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Arranged into: Davies, A. J. and T. Huws, March 1913-July 1945, Nos 1-28; Davies, John, W.E.A., March 1922-Sept. 1938, Nos 29-100; Davies, Sir Joseph, Aug. 1951-May 1952, Nos 101-104; Davies, Joseph E., U.S.A., Oct. 1929-June 1937, Nos 105-122; Davies, J. H., U.C.W., Oct. 1918-Feb. 1919, Nos 123-131; Davies, W. Rupert, Oct.-Nov. 1951, Nos 132-134; Davies, Sir Walford, Jan. 1918-July 1941, Nos 135-208.

Arranged into: Dawson, Viscount, of Penn, Nov. 1929-Sept. 1943, Nos 1-15; Douglas-Pennant, Violet, May 1921-May 1944, Nos 16-35; Duff, C. P. (Sir Patrick), Feb. 1926-Jan. 1945, Nos 36-65; Eady, Sir Wilfred (C.W.G.), May 1928-Dec. 1945, Nos 66-134; Elliott, Walter, June 1927-Dec. 1928, Nos 135-149; Ellis, L. F. and Jane, March 1930-March 1945, Nos 150-198.

The series comprises papers, 1955-1961, concerning the death of Thomas Jones in October 1955, his memorial service, letters and messages of sympathy received by his family, early plans to publish a biography, 1955-1956, and correspondence and papers, 1955-1961, concerning the administration of the Thomas Jones Memorial Fund.

The file consists of miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1955-1956, relating to the death and the administration of the estate of Dr Thomas Jones. These include copies of obituaries and tributes published in newspapers and journals, estate accounts, preliminary plans for his memorial service and the Thomas Jones Memorial Fund, and various ideas for projects to commemorate his life and work.

The series comprises Thomas Jones's pocket diaries, 1923-1953, bearing mainly notes of appointments, engagements and other miscellaneous notes and minutiae; an address book, [1935]-[1955], kept on behalf of Thomas Jones; his pocket notebooks, [1900]-[1955]; and typescript texts of his full diaries, 1916-1930 and 1942, clearly prepared in readiness for the publication of Whitehall Diaries.

Nos 1-132. Correspondence, memoranda and papers forming a Diary collection.

Nos 1-87. Correspondence, memoranda and papers forming a Diary collection. Nos 84-86 are undated papers. No. 87 is a notebook with lists of visitors at Cliveden and some notes on the 'Cliveden Set'.

Nos 1-163. Correspondence, memoranda and papers forming a Diary collection.

Nos 1-143. Correspondence, memoranda and papers forming a Diary collection.

A collection of material made by Thomas Jones towards his printed Diary, consisting of letters, memoranda, cuttings and journal entries. Many papers are type-written duplicates of letters and memos which may be found in various classes of the collection, but some are original. They are frequently annotated and embellished with printer's directions, evidently for both the unpublished Diaries printed in Switzerland and the selection (post-1930) which was published in A Diary with Letters. They cover a great range of topics, though political events predominate. No index of individuals is provided. Arranged into: Diary, 21 Jan. 1909-19 Dec. 1922 (P 1); Diary, 2 Jan. 1923-31 May 1937 (P 2); Diary, 30 Dec. 1937-29 Dec. 1938 (P 3); Diary, 3 Jan. 1939-16 Oct. 1954 (P 4).

Group 1 comprises a substantial corpus of correspondence and papers relating to Prime Ministers, government and society, education, foreign affairs, imperial affairs, Ireland, Wales, Coleg Harlech and the Gregynog Press. There are also classes concerning the Astor family, Abraham Flexner, Violet Markham, Sir Henry Jones and Sir Percy Watkins. There are also papers relating to Thomas's Jones publications and his diaries, privately printed in Switzerland, and a substantial group of press cuttings arranged by subject. -- Subsequent accruals of the papers of Dr Thomas Jones include correspondence and papers, 1855-1955, including letters to and from Dr Thomas Jones; pocket diaries, an account book and pocket notebooks kept by Dr Jones, 1916-[1955]; correspondence and papers, 1933 and 1948-1955, relating to the administration of the Pilgrim Trust; papers, 1955-1961, relating to Thomas Jones's death in October 1955, sympathy letters received, and material concerning arrangements for the memorial service and the administration of the Thomas Jones Memorial Fund; correspondence, 1962-1987, deriving from the use of the Thomas Jones Papers in the custody of the National Library of Wales; and press cuttings, 1912-1955.

Drafts of descriptive lists of various classes within the Thomas Jones Papers prepared by Professor Gwyn A. Williams during the late 1950s.

