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Letter from J. R. Macdonald, Haymarket, London, to the Marquess of Cholmondeloy, 5 June 1920. Heard Lloyd George state in the House of Commons the previous day that the Supreme Economic Council intended despatching a mission to Russia to ascertain the economic condition of the country. As the writer is anxious to solve the current economic problem, would like to go on the mission. Would like the recipient to assist him in this aspiration if possible, although he does not seek any official position, simply to gather information and render assistance.

Press cutting from the Manchester Evening News, 10 July 1971, noting the recent failure to sell at auction fishing rights on a stretch of the River Dwyfor once used by David Lloyd George.

File of photocopies of reviews published in American newspapers and journals of Lloyd George: a Diary by Frances Stevenson, edited by A. J. P. Taylor (London, 1972), together with a covering letter, May 1972, from A. J. P. Taylor to Frances.

Press cutting from the Liverpool Daily Post, 25 April 1968, recording the grant by local magistrates of a licence to open a restaurant at Llanystumdwy. An objection was lodged by local author James Morris.

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).

The file comprises ad hoc, often fragmentary, notes made by Frances Stevenson as a record of events and experiences.

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

The notebooks contain reminiscences and recollections recorded by Frances. Some of the notes were used as the basis of the chapters of The Years that are Past (1967).

The unit comprises Frances's reminiscences, drafted while preparing her autobiography.

File contains a typescript article, c. 1920, entitled, 'Our Lady of Downing Street - a Study for Secretaries', by Helen Ormsbee of Brooklyn, New York, an article on the role of Frances Stevenson as a private secretary to Lloyd George and based at 10 Downing Street (ff. 1-7); and a booklet containing the published text of lecture, published by the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries, by Frances Stevenson entitled 'The Private Secretary' (ff. 8-13).

File comprises a booklet entitled 'How to tackle unemployment' by David Lloyd George, published in 1930; a booklet entitled 'Can Lloyd George do it? by J. M. Keynes and H. D. Henderson, published in 1929; a copy of the House of Commons Official Report for April 5th and 6th 1939; and a programme book for the Glyndebourne Festival in 1953.

Carbon copies of letters sent to Frances in response to the proposal that a Lloyd George Memorial College might be established in North Wales. The file includes letters from Lord Beaverbrook, Aneurin Bevan, Robert Boothby, Sybil Thorndike Casson, Richard Crossman, Anthony Eden, James Griffiths, P. J. Grigg, Maurice Hankey, Augustus John, Harold J. Laski, Gilbert Murray, B. Seebohm Rowntree, Sir Archibald Sinclair (Lord Thurso), and Jan Smuts. All the writers agree to support the proposal. Some of the letter writers expand on their reasons for supporting the proposal and reflect on Lloyd George's life, career and contribution.

Carbon copies of letters sent to Frances in response to the proposal that a Lloyd George Memorial College might be established in North Wales, together with an original letter from Violet Carruthers (Markham). The file includes letters from Lord Altrincham, Clement Attlee, Lady Astor, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Stafford Cripps, E. Clement Davies, Margaret Greenwood, Professor W. J. Gruffydd, Herbert Morrison, Harold Nicholson, Sir Herbert Samuel and George Tomlinson. All the writers express their reluctance and hesitation to associate themselves with the proposal. Some of the letter writers expand on their reasons for declining to support the suggestion and reflect on Lloyd George's life, career and contribution.

The file comprises the will of Dame Margaret Lloyd George, 1936; extracts from the will of Colonel T. F. Tweed, 1940; the will of David Lloyd George, 1943; accounts, 1947, relating to the estate of Captain Harry Davey; and the will of Frances, Dowager Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, 1972. In some cases letters relating to the administration of the estates are attached to the probate documents.

The unit comprises probate documents, 1940-1972, and business letters, 1950-1972.

The letters relate to the preparation of Frances's various wills, the sale of the Lloyd George Papers to Lord Beaverbrook in 1949-1950, the management of Frances's properties at Churt and at Llanystumdwy, the letters patent of the peerage awarded to Lloyd George in 1945, and the execution of a deed of gift to Frances's sister Muriel.

The series comprises miscellaneous printed items and ephemera, 1919-1982, and press cuttings, 1911-1985, mainly relating to political life, many concerning Lloyd George's life and career.

Miscellaneous printed items, mainly acquired by Frances, the most significant being a pass to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919; a ticket to admit Frances to the members' gallery of the House of Commons, 9 July 1935; Frances's National Registration Identity Card, 1943-1947; and a pass to admit Frances to the Palace of Westminster, 1944. Other items of some interest include the Order of Service at Ramsay MacDonald's funeral service at Westminster Abbey, 26 November 1937; and a copy of Frances Stevenson, The Private Secretary.

Miscellaneous postcards, tickets, momentos etc.

Miscellaneous press cuttings, mainly of political interest, most relating to Lloyd George or to members of the Lloyd George family. The file includes a scrapbook of press cuttings dating from 1940 relating to the death of Colonel T. F. Tweed. Many of the cuttings concern Frances's life and activities after Lloyd George's death in 1945.