Correspondence and papers, 1905-51, relating to many aspects of Welsh life and Welsh institutions with which Lord Davies was actively involved. These include the Presbyterian Church in Wales, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (especially the Wilson chair of International Politics at the college), the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, the National Library of Wales, the Welsh National Memorial Association and the Temple of Peace at Cathays Park, Cardiff.
Correspondence and papers, November 1917-June 1920, relating to the establishment and administration of the Welsh National Fund for the Welfare of Sailors and Soldiers of Wales and their Dependants. They include the agenda and minutes of meetings, the published Report of the Executive Committee for 1914-18, and various circulars.
The memoranda include a list of recruits for the period January-July 1916; memoranda on the stokes gun, co-operation between GHQ and the Ministry of Munitions, Lloyd George's proposed visit to France; H. W. V. Temperley, 'Political Influences in connection with Strategy and Diplomacy'; memoranda on fuses, bombs, red flares etc.; the Army Pay Department; details of committees set up to advise the War Office Contracts Advisory Committee; memoranda on canteens and refreshment houses, trench mortars and ammunition, and the Debenham recommendations.
The memoranda, 1916-17, relate to the work of the War Office, the Ministry of Munitions and the Ministry of Pensions and Food. They include 'Notes on Possible Terms of Peace' by L. S. Amery, 11 April 1917; letters, 1916-17, addressed to Major David Davies from officials in the Ministry of Pensions and the Ministry of Munitions and Food; draft letters, September 1916, addressed to Sir Douglas Haig on the possible withdrawal of university men from the Expeditionary Force; memoranda on munitions; Army Council instructions, 1916; a copy of the Report of the Departmental Committee on Land Settlement for Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, 1916; and memoranda on tanks.
Folder containing Reports and Discussion on 'Problems of War and Peace in the Atomic Age', the Proceedings of a Joint Conference, January 1946, arranged by the Committee on Atomic Energy of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Federation of Atomic Scientists, and the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace. Divided into two parts: 'The Technical Problems of Inspection and Control' and 'The Political Problem'.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Committee on Atomic Energy.
Correspondence to, from and about Vyrnwy J. Lewis of Caradog Road, Aberystwyth, whom David Davies employed as a research assistant and aide, especially in connection with his own researches and publications and preparations of issues of The New Commonwealth and other journal publications. Some concern articles written by Vyrnwy Lewis himself. The letters refer mainly to international politics and international relations.
Memoranda and notes of meetings, July 1938, relating to the establishment of an international committee to organize a voluntary international corps of aviators for repressing the aerial bombardment of civil populations in vilation of international law. The corps was to be employed for the protection of open towns in China. The memoranda cover the election of officers, the constitution of committees, minutes of meetings convened at London and Paris, the draft of a manifesto prepared for the purpose of public appeal,and the report of a visit to the USA in July and August 1938.
File contains copies of various publications relating to the work of the King Edward vii Welsh National Memorial Institute including a copy of the Sully Hospital Magazine, copies of Parliamentary debates, and publications from the David Davies Chair of Tuberculosis.
Correspondence and papers relating to the administration of the University College of Wales. A few items concern the affairs of the federal University of Wales.
