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Correspondence and papers relating to the Burton Liberal Association. A. J. Sylvester served as President of the Association for 1927-8. There are groups of papers concerning visits of the Liberal Land Van and the distribution of Land News in the division, the difficulties of party organisation and the re-establishment of a Liberal tradition, and attitudes towards the proposed revision of the Book of Common Prayer.

Telegrams sent during D. Lloyd George's visit to Brazil, together with copies of A. J. Sylvester's 'Brazil Diary' and typescript copies of letters, 17 January 1928, from Ernest Brown MP and Colonel T. F. Tweed to A. J. Sylvester.

'1928 File'. The papers include letters from Sir Thomas Carey-Evans and Frances Stevenson, and copies of a 'Report on Electioneering Methods practised by the United States Political Parties during the Presidential Campaign, October-November 1928'.

Correspondence and papers relating to the trip to the USA to prepare the report as in B25, including typescript notes by A. J. Sylvester of interviews undertaken and the itinerary of the visit.

A large group of correspondence and papers relating to the work undertaken during the visit to the USA as in B25-6 and notes prepared for and drafts and copies of the report as in B25.

Press cuttings and other papers relating to We Can Conquer Unemployment and the build-up to the general election of 30 May 1929, including a typescript 'Report of Proceedings at a Luncheon given to Newspaper Representatives by Mr Lloyd George at the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12th March, 1929', and various press cuttings describing D. Lloyd George's election meetings.

'1929 File'. The papers include a note on an interview between D. Lloyd George and Winston Churchill at the House of Commons, 18 February 1929, discussing the aftermath of the general election; a large group of press cuttings; and typescript reminiscences by A. J. Sylvester entitled 'European Motor Trip' describing the motor trip of the Continent undertaken by D. Lloyd George during the autumn of 1929.

Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to the First World War. Among the papers are photographs of a letter, 25 May 1915, from H. H. Asquith to D. Lloyd George, and of letters, 22 May 1916 and undated, from D. Lloyd George to Sir Eric Geddes; the typescript of a speech, 19 November 1918, by Sir Maurice Hankey to the War Cabinet Secretariat; and typescript copies of the correspondence which passed between H. H. Asquith and D. Lloyd George, 1-9 December 1916; and a letter, 9 March 1918, from Frederick Guest to D. Lloyd George discussing Coalition Liberal preparations for the forthcoming general election, together with papers drafted as the basis of an agreement between the Coalition Liberals and the Conservatives. There is also a group of correspondence and papers, 1966-7, relating to the preparation of The Records of the Cabinet Office to 1922 (London, HMSO, 1966), and correspondence and papers concerning an article 'Challenge to Lloyd George' published in The Times, 4 April 1970.

'1931 File'. The papers include the text of D. Lloyd George's broadcast speech, 4 May 1931, on free trade and protection; detailed typescript reminiscences by A. J. Sylvester 'With L. G. in Ceylon'; and typescript copies of papers relating to the political crisis of the autumn of 1931, including a letter, 25 September 1931, from Sir Herbert Samuel to D. Lloyd George; a memorandum, 30 September 1931, by D. Lloyd George on the political situation and the call for a general election; a letter, 4 October 1931, from D. Lloyd George to J. Ramsay MacDonald; a memorandum of a conversation between D. Lloyd George and J. Ramsay MacDonald on 5 October 1931; letters, 9 October 1931, from Sir Herbert Samuel to D. Lloyd George, and 13 February 1931, from George Lansbury to D. Lloyd George imploring him to join the Labour Party.

'1932 File'. The papers include a letter, 13 January 1932, from Lord Lothian to D. Lloyd George; material concerning D. Lloyd George's return from Ceylon; numerous memoranda; and the typescript text of a speech given by D. Lloyd George to his constituents.

Typescript copies of memoranda and correspondence relating to Sir John Simon's statement in the House of Commons on the Sino-Japanese conflict.

'1933 File'. The papers include a letter, 11 August 1932, from D. Lloyd George to Captain R. T. Evans; a letter, 14 September 1933, from Angus Watson to D. Lloyd George; a letter, 29 September 1933, from Lord Riddell to A. J. Sylvester; and a copy of D. Lloyd George's claim for the Old Age Pension, 17 January 1933.

Typescript of an interview with General Sir Jan Smuts at the Savoy Hotel, Strand, London WC, on Thursday. 'Private and Confidential'.

Papers relating to an informal Free Church conference held at the Metropole Hotel, London, on 15 December 1933 'for consultation regarding necessary action by all religious forces to preserve peace'.

'1934 File'. The papers include typescript copies of letters from J. Ramsay MacDonald to Lord Hankey, 19 April 1934, and from Lord Hankey to D. Lloyd George, 20 April 1934; and the typescript of D. Lloyd George's address to the National Eisteddfod at Neath, 9 August 1934.

Memoranda and papers relating mainly to the Peace Conferences. The papers also include draft memoranda, 12 July 1919, on 'The Organisation of the Cabinet' and 'The Cabinet Secretariat', and a typescript paper 'Diplomacy by Conference', February 1920, prepared by Sir Maurice Hankey for the British Institute of International Affairs. There is also an undated typescript 'Report on Visit to Paris' by A. J. Sylvester.