Davies enclosing proposals by Clement Edwards, 11 May 1926 (Nos 59-60); Letter from Alice Wimborne to Thomas Jones, 11 May 1926 (No. 61); Letter from Herbert Samuel to Arthur Pugh, 12 May 1926 (Nos 62-63); Memos on dispute, 12 May 1926 and n.d. (Nos 64-66); Memos on railwaymen and dockers returning to work, 13 May 1926 (Nos 67-69); Memo on the T.U.C., [mid May 1926] (No. 70); Proposals for settlement of mining dispute on lines of Royal Commission's Report [15 May 1926] (Nos 71-72); Memo by Herbert Samuel, [16 May 1926] (No. 73); Note on Frank Varley's scheme, 29 May 1926 No. 74 ( ); Letter from B. S. Rowntree and memo by W. Wallace, 30-31 May 1926 (Nos 75-76); Thomas Jones's account of the General Strike, May 1926 (No. 77). See also C 8. Index: Baldwin, Stanley, passim; Barstow, G. L., Nos 20-21; Birkenhead, Lord, Nos 6-7, 40, 51; Churchill, Winston S., No. 49; Duckham, Arthur, No. 8; Edwards, Clement, No. 60; German, Sir James, No. 24; Gordon, J. A., Nos 30-32; Hankey, Maurice, No. 33; Hurst, C. S. (Mines Dept), Nos 5, 8, 11, 74; Laski, H. J., No. 56; Logan, Doreen (Ministry of Labour), Nos 10-12; Londonderry, Lord, No. 46; Mond, Sir Alfred, Nos 16-17, 20-21; Pugh, Arthur, Nos 62-63; Reading, Lord, No. 58; Rowntree, B. S., No. 75; Samuel, Herbert, Nos 62-63, 73; Steel-Maitland, Sir Arthur, Nos 13, 47, 51; Thomas, J. H., Nos 39, 48; Varley, Frank, No. 74; Wallace, W., No. 76; Wimborne, Alice, No. 61; Wimborne, Lord, Nos 56-60.

Nos 1-43. Correspondence and papers relating to the Miners' Strike, comprising: Memo, What did the Commission actually say on the matters round which the controversy has revolved? [?Sept. 1926] (No. 1); Memo on the attitude of the coalowners, [?Sept. 1926] (No. 2); Memo, How to get daywagemen on to piecework basis & so to increase effort (No. 3); Memo on conversation at Chartwell, 1 Sept. 1926 (No. 4); Terms acceptable to Cook, 1 Sept. 1926 (No. 5); Memo, Suggestions for procedure in the event of a Conference taking place, 3 Sept. 1926 (No. 6); Note by Churchill, 3 Sept. 1926 (No. 7); Drafts of formula for settlement of coal dispute and formula as agreed, 3 Sept. 1926 (Nos 8-12); Draft for the Chancellor of the Exchequer's meeting with the coalowners, 6 Sept. 1926 (No. 13); Verbatim report of the meeting between the coal committee and the coalowners, 6 Sept. 1926 (No. 14); Letter from C. P. Duff, 7 Sept. 1926 (No. 15); Drafts of letter sent to Evan Williams by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 7-8 Sept. 1926 (Nos 16-21); Memo from R. H. Tawney, 13 Sept. 1926 (No. 22); Notes by H. J. Wilson, 16 Sept. 1926 (No. 23); Memo, 'Suggested line to take with the miners', [?16 Sept. 1926] (No. 24); Copy of a letter by the Prime Minister to the Secretary of the Miners Federation of Great Britain, 17 Sept. 1926 (No. 25); Proposals by Sir Ernest Gowers, 22 Sept. 1926 (Nos 26-27); Memo by H. J. Wilson, 22 Sept. 1926 (No. 28); Document summarising the results of talks between Wilson and Gowers and the miners' leaders, 22 Sept. 1926 (Nos 29-31); Draft of agreed press notice, 22 Sept. 1926 (No. 32); Drafts of revision by Gowers and Wilson of nos 26-27, 23 Sept. 1926 (Nos 33-35); Questions and Answers from Clement Edwards, 29 Sept. 1926 (No. 36); Letter from H. J. Wilson, 20 Sept. 1926 (No. 37); Notes of meeting