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Originals and photocopies of letters, including between F. Elwyn Jones and Justice Jackson and Justice Frankfurter, Washington, USA, 1953-1955 (photocopies), and from Charles Njonjo of Niarobi, Kenya, March 1958, from Mbiyu Koinange relating to the transfer of his father, [Koinange wa Mbiyu], from Marsabit prison to Kabernet hospital in Kenya, April 1958, and from Tony Benn (the derivation of 'Elwyn'), 1980.

Undated handwritten notes, some possibly for speeches, including 'Dangers of mass migration' (on House of Commons letterhead), 'Care for it' [including re. the Hague Conventions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the limits of force, and the Security Council] (on House of Commons letterhead), 'Complaints of Police behaviour', 1966, 'Discrimination' (on House of Lords letterhead), notes on Doenitz, Schirach and Goering (on House of Lords letterhead).

Letter from D. H. O. Owen to Elwyn-Jones, 1982, enclosing a typescript list of Elwyn-Jones's speeches, April 1974-Dec. 1978, which he gave whilst he was Lord Chancellor; a list of file titles relating to invitations to Elwyn-Jones to make overseas visits and attend various functions, 1974-1979, and a list of some of Elwyn-Jones's engagements between May 1977 and May 1979.

Annotated draft typescript of Lord Elwyn-Jones, 'Human rights - the race dimension' (U.C. Swansea Eileen Illtyd David lecture, 1983), and a photocopy of the published booklet, 1984.

Papers relating to the loan of an original copy of Magna Carta to the US Congress to mark the bicentennial of the USA, June 1976, and relating to the conferring on Lord Elwyn-Jones of an honorary Doctor of Law degree by Columbia University, Aug. 1976.

A bound photocopy of the Sunday Times and Sunday Special for 24 Oct. 1909 (Lord Elwyn-Jones's birth day). Enclosed loose, a card (18"x12") for Lord Elwyn-Jones's eightieth birthday, comprising the signatures of the Labour peers (96 names).

Letters of condolence on the deaths of Lord Elwyn-Jones, 1989, and Lady Polly, 1990. Also papers relating to his funeral at the Grays Inn Chapel, and memorial services in Westminster Abbey and Llanelli, 1989, and the unveiling of a memorial plaque in Brighton, 1992.

Annotated drafts of chapters Four ("VI" in one draft), 'From London to Vienna - 1932 to 1935' (three copies), and Five, 'The Temple and Fleet Street - prelude to world war' (one copy).

'Some people', being extracts from F. Elwyn Jones's condolence letters, 1989-1990, gathered under periods from his life. Also notes and extracts, 2016-2017, from papers, 1937-1989, at the Flintshire Record Office and NLW Welsh Political Archive.

Copies of articles, lectures, off-prints etc., most including either a contribution by Lord Elwyn-Jones or presented to him, comprising F. Elwyn Jones, 'Liberty in Britain: is it in danger? (pp. 165-170 of an unknown publication, 1936x1939); 'Greece under Metaxas: report by F. Elwyn Jones', 1937; 'Syllabus of a course of six lectures on Europe to-day by F. Elwyn Jones, M.A.', (Cambridge University local lectures, [1937/38]; 'The Left News', 1938, including a review by John Strachey of F. Elwyn Jones, 'The battle for peace'; F. Elwyn Jones, 'Responsibility of generals', The Fortnightly, 1947; Elwyn Jones, 'Numemberg trials draw to a close', 1948; F. Elwyn Jones, 'Krupp & the rule of law', Public Opinion, 1951; Lord Elwyn-Jones, 'The office of lord chancellor' (Royal Institution Proceedings off-print, c.1976); 'Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, M.A., LL.D., 1899-1977' (CPC, Aberystwyth, 1977); 'In honour of Professor Herbert Wechsler' (Columbia Law Review off-print, June 1978); three addresses by Lord Elwyn-Jones, 1976-1978, reprinted by the Philippine Branch of the International Law Association; address by Lord Elwyn-Jones to the Philippine Branch of the International Law Association, 1979; Lord Elwyn-Jones, 'The Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure', a Cambridge lecture, 1981; Prof. David Weissbrodt, 'International trial observers' (Stanford Journal of International Law off-print, 1982); Journal of the W.E.A. South Wales District, no. 2, [c.1982], including an account of a lecture by Major Elwyn Jones, 1946; Holdsworth Law Review, Spring 1983; William A. Reuben, 'Footnote on an historic case: in re Alger Hiss, No. 78 Civ. 3433' (The Nation Institute, 1983); 'Auschwitz and East London' (Tower Hamlets Arts Project, 1983), including a description by Pearl Binder (Elwyn Jones's wife) of the arrival of Margit Reiter, her refugee sister; Lord Elwyn-Jones, 'Human rights - the race dimension' (U.C. Swansea Eileen Illtyd David lecture, 1983); Anthony Lester, 'Fundamental rights: the United Kingdom isolated? (Public Law off-print, 1984); Lord Elwyn-Jones, 'The law as literature' (Saskatchewan Law Review, inaugural Shumiatcher lecture, 1985); Lord Elwyn-Jones, 'The law and and the media' (2nd Lord Morris memorial lecture, UCNW, Bangor, 1985); 'Amrwywiaeth Llanelli Miscellany' (WEA Llanelli, 1987), including the inaugural WEA lecture by Lord Elwyn Jones, 1983; 'King's Counsel', no. 26 (1973), including an article by Sir Elwyn Jones, 'The attorney general'; Elwyn-Jones's article on Frank Siskice, Baron Stow Hill, in DNB 1971-1980 (1986).

Copies of 'Elimination of German resources for war: hearings ..., part 6, additional material submitted by the War Department', 1945; Jan Sehn, 'Concentration Camp Oświęcim-Brzezinka (Auschwitz-Birkenau), based on documentary evidence and sources' (Warsaw, 1957); Krzysztof Skubiszewski, 'The Great Powers and the settlement in central Europe' (Jahrbuch für Internationales Recht off-print, 1975); Lordowi Fredericowi Elwynowi-Jonesowi, 'Norymberga - nadal otwarty rozdzial historii' ['Nuremberg - a still open chapter of history'] (Warsaw, 1978).

Newspaper cuttings kept by Elwyn Jones, including relating to his time as Nuremberg prosecutor, Attorney General and Lord Chancellor, particularly the tribunal into the Aberfan disaster, 1966.

Elwyn Jones general election pamphlets for West Ham South, 1966, Newnham, 1970 and Feb. 1974 (three copies); programme for the Côr Meibion Llanelli tour of Canada, 1980; programme for Foyles Bookshop luncheon in honour of Dame Veronica Wedgewood, 1986.

Elwyn-Jones's copies of Hansard containing speeches and contributions by him, comprising 7 March 1972 (Criminal justice Bill); 11 Dec. 1972 (Northern Ireland (Detention of terrorists) Order); 2 July 1973 (French nuclear tests); 1 March 1978 (Law and authority in society); 8 May 1985 (personal injury compensation, and law centres); 18 April 1986 (US action in Lybia); 18 Nov. 1986 (debate on the Queen's speech); 8 Dec. 1986 (Reverter of sites Bill); 14 Dec. 1987 (Legal aid Bill); 24 Nov. 1988 (debate on the Queen's speech); 27 Feb. 1989 (Security Service Bill); 19 April 1989 (Welsh speaking communities); and 6 Dec. 1989 (tributes to the late Lord Elwyn-Jones).