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A file of correspondence and papers relating to the proposal to place a bronze bust of Ramsay MacDonald in the House of Commons. The file includes a letter from George Thomas, Speaker of the House of Commons.

General correspondence, 1913, of David Lloyd George including letters from J. Keir Hardie (1), Lord Haldane (1), Austen Chamberlain (1), C. F. G. Masterman (2), and J. Ramsay MacDonald (1).

General correspondence, 1914-1915, of David Lloyd George including letters from J. Ramsay MacDonald (1), C. F. G. Masterman (1), Margot Asquith (1) and Sir Edward Grey (1) and correspondence relating to the Swansea by-election and the proposed candidature of C. F. G. Masterman.

General correspondence, 1911, of David Lloyd George including letters from Margot Asquith (1), Andrew Carnegie (2), J. Ramsay MacDonald (2), John Dillon MP (1), and H. N. Brailsford (1).

A collection, relating to the formative years of the Labour Party, including over 20 signed letters and 25 postcards from J. Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), who served as Prime Minister from 1929 to 1935; 7 signed letters from Philip Snowden (1864-1937), Chancellor of the Exchequer under Ramsay MacDonald; a signed photograph postcard of Keir Hardy; a copy of James Ramsay MacDonald, Labour's Man of Destiny, first edition, signed by the author; and 6 photographs, some featuring Snowden, Grenfell, and Ramsay MacDonald. Also included are letters from JRM's private secretary, Ethel Snowden, C. Rowden Buxton and Ben Tillett. The recipient of the correspondence was Griff Jones, a Labour Party activist from Swansea, who also drew satirical cartoons under the name 'Gytto'.

Copy of "James Ramsay Macdonald : Labour's Man of Destiny" by H. Hessell Tiltman, published by the Waverley Book Company and signed by MacDonald.

General correspondence, 1933-35, comprising in-coming letters and replies sent out, relating to David Davies's involvement with the work of the League of Nations Union. Includes letters from Revd. Gwilym Davies, 1935, Gilbert Murray, 1934-35 (2 letters), and J. Ramsay MacDonald, 1935.

Over one hundred and twenty letters, [c. 1904]-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames L-Nettleship), including Henry Lamb (2) [?1907]-1935, T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia (8) 1920-1932, Percy Wyndham Lewis (18) [c. 1904]-1952, Ramsay McDonald (1) 1933, Dorelia McNeill (8) [1907]-[?1938], George Moore (2) 1927, Lady Ottoline Morrell (9) 1930-1937, and Cedric Morris (1) [1930s].

The file comprises stray letters to D. Lloyd George, mostly of political interest. The file includes letters from Winston Churchill, undated, Lord Dawson of Penn, 1931, King George VI (telegram), 1945, General Douglas Haig, 1916, George Lambert, 1932, J. Ramsay MacDonald, 1932, Sir Herbert Samuel, 1932, D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda, 1917, and Colonel T. F. Tweed, 1940. The letter from Lord Dawson of Penn advises Lloyd George in the wake of the political and constitutional crisis of August 1931.

Cartoon from Punch, 21 March 1928, 'The Judgment of Gladys', depicting Lloyd George, Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald.

Cartoon from Punch, 27 June 1928, 'Free and Independent', depicting Lloyd George, Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald.

Seven photographs showing the 1st Glos. Royal Engineers at Winchcombe Camp in 1897 (names on rear), teachers at Glanmor School, Swansea ca. 1920, including Griff Jones, D. R. Grenfell addressing an open air meeting, a photograph of Ramsay MacDonald with Joe Branch, Alderman John Lewis, David Williams MP, William Jenkins MP, D. R. Grenfell MP and others and photographs showing D. R Grenfell and Philip Snowden.

Cartoon from Punch, 26 December 1923, 'All against All', depicting Asquith, Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald.

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.