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Most of the letters were written by Miss Parry in her capacity as curator of the Lloyd George Museum at Llanystumdwy, Cricieth. They discuss the layout of the museum grounds, the management of adjacent properties and the delineation of their boundaries, the maintenance of the gardens, and the organization of exhibitions and catalogues. There are many references to attendance figures and to ways of attracting increased numbers of visitors and to meetings of the museum management committee. Some letters refer to events held to commemorate Lloyd George.

The file contains letters discussing the management of the Llanystumdwy Museum and local property, give news of various members of the family, and refer to events to commemorate Lloyd George and to members of the Lloyd George family.

The letters, written at Tŷ Newydd, Llanystumdwy, between October and December 1944, contain mainly personal, local and domestic news, including many references to Lloyd George and to the welcome which they have received in the village. There are some references to events at Llanystumdwy.

The file includes papers relating to the erection and running of the Lloyd George Museum at Llanystumdwy, and to the appointment of Miss Ann Parry as its curator. There is also a typescript list of the sympathy letters received on 30 and 31 March 1945 following Lloyd George's death.

The file consists of letters and papers, 1957-1971, relating mainly to the care of Lloyd George's grave at Llanystumdwy on the banks of the river Dwyfor, but some concern local celebrations of the centenary of Lloyd George's birth in January 1963, a visit to the grave by the Queen and Prince Philip in the following August, and the protest made by the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales in 1969 against the proposed 'desecration' of the River Dwyfor, a protest with which Frances associated herself. The file includes letters from James Morris (Jan Morris), 1968, and Harold Wilson, 1968.

The series comprises files of correspondence and papers relating to various activities in which Frances participated, mainly to commemorate Lloyd George's name, including the Lloyd George Museum at Llanystumdwy, the statue at the House of Commons, and the upkeep of his grave. Other files concern her broadcasts for the BBC, and the work of historians and biographers of Lloyd George.