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The file consists of correspondence, 1955-1956, mainly letters addressed to Eirene White, concerning the early search for possible authors for a biography of Thomas Jones. The correspondents include Lord Birkenhead, 1956, Asa Briggs, 1956, Alan Bullock, 1956, Richard Crossman, 1955, D. Emrys Evans, 1956, Wyn Griffith, 1956, H. J. Habakkuk, 1956, Professor Gwyn Jones, 1955, Sir Maurice Powicke, 1955, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1955, Professor David Williams, 1956, and Gwyn A. Williams, 1956.

The file consists of miscellaneous, unrelated letters, 1908-1955, addressed to Dr Thomas Jones on a very wide range of subjects and issues. Many discuss political, public and educational life in Britain. Several discuss the world of publishing. The file includes letters from Clement Attlee, 1950, Lord (David) Davies, Llandinam, 1920, Huw T. Edwards, undated, H. J. Fleure, 1955, James Griffiths, 1955, D. Dilwyn John, 1955, Major Edgar Jones, 1951, Professor Lily Newton, 1955, Sir Thomas Parry, 1955, Lord Sankey, 1934, A. J. Sylvester, 1955, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1939, David Thomas, Bangor, 1955, Gildas Tibbott, 1955, Sir Wyn Wheldon (3), 1955, and Sir Alfred Zimmern, 1926.

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.

The file comprises correspondence and papers, 1962-1987, concerning the cataloguing and the use of the extensive Thomas Jones Papers in the custody of the National Library of Wales. Among the projects covered by the correspondence are the publication of the successive volumes of Keith Middlemas (ed.), Thomas Jones Whitehall Diary, 3 vols. (London, 1969-1971), the use of the papers concerning Gregynog, the publication of E. L. Ellis, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1872-1972 (Cardiff, 1972), the preparation of the biography of Thomas Jones by Dr Ellis, and the donation of the Jones Papers to the National Library in 1984 by Lady White and Mr Tristan Jones. The correspondents include Dr John Davies, 1972, Dr E. L. Ellis (8), 1972-1987, Michael Foot, 1971, John Grigg, 1969, Professor R. Geraint Gruffydd (2), 1983, Dr David Jenkins, 1970, and Tristan Jones (3), 1969-1970.

The file consists of correspondence and papers concerning the Thomas Jones Papers at the National Library of Wales. The correspondents include Professor R. Geraint Gruffydd and Lady White.

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