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Postcard, 12 December 1936, from Lloyd George at Kingston, Jamaica to Jennifer Stevenson, conveying Christmas greetings.

Postcard, 9 November 1936, from Lloyd George at Southampton to Jennifer Stevenson, depicting the passenger liner of the East Asiatic Company Ltd on which he is about to travel.

Postcard of the Lloyd George Museum at Llanystumdwy sent by Ann Parry, its curator, to Frances, Countess Lloyd-George, 8 February 1961.

Postcard, 6 July 1992, from 'Graham' to Miss Muriel Stevenson. Encloses a copy of an article. The reverse bears the portrait of Lloyd George by Augustus John.

Page from the Sunday Dispatch, 9 March 1947, containing an article by A. J. Sylvester, 'Hyphen saved Earl's title' taken from his volume The Real Lloyd George (1947).

Letter, 16 March 1947, from E. A. Lessing, Kensington, to Countess Lloyd-George. Sympathises with recipient because of the tone and contents of the recent press articles published by A. J. Sylvester. Many people are sure to resent Sylvester's heavily biased appraisal of Lloyd George.

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.

Miscellaneous postcards, tickets, momentos etc.

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.

The series comprises miscellaneous printed items and ephemera, 1919-1982, and press cuttings, 1911-1985, mainly relating to political life, many concerning Lloyd George's life and career.

The letters relate to the preparation of Frances's various wills, the sale of the Lloyd George Papers to Lord Beaverbrook in 1949-1950, the management of Frances's properties at Churt and at Llanystumdwy, the letters patent of the peerage awarded to Lloyd George in 1945, and the execution of a deed of gift to Frances's sister Muriel.

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

The file comprises the will of Dame Margaret Lloyd George, 1936; extracts from the will of Colonel T. F. Tweed, 1940; the will of David Lloyd George, 1943; accounts, 1947, relating to the estate of Captain Harry Davey; and the will of Frances, Dowager Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, 1972. In some cases letters relating to the administration of the estates are attached to the probate documents.

Carbon copies of letters sent to Frances in response to the proposal that a Lloyd George Memorial College might be established in North Wales, together with an original letter from Violet Carruthers (Markham). The file includes letters from Lord Altrincham, Clement Attlee, Lady Astor, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Stafford Cripps, E. Clement Davies, Margaret Greenwood, Professor W. J. Gruffydd, Herbert Morrison, Harold Nicholson, Sir Herbert Samuel and George Tomlinson. All the writers express their reluctance and hesitation to associate themselves with the proposal. Some of the letter writers expand on their reasons for declining to support the suggestion and reflect on Lloyd George's life, career and contribution.

Carbon copies of letters sent to Frances in response to the proposal that a Lloyd George Memorial College might be established in North Wales. The file includes letters from Lord Beaverbrook, Aneurin Bevan, Robert Boothby, Sybil Thorndike Casson, Richard Crossman, Anthony Eden, James Griffiths, P. J. Grigg, Maurice Hankey, Augustus John, Harold J. Laski, Gilbert Murray, B. Seebohm Rowntree, Sir Archibald Sinclair (Lord Thurso), and Jan Smuts. All the writers agree to support the proposal. Some of the letter writers expand on their reasons for supporting the proposal and reflect on Lloyd George's life, career and contribution.

File comprises a booklet entitled 'How to tackle unemployment' by David Lloyd George, published in 1930; a booklet entitled 'Can Lloyd George do it? by J. M. Keynes and H. D. Henderson, published in 1929; a copy of the House of Commons Official Report for April 5th and 6th 1939; and a programme book for the Glyndebourne Festival in 1953.

File contains a typescript article, c. 1920, entitled, 'Our Lady of Downing Street - a Study for Secretaries', by Helen Ormsbee of Brooklyn, New York, an article on the role of Frances Stevenson as a private secretary to Lloyd George and based at 10 Downing Street (ff. 1-7); and a booklet containing the published text of lecture, published by the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries, by Frances Stevenson entitled 'The Private Secretary' (ff. 8-13).

The unit comprises Frances's reminiscences, drafted while preparing her autobiography.

The notebooks contain reminiscences and recollections recorded by Frances. Some of the notes were used as the basis of the chapters of The Years that are Past (1967).