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The file consists of correspondence and papers relating to an entry on Dame Florence May Hancock (1893-1974) compiled by Lady White for the Dictionary of National Biography.

The file consists of an embossed wallet containing the certificate awarded to Eirene White to mark the award of the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Bath, 28 June 1983.

The series comprises correspondence and papers relating to political subjects, among them social services, the House of Lords, pensions, housing, regionalism and metrication. Several of the files relate to the Labour Party.

The series comprises notebooks kept by Dr Thomas Jones, 1892-1901, letters from Thomas Jones, 1929-1954, letters to him, 1929-1953, miscellanea and press cuttings relating to him, together with papers, 1955-1994, concerning the use of the Thomas Jones Papers at the National Library of Wales, and to the writing and publication of his biography by Dr E. L. Ellis, 1974-1992.

The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to the custody and the use of the Dr Thomas Jones CH Papers in the National Library of Wales. They include a large number of requests from scholars and researchers seeking permission from Eirene White or Tristan Jones to consult their father's papers. There are also a few miscellaneous stray papers concerning the Thomas Jones Memorial Fund, the question of publishing material in the Jones Papers, the cataloguing of the papers by Dr Gwyn A. Williams, and a group of press cuttings containing reviews of the published diaries.

The file consists of six typescript reports on ecological problems: land and natural resource use and rural depopulation.

The section consists of papers, 1928-1997, relating to educational life, mainly higher and university education, the University of Wales, the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, and Coleg Harlech.

The file consists of correspondence and papers concerning mainly the 1993 Education Bill which embodied the government's proposals for teacher training and student union reform. There is also material on the government's proposed introduction of a student loan scheme.

The file consists of a run of letters, mainly to or from Eirene White, together with enclosures, relating to Labour Party policies and attitudes on higher education. There are also fairly detailed manuscript notes by Eirene White on visits to Leicestershire, 17 February 1961, and to Coventry, 3 March 1961, to discuss educational policy and the 'Leicestershire plan'.

The file comprises materials, mainly printed, some typescript, on the general theme of education. Most of the papers concern higher and university education in England and Wales, some relate to the work of the University Grants Committee and governmental policy on university development.

The file contains miscellaneous papers and press cuttings, 1950-1987, concerning educational themes.

A file of correspondence and papers concerning the re-organisation of secondary education in Flintshire.

The file consists of miscellaneous typescript and printed items acquired by Lady White on the general theme of education.

The file comprises memoranda, reports, Labour Party policy documents and issues of Hansard relating to discussion and evolution of the Party's policy on secondary education.

The file comprises letters, reports, memoranda and draft policy documents concerning Labour Party policy on secondary education, mainly in relation to public and independent schools, the supply of teachers and entrance examinations to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The file includes letters from Shirley Williams, 1963-1964.

The file comprises miscellaneous materials assembled by Lady White in the general field of education, among them papers relating to the Newsom Report, 1964, the Education Reform Bill, 1987, and the Further and Higher Education Bill, 1991.

The file consists of correspondence and papers, 1975-1990, concerning the tenancy of Flat 4, Edward House, Plantagenet Street, Riverside, Cardiff, owned by Lady White

The fonds comprises letters, 1928-1999, to Lady White, diaries, 1936-1984, papers, 1907-1994, reflecting her career as a Labour politician, papers, 1859-1994, concerning her outside interests and activities, records, 1950-1996, deriving from Lady White's involvement in Welsh political and public life, and material, 1960-1990, concerning her activities in educational matters. There are also family papers, 1892-1992, including some relating to Lady White's father Dr Thomas Jones CH (1870-1955) and to her husband John Cameron White (1911-1968). There is also a substantial group of press cuttings and other printed material, 1919-1997. A further two boxes of papers were received in January 2007; this group remains uncatalogued.

The section consists of papers, 1859-1994, reflecting Eirene White's interests outside party politics and her public work.

The file consists of messages of appreciation sent to Dr Thomas Jones CH and his wife Rene in response to the publication by the Gregynog Press of a memoir of Elphin Lloyd Jones, their son who was killed in an accident in 1928. There is also a copy of a report published in 1934 on the Elphin Lloyd Jones Memorial Fund.