involving TUC officials and government ministers, 8 Nov. 1926 (No. 38); Memorandum by Arthur Steel-Maitland, 8 Nov. 1926 (No. 39); The Mining Dispute, memorandum of settlement, 11 Nov. 1926 (No. 40); Statistics on the distribution of wages in the mining industry, 1926 (No. 41); Reports of the Departmental Committee on Co-operative Selling in the Coal Mining Industry, Dec. 1926 (No. 42); Mining Industry Act, 1926 (No. 43). See also C 8. Index: Baldwin, Stanley, No. 25; Churchill, Winston S., Nos 4, 7-14, 21; Cook, A. J., Nos 5, 25, 32; Duff, C. P., No. 15; Gowers, Sir Ernest, Nos 4, 13, 26-27, 29-31, 33-35; Lane-Fox, G. R., No. 4; MacDonald, J. Ramsay, No. 4; Steel-Maitland, Arthur, Nos 4, 14, 39; Tawney, R. H., No. 22; Williams, Evan, Nos 14, 21; Wilson, H. J., Nos 23, 28-31, 33-35, 37.

This class comprises memoranda, papers, correspondence, etc., relating to government policy and social problems, particularly those of an institutional and public character. It is based on files and collections prepared by Thomas Jones himself. The papers fall into a number of categories:. (1). Cabinet Papers. These are a series of manuscript notes, apparently verbatim, of Cabinet Meetings and Conferences of Ministers, taken by Thomas Jones towards the preparation of the Secretary's Notes. These have been bound separately. With them have been bound those jottings, doodles, enigmatic comments, etc., passed across the Cabinet table, which could not be assigned to any particular location in time or place. (2). Collections of material which relate, in somewhat haphazard way, to general economic policy. Cabinet papers and analogous material may be found here also. (3). Collections of material which relate to industrial relations, in a broad sense. The troubles of the coal industry, strikes, including the General Strike, loom large here, and Government papers of a secret nature are numerous. Some Cabinet notes and jottings are bound here in their relevant place. (4). Collections of papers relating to unemployment. These include remedial policies pursued and remedial institutions created by the Government, but also embrace the records of private groups working for amelioration, some of which had access to government material. (5). Collections of papers relating to private groups of different kinds. Some of these, such as the Nuffield College Survey of World War II, had semi-official status and their papers include valuable studies and memoranda. [Note 1]. In a sense this class is a residue (though it forms perhaps the most important single class in the collection). Analogous material, including government memos of various kinds may be found scattered throughout the collection. Particularly rich in such papers are classes A, B, D, E, F, G, P, Q and Z (which also incorporates verbatim records of Cabinet meetings). See also class W, passim. [Note 2]. These papers relate, in the main, to home affairs. At times, they should be read in close conjuction with Volumes 1, 3, 4 and 5 of class B. [Note 3]. Cabinet papers etc. are not indexed for individuals (except where authorship of memos is in question) but a complete list of such papers is provided in each volume's contents. Arranged into: Cabinet: secretary's notes, 6 May 1919-7 Sept. 1921 (C 1); Cabinet: