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Gus Jones Papers

  • GB 0210 GUSJON
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1982 (accumulated [c.1939]-1982)

The fonds comprises papers of Gus Jones mostly relating to his public career; there are few personal or family papers.

Jones, Gus 1912-1988

Public life and offices

The group comprises papers relating to the local government authorities and other bodies on which Gus Jones served, together with other administrative and political papers, 1929-1982.

Welshpool Borough Council

The series comprises papers relating to Welshpool Borough Council, namely collecting books, agendas and minutes, and letters and papers.

Welshpool (Wales). Borough Council.

Collecting books

The file contains collecting books for the local fund of the Lord Mayor of London's Fund for the Relief of Distress in Mining Areas, opened by Sarah Evans Davies, mayor of Welshpool. The notebooks give the names and addresses of donors, including the employees of local companies, and the sums donated.

Davies, Sarah Evans, d. 1944

Agendas and minutes

The file contains agendas and minutes of the Welshpool Borough Council, mainly relating to the business of the Housing Committee, including slum clearance.

Welshpool (Wales). Borough Council. Housing Committee

Working papers

The file contains working papers of Gus Jones as a member of the Welshpool Borough Council, including his period as mayor, 1965-1967. Included are papers, 1962-1966, concerning the failure of the then town clerk to return housing revenue accounts to the Welsh Office.

Welshpool Town Council

The series contains working papers of Gus Jones as a Welshpool town councillor, comprising agendas and minutes, letters, and invitations and tickets.

Agendas and minutes

The file contains council and committee papers, including some relating to the town hall, and the Armory recreation centre; together with a review of community boundaries.

Letters

The file contains letters, including some relating to the old cockpit at Welshpool, the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and a gypsy site at the Withy Beds.

Invitations and tickets

The file contains invitations to civic receptions and local events, and tickets for the Welshpool Town Council lottery.

Montgomeryshire County Council

The series contains papers relating to staffing and establishment matters, comprising annual reports of staff salaries and consultants' reviews of the council's departments.

Powys County Council

The series contains working papers of Gus Jones as a county councillor, comprising standing orders, agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, invitations and speeches.

Powys (Wales). County Council

Letters and papers

The file contains letters of Gus Jones as county councillor. Correspondents include Alex Carlile, parliamentary candidate for Montgomery, and Delwyn Williams, MP. Subjects include roads, schools and homes for the aged in Powys, 'Nuclear Free Powys', the Montgomery Canal, and the sale of furniture (inventory included) at Clive House, Welshpool.

Agendas and minutes

The file contains agendas, minutes and supporting papers of the council and committees, including papers, 1973, of the shadow authority.

Standing orders

The file contains general standing orders, and standing orders relating to contracts.

Reports

The file contains reports of the Assistant Director of Social Services relating to the Welshpool sub-office, 1975; and the Curator of the Powysland Museum relating to the staircase from Park, Caersws; the HM Inspector of Schools relating to humanities courses in Powys; and the Welsh Office relating to a planning application in Welshpool, all 1979.

Invitations and programmes

The file contains invitation cards and programmes relating to local events to which Gus Jones was invited, including the official opening of schools, libraries and homes for the aged.

Speeches

The file contains notes for two speeches made by Gus Jones, one in opposition to the establishment of a gypsy site at Welshpool, and the other a vote of thanks to Harry Jones, a planning officer.

Ysgol Maesydre papers

The file contains papers relating to the school, including a survey of the school by the Powys LEA advisory staff, 1979.

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