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Press cutting from the News Chronicle, 24 October 1936, describing Lloyd George addressing a public meeting at Manchester under the auspices of the Council of Action for Peace and Reconstruction in which he outlined his reasons for opposing the concept of dictatorship.

A note, 1 November 1938, in the hand of David Lloyd George at Bron-y-de, Churt concerning the ownership of one of the dogs on the estate.

A journal article, c. 1940, by Frances Stevenson entitled, 'I Build a Cottage', namely Avalon, Churt, containing numerous photographs of the interior and the outside of the property.

School report for Frances Stevenson, summer term 1907, issued by the Clapham High School for Girls.

Issue of Picture Post, 20 April 1940, containing an article 'At home with Lloyd George' by Robert Boothby MP, and containg many family photographs and some of Bron-y-de, Churt. The piece was written to mark Lloyd George's fifty years' service as a MP for the Carnarvon Boroughs.

Contains the signaturesof numerous prominent politicians and some members of the Lloyd George family. There is also a postcard, 10 November 1937, from H. V. Morton at Egypt to Lloyd George. The poscrad beras a portrait of Lloyd George as Chancellor of the Exchequer. There is also a letter, 20 June 1944, from A. J. Sylvester to Jennifer Stevenson informing her that he hopes to secure Winston Churchill's autograph for her.

Wedding Certificate of Lloyd George and Frances Stevenson at Guildford, Surrey, 23 October 1943.

Diary entries in the hand of Frances Stevenson for 23-27 May 1944 referring mainly to Lloyd George's rapidly declining health, his visit to the House of Commons to hear a speech by Winston Churchill.

Press cutting from the Evening Standard, 1944, of an article by Michael Foot, 'Lloyd George is 81', reflecting on Lloyd George's political career.

The Order of Service for the Memorial service to Lloyd George held at Westminster Abbey on 10 April 1945.

Press cutting from the Sunday Dispatch, 16 February 1947, containing an article 'Lloyd George and Hitler' by A. J. Sylvester taken from his recent book The Real Lloyd George (1947).

Case to Counsel to Advise, 31 March 1950, on the literary and financial rights of Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor in relation to the Lloyd George Papers bequeathed to her in 1945.

Opinion of Counsel, 16 June 1950, on the literary and financial rights of Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor in relation to the Lloyd George Papers bequeathed to her in 1945.

Typescript reminiscences, c. 1965, drafted by Frances Stevenson mainly about her daughter Jennifer Longford. The notes may have been drafted for possible inclusion in her autobiography The Years that are Past (1967).

An invitation in French, c. 1910, possibly in the hand of David Lloyd George, to attend at 11 Downing Street.

Press cutting from the Liverpool Daily Post, 11 February 1968, concerning the intention of the Lloyd George family to sell Brynawelon, Criccieth, following the death of Lady Megan Lloyd George in 1966.

Letter, 27 February 1986, from Ruth Nixon to A. J. Sylvester arranging to meet him the following Saturday in order to interview him and presenting a list of questions about Frances, Countess Lloyd-George, to be asked at the interview. Attached is a press cutting, dated October or November 1989, recording Sylvester's death within weeks of his hundredth birthday.

Text of a talk 'Memories of David Lloyd George' given by Jennifer Longford to the Lloyd George Society at Llanwrtyd Wells on 8 February 2001. Attached is a press cutting containing Jennifer Longford's obituary published in The Times, 24 March 2012.

Typescript reminiscences, c. 2008, prepared by Jennifer Longford and entitled 'Out of Surrey'.