Nos 1-32. Notes and drafts of, with a little correspondence on, speeches which Thomas Jones prepared or helped to prepare for others to deliver. Nos 20-23 refer to the speech of Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, in June 1939. Nos 25-32 refer to the King's Christmas Broadcast in 1944. Note: These papers are merely a residue. Similar material may be found throughout the collection. See in particular class A (Prime Ministers). Index: Astor, Waldorf, Viscount Astor, No. 24; Beresford, John, Nos 15-17; Bowes-Lyon, David, No. 19; Fisher, Sir Warren, Nos 8-10; Haldane, Lord, Nos 8-10; Hailsham, Lord, Lord Chancellor, No. 5; Halifax, Lord, Nos 20-23; Houghton, A. B., U.S. Ambassador, Nos 1-4, 7, 13; Inskip, Sir Thomas, No. 18; Jowitt, Sir William, No. 11; King George VI, Nos 25-32; Lascelles, A., Secretary to the King, Nos 25-32; Prince of Wales, No. 14; Thomas, J. H., No. 120.

Nos 1-80. Memoranda, press cuttings (including several from the East African Standard), correspondence, etc., relating to East Africa. The most important items of the collection are: No. 5. Letter on tsetse fly by medical officer, Uganda, 19 July 1925; No. 6. Conference of Governors of E. African Dependencies, 26 Jan.-11 Feb. 1926; Nos 7-8, 22, 29, 31, 38-39, 42-45, 47-48, 55, 61. Sir Edward Grigg, Governor of Kenya, speeches, 1926-1929; Nos 9-10. J. H. Oldham, Times article on Kenya, 9, 10, June 1926; No. 12. J. H. Oldham, letter on African education, 29 Oct. 1926; No. 20. Norman Leys, letter on Kenya, 26 Nov. 1926; No. 21. Norman Leys, article on Kenya, New Leader, 3 Dec. 1926; No. 25. Philip Kerr, memo on African Highlands, 25 Feb. 1927; No. 28. J. H. Oldham - Archbishop of Canterbury on Kenya, 8 March 1927; No. 34. J. H. Oldham - W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, Colonial Office, on Kenya, 6 May 1927; Nos 40-41. Col. C. W. G. Walker, Nairobi, report to Thomas Jones on E. Africa, 15 Sept. and 2 Nov. 1927; No. 54. Memo on medical research, 1928; No. 62. Lord Olivier, Fabian Tract, Imperial Trusteeship, 1929; Nos 65-66, 70. Minutes of conference on Africa, Rhodes House, Oxford, 9, 10, 16, Nov. 1929; No. 76. Report of Committee of Oxford Conference, 26 Feb. 1930; Nos 77, 80. Reports to Thomas Jones on Kenya by Col. C. W. G. Walker, Nairobi, 20 March and 21 Aug. 1930. Index: Adams, Professor, No. 66; Amery, L. S., Nos 18, 65-66, 70; Archbishop of Canterbury, No. 28; Buchanan-Riddell, Sir Walter, No. 70; Buell, Raymond, Foreign Policy Assoc., N.Y., U.S.A., No. 60; Butler, Sir G., MP, No. 18; Carpenter, G. D. Hale, Uganda, No. 5; Clay, Professor, No. 65; Coupland, Professor R., Nos 58, 66, 75; Davey, Birt, No. 70; Duff, C. P., No. 10 Downing Street, No. 73; Fisher, H. A. L., Nos 64, 66, 70, 72, 74; Fry, Sir Geoffrey, Nos 78-79; Grigg, Sir Edward, Governor of Kenya, Nos 7-8, 22, 29, 31, 38-39, 42-45, 47-48, 55, 61; Haldane, Professor, No. 70; Harrod, Mr, No. 66; Keith, A. Berriedale, No. 56; Kenyatta, Jomo, No. 77; Kerry, Philip, Nos 24-25, 65; Leys, Norman, Nos 1, 20-21, 33; Lindsay, Mr, No. 66; Macdonald, J. Ramsay, PM, Nos 67, 72, 74; Marett, Dr, No. 66; Morison, J. L., Newcastle, Nos 49-50; Murray, Professor Gilbert, No. 66; Oldham, J. H., Nos 9-10, 12, 27-28, 34-37, 57, 59-60, 63, 65, 68-69; Olivier, Lord, Nos 46, 62; Orde-Brown, Major, Tanganyika, No. 65; Ormsby-Gore, W. G. A., Colonial Office, No. 34; Owen, Archdeacon, Nos 32-33; Poulton, Professor, No. 66; Sadler, Sir Michael, Nos 66, 70; Schuster, George, No. 52; Smuts, General J. C., Nos 1, 65-66, 70; Tallents, Mr, Nos 65, 70; Tansley, Professor, No. 70; Troup, Professor, No. 70; Walker, Col. C. W. G., Nairobi, Nos 40-41, 53-54, 71, 77, 79-80; Watson, Professor, No. 70; Westermann, Professor, No. 66.