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This section comprises files of letters to Frances, 1915-1972, from various individuals, many of them prominent politicians and public figures, together with a few letters, 1915-1972, from Frances.

The series consists of letters from Frances to various recipients.

The letters are personal giving family news, but there are some reflections on the First World War.

The file consists of letters which give personal news and plans and arrange meetings.

The letters,[c. 1925]-1944, which are very difficult to decipher and comprehend, contain mainly personal, family and domestic news, with some references to academic and political life. The file also includes the memorial service card for Lettice Fisher (1875-1956).

Most of the letters were written by Miss Parry in her capacity as curator of the Lloyd George Museum at Llanystumdwy, Cricieth. They discuss the layout of the museum grounds, the management of adjacent properties and the delineation of their boundaries, the maintenance of the gardens, and the organization of exhibitions and catalogues. There are many references to attendance figures and to ways of attracting increased numbers of visitors and to meetings of the museum management committee. Some letters refer to events held to commemorate Lloyd George.

The letters concern an article on Sir Frederick Maurice which Sir John Kennedy was preparing for the Dictionary of National Biography. There are two draft replies from Frances and a photocopy of a letter from Sir John Kennedy relating to 'The Burnt Paper' sent for publication to The Spectator.

The letters discuss a wide range of subjects: the maintenance of Lloyd George's grave; the writer's interests and activities; publications about Lloyd George and reflections on his life and contribution; and arrangements to meet.

The file consists of letters and papers, 1957-1971, relating mainly to the care of Lloyd George's grave at Llanystumdwy on the banks of the river Dwyfor, but some concern local celebrations of the centenary of Lloyd George's birth in January 1963, a visit to the grave by the Queen and Prince Philip in the following August, and the protest made by the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales in 1969 against the proposed 'desecration' of the River Dwyfor, a protest with which Frances associated herself. The file includes letters from James Morris (Jan Morris), 1968, and Harold Wilson, 1968.

The file comprises letters from historians and authors relating to their researches on Lloyd George, including letters from Martin Gilbert (14), 1964-1972, and Cameron Hazlehurst (37), 1968-1972.

The file includes papers relating to the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill at St Paul's Cathedral in January 1965.

The unit comprises probate documents, 1940-1972, and business letters, 1950-1972.

The unit consists of small printed items, mainly of ephemeral interest, and press cuttings, primarily of political interest, some relating to D. Lloyd George.

Miscellaneous printed items, mainly acquired by Frances, the most significant being a pass to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919; a ticket to admit Frances to the members' gallery of the House of Commons, 9 July 1935; Frances's National Registration Identity Card, 1943-1947; and a pass to admit Frances to the Palace of Westminster, 1944. Other items of some interest include the Order of Service at Ramsay MacDonald's funeral service at Westminster Abbey, 26 November 1937; and a copy of Frances Stevenson, The Private Secretary.

Miscellaneous press cuttings, mainly of political interest, most relating to Lloyd George or to members of the Lloyd George family. The file includes a scrapbook of press cuttings dating from 1940 relating to the death of Colonel T. F. Tweed. Many of the cuttings concern Frances's life and activities after Lloyd George's death in 1945.

The unit comprises letters, 1934-1946, and other papers, 1933-1944, relating to Jennifer Stevenson's schooldays.

Miscellaneous notes accumulated by Ruth Longford while researching and writing Frances, Countess Lloyd George: More than a Mistress (Leominster, 1996), including notes on source materials, typescript draft memoirs by Jennifer Longford, a typescript dissertation [? by Ruth Longford] on Lloyd George and Hitler, and miscellaneous stray sources which had come into her possession.

Stray letters, messages, cards and postcards, 1916-91, all connected with the Lloyd George family in some way; stray memorabilia, 1900-2008, many deriving from Lloyd George or Frances Stevenson, and including legal documents, reminiscences and memoirs, autograph books, cartoons, printed items and press cuttings of especial interest; photographs, many of them snapshots, of David Lloyd George, Frances Stevenson, later the Dowager Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, and of her daughter Jennifer Stevenson, later Jennifer Longford, and including small groups of photographs of Llanystumdwy, properties at Churt, namely Bron-y-de, Avalon and Farm Cottage, and a small group of photographs of other prominent individuals; albums containing small photographs taken during Lloyd George's visit to Germany in September 1936; photographs of, and press cuttings relating to Colonel Thomas F. Tweed, including several press obituaries of him, press cuttings concerning the marriage of David Lloyd George and Frances Stevenson at Guildford on 23 October 1943, and an album of photographs, mainly of David Lloyd George and of Bron-y-de, Churt, together with press cuttings, many of these of reviews of various books about Lloyd George; and the draft outline of a short story and notes for further stories by Frances Stevenson.

Short note scribbled in the hand of Lloyd George on the despatch of military divisions to the Dardanelles and to France during World War One.

Letter from D. Lloyd George to John Stevenson, father of Frances Stevenson, 12 February 1923, expressing gratitude for the gift of cigars.