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When Thomas Jones was appointed to the Cabinet Secretariat in 1916, his friend Professor Maurice Powicke urged him to keep a diary, and throughout the years Thomas Jones made a careful record of the events and activities in which he was involved, preserving letters, notes of conversations, descriptions of ministerial conferences and similar material. A selection of such material, from the years after his resignation from the Secretariat, was published in his Diary with Letters. Thomas Jones had grouped the earlier and more secret material into similar form. When he heard that T. E. Lawrence had lost the first draft of the Seven Pillars, Thomas Jones became alarmed for the security of his own papers, and resolved to have them printed. The printer he chose was an old friend, Dr Ernst H. Zellweger, a Swiss whom he had first met at the Berlitz School of Languages in Glasgow when Thomas Jones was at the University. Zellweger, who was the Headmaster of Talhof School, St Gallen, Switzerland, directed a printing establishment at Flawil, and in 1937, several copies of the Diary were printed there. During the War, a copy of the Diary was stored in Switzerland for security. The Diaries, printed in 22 small volumes, cover the period 1899-1937, and form class Z of the collection.

This class consists of what material there is among the papers on Thomas Jones's publications in the broad sense. There is a little interesting early material on his Everyman edition of Mazzini, the typescript of an apparently unfinished work on government, and some correspondence with Hankey on the publication of secret documents and other material relating to A Diary with Letters. In addition, a mass of cuttings, drafts, etc., of ephemeral material has been classified under articles (considered broadly), reviews, broadcasts and talks. Material relating to his book on Lloyd George may be found under Lloyd George in class A. The material in this class in no way represents a complete collection of Thomas Jones's work. Arranged into: Mazzini, 1896-1955 (Y 1); Prime Ministers (draft), Diary with Letters (Y 2); Articles, 1899-1955 (Y 3); Reviews, 1924-1952 (Y 4); Broadcasts, 1934-1955, talks, 1910-1955 (Y 5).

Family settlements, 1499-1859, probate records, 1584-1906, and documents deriving from the administration of trusts, 1596-1786, involving the families of Wynn of Gwydir (incorporating Eyton of Watstay) and Williams Wynn of Wynnstay, and the families to whom they were related by marriage, mainly Vaughan of Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn, Kyffin of Glascoed and Thelwall of Plas y Ward.

The section consists of correspondence with the Welsh Arts Council relating to various topics, reports on the Association, and the Association's responses to the reports, together with a number of guidelines, and leaflets, 1975-1994.

The section comprises records relating to art in the community, 1978-1991.

The section consists of papers relating to the Royal National Eisteddfod, 1978-1993.

The section consists of records relating to the provision of opportunities for disabled persons' participation in artistic activities, 1982-1992.

The section consists of records relating various other artists' associations in Britain and abroad, 1975-1993.

Copies of the journal Savings, Weekly Campaign Circular and News Letter published by the National Savings Movement. Their purpose was to provide a link between the National Savings Committee and the voluntary workers throughout England and Wales, and a means of passing on ideas, suggestions and information.

Papers relating to roads and railways in North Wales and Shropshire, in which Sir Watkin Williams Wynn had an interest. The first of the two series concerns roads, mainly the legal and financial aspects, 1770-1910; and the second series deals with the construction and funding of various named railways, 1845-1865.

This class consists of material directly related to Thomas Jones's personal and family life. The largest single item consists of correspondence between Thomas Jones and his wife, some of which is of political interest. There are also letters from his daughter and a little material on his son Elphin. There is, in addition, a mass of miscellaneous material relating to his career, to some turning-points in his life, to his family background and to movements with which he was associated in his early days. This material has been broadly classified in terms of his career up to 1919, when it loses coherence. Family correspondence follows, and the class is completed by a volume of miscellanea, relating to his honours, to newspaper comments upon him, to mementoes which he preserved, and to his death. The early material, which stretches back sometimes a couple of generations and includes family trees, etc., is of historical value and may be usefully collated with class U (Sir Henry Jones collection). Arranged into: Background and Career, 1866-1903 (X 1); Socialism and Suffragettes, 1895-1914 (X 2); Career, 1904-1919 (X 3); Cardiff Principalship, 1917-1919 (X 4); Aberystwyth Principalship, 1919 (X 5); Wife: Eirene T. Jones, 1896-1903 (X 6); Wife: Eirene T. Jones, 1903-1935 (X 7); Wife: Letters of condolence, 1935 (X 8); Daughter: Eirene Lloyd Jones, 1921-1932 (X 9); Daughter: Eirene Lloyd Jones, 1933-1955 (X 10); Son, Elphin Lloyd Jones, 1928-1939 (X 11); Honours, 1901-1955; mementoes, 1928-1950, comments on Thomas Jones, 1920-1952, death of Thomas Jones and Memorial Fund, 1955-1956 (X 12).

Many of the files in this series were used for Party education purposes, and many relate to a summer course or weekend school held by the Communist Party. They may include Communist Party education department material, central propaganda department material, arrangements for schools, lists of attendees, speakers' papers, pamphlets, education packs, books, newspaper cuttings, leaflets, and notes by Bert Pearce or his pupils.

The group comprises papers relating to trade unions, 1892-1998, unemployment and economic policy, 1916-1987, the mining industry and miners' strikes, 1924-1993, and the steel and tinplate industry, 1943-1983.

The group consists of newspaper cuttings, 1921-1998, copies of 'Party News' and other newsletters, 1943-1987, papers relating to the South Wales Bookshop, 1884-1991, and drafts and copies of Cyffro and Moving Left in Wales, 1964-1983.

The group comprises Communist policy documents on devolution, 1936-1994, papers relating to the Welsh language and culture, 1949-1968, Scotland, 1967-1992, devolution referenda, 1979 and 1997, Campaign for a Welsh Assembly papers, 1987-1993, and Parliament for Wales campaign papers, 1992-1998.

The group contains Communist Party of Great Britain Welsh Executive Committee agendas, minutes, and related papers [1958]-1991; with papers relating to the Welsh Committee, to branches in South Wales, to the Wales District and to the Wales Secretariat. Some files include correspondence, press releases, leaflets, material relating to elections, and party education; and occasionally material relating to membership, officers and finance.

The group includes files of miscellaneous accumulated material relating to the Communist Party, Welsh affairs, devolution, the labour movement, social issues and miscellaneous subjects. They include material produced by the Communist Party Great Britain or Communist Party Wales District, and also documents relating to particular subjects of interest. Some may be research files created by Bert Pearce while preparing an article or leaflet. Most of the files contain information relating to a variety of subjects and only the most significant subjects are noted in the description. They may also occasionally contain minutes of committee meetings, election leaflets, information leaflets, publications, magazines, reports, correspondence, or notes. The dates are often wide ranging since they contain accumulated documents and publications relating to a subject.