secretary's notes and sundry jottings, 12 Jan. 1922-14 Jan. 1930 (C 2); Economic policy: papers, Dec. 1916-28 Nov 1918 (C 3); Economic policy: papers, 6 June 1919-4 April 1935 (C 4); Industrial relations: papers, 27 May 1909-Oct. 1919 (C 5); Industrial relations: papers, 26 Jan 1920-9 Nov. 1921 (C 6); Industrial relations: papers, 18 Dec. 1922-29 Dec. 1925 (C 7); Industrial relations: papers, Feb. 1926-28 Jan. 1927 (C 8); Industrial relations: papers, 4 April-27 July 1927 (C 9); Industrial relations: papers, 23 June 1927-19 Feb. 1929 (C 10); Unemployment, general: papers, 16 Dec. 1921-22 Feb. 1933 (C 11); Unemployment, Astor Group: papers, 1 Aug. 1922-21 June 1926 (C 12); Unemployment: Industrial Transference Board, 24 Jan.-May 1928, and emigration schemes, Feb. 1928-11 March 1929 (C 13); Unemployment: National Council for Social Service, coalfields distress, 29 Nov. 1928-22 Oct. 1932 (C 14); Unemployment: Unemployed Assistance board, 24 June 1934-9 Dec. 1935 (C 15); Unemployment: Unemployment Assistance Board, 8 Feb. 1936-17 Dec. 1937 (C 16); Unemployment: Unemployment Assistance Board, 20 Jan. 1938-24 Oct. 1945 (C 17); Carnegie Endowment: social history of the War, 10 Nov. 1919-26 Aug. 1930 (C 18); Romney Street Group: papers, 3 April 1917-22 Sept. 1950 (C 19); The 1941 Committee - Common Wealth: papers, 4 Dec. 1940-21 Aug. 1942 (C 20); Nuffield College reconstruction survey: papers, 2 Aug. 1941-31 Dec. 1942 (C 21); Nuffield College reconstruction survey: papers, 27 Jan. 1943-8 July 1945 (C 22).

Nos 1-65. Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to Government policy on education. The bulk of the papers relate to the confidential conferences on education held under the chairmanship of Lord Haldane, Oct.-Nov. 1916 (Nos 7-18), the Education Act of 1918 and to the educational policy of the Labour Government of 1924. The more substantial items are: No. 1. Education Act, 1902; No. 2. Employment of Children Act 1903; No. 3. Education (Administrative Provisions) Act 1907; No. 4. Local Education Authorities (Medical Treatment) Act 1909. Ch.13; No. 5. Memo (F.O.), A national system of education on a new basis of state grants, July 1913; No. 6. Cabinet Memo, Proposals for a National Schemes of Advanced Instructions and Research in Science, Technology and Commerce, J. A. P., 9 April 1915; No. 7. Manuscript notes on secondary education, [n.d.]; Nos 8, 9, 11. Decisions of Conference, 10, 18, 26 Oct., 1, 10, 27 Nov. 1916; No. 10. Memo on education by H. F. Heath, 15 Nov. 1916; No. 12. Memo on the reform of our educational system by Lord Haldane (17 Aug. 1916) with notes by Sir A. Selby-Biggs, Sir Robert Blair and Sir John Struthers (among Nov. 1916 papers); No. 13. Statistical memo on entrance scholarships in science (20 March 1915) among Nov. 1916 papers; No. 14. Statistical memo on salaries of civil servants and teachers; No. 15. Memo on salaries and pensions of teachers in England and abroad; No. 16. Memo on secondary school population, 1913-1914; No. 17. Memo on salaries of teachers in Germany, with school statistics, 1901-1915; No. 18. Memo on salaries of teachers in France, with school statistics; No. 19. Cabinet memo, Education Development, H. A. L. Fisher, 2 Feb. 1917; No. 20. Cabinet memo, Educational Reform, H. A. L. Fisher, 5 Feb. 