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Education: proposals, debates and speeches

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.

Labour Party (Great Britain)

Education: public and independent schools

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.

Williams, Shirley, b. 1930

Higher Education

The file consists of letters, press releases, memoranda and reports relating to discussions on Labour Party policy on higher education, mainly education. The file includes a letter, 1962, from Dick Taverne.

Taverne, Dick

British Universities

The file is composed of a substantial number of printed items, letters, reports and press cuttings relating mainly to British universities, and higher education more generally. The file includes letters from David Eccles, 1960, and E. D. Jones, 1961.

Eccles, David, 1904-

Family papers

The group comprises papers relating to various members of the family: Eirene White (1909-1999), Dr Thomas Jones CH (1870-1955), John White (1911-1968), Tristan Jones (1913-1990), and other members of the Jones family.

Jones, Thomas, 1870-1955

Letters from Eirene White to her parents and brother

The file comprises letters from Eirene Jones to her parents and brother Tristan Jones. Many were written during Continental travels and describe in some detail her experiences and activities; they include letters written at Paris, Edinburgh, Freiburg, Strasbourg, Heidelberg and Munich. There is also a small number of letters giving her initial impressions as an undergraduate student at Somerville College, Oxford, in the autumn of 1929.

Jones, Thomas, 1870-1955

Letters from Eirene White to her parents

The file consists of letters written by Eirene Jones to her parents, mainly from Somerville College, Oxford. She describes in great detail her academic pursuits and social life and refers to family news and events at home.

Jones, Thomas, 1870-1955

Letters from Eirene White to her parents

The file comprises letters from Eirene White to her parents. The early letters are written from Somerville College, Oxford, and describe her academic life and a wide range of social pursuits and activities. Later letters were written during travels in the United Kingdom and trips abroad; they include letters from Cumberland, London, New York, Virginia, Hamilton, Ontario, Boston and various places in Germany. Most of the letters are full and describe travels and events in some detail.

Jones, Thomas, 1870-1955

Letters from Eirene White to her parents

The file comprises letters from Eirene Jones to her parents, later her father, from a large number of places in the United Kingdom and abroad. Many of the later letters refer to political life and politicians and are interspersed with family and domestic news.

Jones, Thomas, 1870-1955

Letters from Eirene White to her father

A file of letters from Eirene White to her father containing a characteristic amalgam of personal, family and political news. Some of the letters give fairly detailed accounts of political developments - at Westminster and in her constituency. Several give news of her husband John White and his career.

Jones, Thomas, 1870-1955

Letters from Eirene White to Tristan Jones

The file comprises stray letters from Eirene White to her brother Tristan Jones giving mainly family and personal news. There is also a letter, presumably originally an enclosure, 26 March 1974, from Anthony Crosland to Eirene White.

Jones, Tristan, 1913-1990

Dr Thomas Jones CH

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.

Jones, Thomas, 1870-1955

Pocket diary

A very small pocket diary for 1892 kept by Thomas Jones bearing brief, occasional notes.

Letters from Thomas Jones to Eirene White

The file is made up of letters mainly from Dr Thomas Jones to his daughter Eirene. Most of the letters are lengthy and detailed, giving an account of his activities and travels, with occasional references to national and political events. The file also includes a few other items, among them typescript drafts of a profile of James Griffiths MP as Minister of National Insurance and Social Security, and 'Instructions to Eirene' on 'Disposal of T.J.'s Papers'.

Letters from Thomas Jones to G[ ]

The file comprises letters from Thomas Jones to G[ ], many of them labelled 'Typed before posting'. The letters are detailed, giving full accounts of national and political life, intermingled with references to the writer's activities and pursuits.

Letters to Thomas Jones

A file of miscellaneous letters addressed to Dr Thomas Jones, together with a few drafts of letters written by him. The file includes letters from David Astor, 1933, Stanley Baldwin, 1945, Huw T. Edwards, 1949 and 1951, and Dora Herbert Jones, 1932.

Astor, David, 1912-

Thomas Jones: miscellaneous papers

The file comprises papers, mainly printed, typescript and press cuttings, relating to Dr Thomas Jones. Some of the papers relate to the establishment and foundation of Coleg Harlech in 1926-1927. There are several copies of articles, lectures and press contributions written by Thomas Jones.

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