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Letter, 27 February 1986, from Ruth Nixon to A. J. Sylvester arranging to meet him the following Saturday in order to interview him and presenting a list of questions about Frances, Countess Lloyd-George, to be asked at the interview. Attached is a press cutting, dated October or November 1989, recording Sylvester's death within weeks of his hundredth birthday.

Press cutting from the Sunday Dispatch, 16 February 1947, containing an article 'Lloyd George and Hitler' by A. J. Sylvester taken from his recent book The Real Lloyd George (1947).

Letter, 2 June 1981, from A. J. Sylvester, Corsham, to Miss Ann Parry. Gives his views on the recent television series broadcast on BBC2; was hugely impressed by the work of John Hefin as its producer and by Philip Madoc in the role of Lloyd George - ' ... played the part of LG so well that it looked as if my Old Chief was there in the flesh'. Frances Stevenson's affair with Colonel T. F. Tweed. Recalls his association with the recipient at Churt years ago. His health.

Letters and telegrams, November-December 1935, mainly from their Churt home sent to D. Lloyd George and Frances during their visit to Tangiers. The file includes a letter from A. J. Sylvester and several from Ann Parry.

Letter, 7 January 1981, from A. J. Sylvester, Corsham, Wiltshire, to Miss Ann Parry. Describes his many afflictions, including cataract. Would like to write a book based on his experiences and his time with Sir Maurice Hankey and Lloyd George. Writer played a key part in the research for Lloyd George's War Memoirs during the 1930's. Much resents that Countess Lloyd-George chose Malcolm Thompson to write the official biography of Lloyd George and double-crossed Sylvester in so doing. Has a very high regard for Jennifer Longford today - 'She is a wonderful woman now, ... She is worth ten times that of Frances'. Frances left no more than £11,000 when she died in 1972 although she was the widow of Lloyd George. He refused to support her plan to establish an agricultural college in north Wales, and the setting up of the Lloyd George Museum at Llanystumdwy was due mainly to the efforts of the recipient. His health and the court case in which he is presently involved.

The text of an interview given by A. J. Sylvester to Ruth Nixon, c. 1984-89. During the course of the interview he reflects mainly on the long relationship between Lloyd George and Frances Stevenson, the role of Dame Margaret, and the recent BBC television series on Lloyd George.

Letter, 16 February 1983, from A. J. Sylvester to Miss Ann Parry. The radio programme The Principal Private Secretary is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 the following Tuesday. Would welcome her opinions on it. His health and afflictions.

The file includes a typescript 'Political Operation Order', 6 December 1916, namely spoof regulations for the departure of the Asquith family from 10 Downing Street and the arrival of the Lloyd Georges; and a memorandum, 5 May 1936, prepared by A. J. Sylvester for D. Lloyd George on the likely reconstruction of the National Government.