1917; Nos 21-24. Memo and correspondence on roles of Local Govt. Board and Board of Education in Health Work for Young Children, 12-13 Feb. 1917; No. 26. Memo (War Cabinet, G.T.382), Educational Developments (Scotland) by R. M., 6 April 1917; No. 28. Cabinet Memo, Education Bill 1917, 16 May 1917; No. 29. Cabinet Memo, Education Bill 1917, Note on Clauses, 17 May 1917; No. 30. Cabinet Memo (G.T.961), Employment of Children Act, 1903, Clause 13 of Education Bill 1917, H. A. L. Fisher, 4 June 1917; No. 31. Letter, H. A. L. Fisher to Thomas Jones on proposed Sub-Committee on Adult Education, 9 June 1917; No. 32. Cabinet Memo (G.T.961A), Memo on Circular G.T.961, Sir George Cave, 13 June 1917; No. 33. Education Bill 1917, 30 July 1917 (G.T.1651); No. 34. Cabinet Memo (G.T.1601), Pensions for Teachers, H. A. L. Fisher, 1 Aug. 1917; No. 37. Cabinet Memo (G.T.2060), Higher Education Finance, H. A. L. Fisher, 18 Sept. 1917; No. 38. Cabinet Memo (G.T.2370), Report by President of Board of Education on his provincial tour, H. A. L. Fisher, 20 Oct. 1917; No. 39. Cabinet Memo (G.T.2394), Memo on same by G. N. Barnes, 29 Oct. 1917; No. 40. Cabinet Memo (G.T.2459), Memo on same by H. A. L. Fisher, 31 Oct. 1917; No. 41. Reconstruction Committee: Sub-Committee on Adult Education, Notes on Industry and Education (A.E.44), James Morton, Oct. 1917; No. 42. Cabinet Memo (G.T.2838), Report of the President of the Board of Education; No. 43. Welsh memo on the Education Bill, [n.d.]; No. 44. Educational Settlements Association. Memo on Education Bill, [n.d.]; No. 45. Education (No. 2) Bill (G.T.3282), Jan. 1918; Nos 46-49, 51. Cabinet Memoranda (G.T.3391, 4014, 4581, 5086, 5368), Reports of the President of the Board of Education, H. A. L. Fisher, 18 Jan.-8 Aug. 1918; No. 50. Cabinet memo (G.T.5134), Catholic Schools under the Bill, 10 July 1918; No. 53. Elie Halevy, La Nouvelle Loi Scolaire Anglaise, reprint, Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1919; No. 54. University Conference, Memo on University Salaries, 4 July 1921; No. 56. Cabinet, Unemployment Committee Memo (C.U.614), Note on Juvenile Unemployment, R. B. Howorth, 26 Jan. 1924; No. 57. T.U.C. - Labour Party Executive: Advisory Committee on Education, Confidential Memo to Govt. on the policy of the Board of Education, Feb. 1924; No. 58. R. H. Tawney, Confidential memoranda to Govt. on Organisation of Board of Education, 1924; No 59. R. H. Tawney, Confidential memoranda to Govt. on adolescent education and unemployment, 1924. Index: Barnes, G. N., Nos 39-40; Blair, Sir Robert, Nos 8-9, 11-12; Bourne, Cardinal F., Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, No. 50; Bruce, W. N., Nos 9, 11; Cave, Sir George, Home Office, No. 32; Fisher, H. A. L., President of Board of Education, Nos 19-25, 28, 30-31, 34, 37-40, 42, 46-49, 51; Haldane, Lord, Nos 8-9, 11-12; Halevy, Elie, No. 53; Heath, H. F., Nos 8-11; Howorth, R. B., No. 56; Lloyd George, David, Nos 21-24, 50; R. M., No. 26; McCormick, Sir William S., Nos 8-9, 11; Morton, James, No. 41; J. A. P., No. 6; Rhondda, Lord, Nos 21-24; Selby-Biggs, Sir A., Nos 8-9, 11-12; Smith, N. D. Bosworth, Board of Education, No. 31; Struther, Sir John, Nos 8-9, 11-12; Tawney, R. H., Nos 58-59; Trevelyan, C. P., No. 65; Wilson, P. W., No. 25.

A collection of government papers, letters, memoranda, cuttings, etc., made by Thomas Jones to illustrate the process of government itself. The hard core is formed by the Instructions of the Cabinet Secretary to the Cabinet Secretariat, with subsidiary documents, which reveal the Secretariat in action. Other material relates to the creation of planning and advisory bodies in central and local government, and there are also some rather slight collections on local government reform, the civil service the Institute of Public Administration. The purpose was to illustrate the actual processes of governmental action. Articles and talks were prepared from the material and a book was proposed. The papers also relate, inevitably, to government policy and its effects. There is, consequently, some overlap with the policy papers in class C and elsewhere in the collection. Cabinet papers and analogous material have not been indexed for individuals (unless the authorship of memos is in question) but a full list of such documents is provided in the volume contents. Arranged into Cabinet: organisation and secretariat, 5 Aug. 1915-10 Jan. 1948 (B 1); Cabinet: secondary studies of the system, 9 Sept. 1929-23 Aug. 1952 (B 2); Committee of Civil Research: papers and correspondence, Feb. 1919-Dec. 1929 (B 3); Economic Advisory Council: papers and correspondence, 25 Nov. 1929-1 Oct. 1935 (B 4); Advisory Bodies: illustrative material, Nov. 1936 (B 5); Civil Service: papers and correspondence, 1929-1942 (B 6); and Institute of Public Administration: papers and correspondence, 5 June 1924-12 Jan. 1945 (B 7).

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, papers etc. relating to the celebrated Montgomeryshire family descended from David Davies of Llandinam. His grandson David Davies (later Lord Davies) was prominent in the political and social life of Wales and was the prime founder of the National Memorial Campaign against tuberculosis, which drew Thomas Jones out of academic life. Active in the political and educational life of Wales, he was a benefactor of innumerable causes. Even more celebrated as patrons were his sisters, Gwendoline E. and Margaret S. Davies, the Ladies of Gregynog. This family played a vital role in the history of the Welsh University and of Welsh social service and turned Gregynog Hall into a creative centre of artistic, musical and educational activity. To the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, its wealth and benevolence have been essential. Thomas Jones's relations with David Davies, Llandinam (who was almost a caricature of the unpredictable magnate) were close but intermittent and sometimes stormy (see class J) but he enjoyed intimate friendship with the Ladies and, in particular, with Miss Gwendoline. The collection abounds in material massively relevant to the social history of Wales and to many facets of social life in Britain. Arranged into: David Davies, Llandinam (Lord Davies), 1910-1944 (R 1); Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, 1914-1927 (R 2); Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, 1928-1932 (R 3); Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, 1933-1935 (R 4); Gwendoline Davies, 1936-1938 (R 5); Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, 1939-1945 (R 6); Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, 1946-1955 (R 7); Greynog Hall, 1919-1954, and Davies charities, 1919-1937 (R 8). Material relating to the Davies family may be found throughout the collection. See in particular classes A, C, D, H, J, K, L, W, X and Z.

Arranged into: (i) Correspondence and papers relating to the fixtures and fittings of Gregynog Hall, including several letters concerning the purchase of pianos for Gregynog, March-Aug. 1920 (Nos 1-40); (ii) Correspondence with Misses Gwendoline E. and Margaret S. (Daisy) Davies (Nos 41-80); (iii) Advertisements for Gregynog (Nos 81-84); and (iv) Notes about the roads around Gregynog (No. 85). Index to Nos 41-80: Carruthers, [--], Oct. 1940, No. 41; Darrington, Ella C., Dec. 1931, No. 42; Davies, Elizabeth, April-May 1932, Nos 43-44; Davies, George M. Ll., May 1932, Nos 45-47; Davies, Gwendoline E., Feb.-April 1939, Nos 48-52. . Davies, Margaret, June-Dec. 1949, Nos 53-55; Davies, Miles, Feb. 1935, No. 56; Evans, W. J. Burdon, May 1932, No. 57; Fraser, Vera S. M., Sept. 1938, No. 58; Hanes, Geoffrey, Jan. 1935, No. 59; Elen [--],No. 60; Howell, Mabel S., May 1920, No. 61; Jones, Dora Herbert, Jan. 1934, Nos 62-64; Jones, Eirene, July 1939, No. 65; Jones, Percie, Jan. 1932, No. 66; Jones, Thomas, Nos 67-77; Lizzie [--], Dec. 1931, No. 78; Salt, Andrew W., No. 79; Tribe, F. N., No. 80.

Arranged into: Correspondence and papers relating to Gregynog Hall, July 1919-Nov. 1954, including the use of the Hall as a musical, educational and conference centre, and plans for its future devised by Miss Margaret Davies and her friends, 1952-1954 (Nos 1-78); Correspondence relating to some of the Davies family's charities, June 1919-March 1937 (Nos 79-110). Index: Clarkson, G. Flint, Nos 93-94, 96; Davidson, J. C. C., Nos 85-86; Davies, Beatrice, No. 49; Davies, Gwendoline E., Gregynog, Nos 8-9; Davies, Islwyn, Nos 46-47; Davies, Margaret S. (Daisy), Gregynog, Nos 22, 24-25, 38, 77; Evans, W. J. Burdon, Nos 2, 14, 83-84, 87-92, 95-110; Grant, J., No. 8; Greenslade, S. K., No. 10; Kilmaine, Lord, Nos 55, 67, 69; Morris, J. Walter, Merthyr Tydfil, No. 5; Newton, Prof. Lily, Nos 51-52; Northcote, Sydney, Nos 16-18; Owens, John, Nos 79-80; Powell, E. C., Nos 28, 30, 33-34, 37-39, 41, 43-45, 50-55, 57-62, 65-66, 68, 70, 74-76, 78; Waals, P., No. 7; Watkins, Percy, No. 105; Webster, Sir Charles, Nos 56, 63-64; Williams, J. D., Nos 81-82; Williams, W. J., Nos 14-18.

Nos 1-113. Correspondence and papers relating to the Gregynog Press. Much of the material for 1954 relates to Thomas Jones's talk on the Press to the Double Crown Club on 7 April of that year. It includes reminiscences by R. A. Maynard, George Fisher, Blair Hughes-Stanton, J. Ewart Bowen and Mrs Dora Herbert Jones. Nos 76, 78 and 89 are typescript copies of the originals at Nos 75, 77 and 88. No. 96 is a draft of the talk at the Double Crown Club. Index: Astor, 'Bill', No. 105; Atterbury, R. S., Westerham Press, No. 108; Bates, R. J., Librarian, U.C. Cardiff, No. 112; Batey, Charles, O.U.P., No. 101; Bowen, J. Ewart, Nos 88-89; Cammell, Charles, bookseller, No. 33; Child, Heather, Soc. of Scribes, No. 86; Clarendon Press, Oxford, No. 97; Cumberlege, Geoffrey, O.U.P., Nos 100, 113; Davies, Miss Gwendoline E., Gregynog, No. 17; Davies, Miss Margaret, Gregynog, No. 55; Davies, Sir William, N.L.W., Nos 8, 103; Evans, Dr Joan, No. 107; Evans, John, No. 39; Evans, W. J. Burdon, Nos 6, 20-21, 25-27; Fisher, George, Nos 35, 48-49, 74-79; Gardner, William M., No. 63; Horrox, Reginald, Book Handbook, No. 23; Houghton, Dr A. W. J., No. 17; Hughes, T. W., No. 85; Hughes-Stanton, Blair, Nos 16, 40; Jocelyn, Morton Sundour, Carlisle, Nos 98, 102, 104; Jones, Mrs Dora Herbert, Nos 39, 87; Jones, John Hugh, Nos 19, 83; Kent, Duchess of, Nos 58-59; Kenyon, Lord, Nos 110-111; Lamb, Lynton, Double Crown Club, Nos 84, 94; Maynard, R. A., Nos 41-43, 45, 80-82, 85; Morgans, J. O., Nos 2, 4; Parry-Williams, T. H., No. 106; Powell, E. C., Nos 1, 7-8, 10-11, 18, 24, 28-32, 34, 36, 38, 44, 46, 50-54, 65, 68, 95, 99, 109; Powell, Roger, Cockerell's, No. 3; Society of Scribes & Illuminators, Nos 57, 60, 64, 66-67, 69-73; Williams, Ifor, No. 47.