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Lord Davies of Llandinam Papers, Series
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Political and Montgomeryshire Constituency Papers,

Files A13/1-A13/5 and A13/11-A13/16 comprise correspondence and papers, 1916-43, relating mainly to the affairs of the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association, interspersed with material concerning national political life, mainly the Liberal Party. Files A13/6-A13/10 consist of correspondence and printed material, 1920-25, relating to the work of the Temperance League and similar organisations; correspondence, 1939-43, concerning the Inter Parliamentary Union; various political memoranda, 1918-44, mainly relating to the Liberal Party; correspondence and papers, 1917-27, concerning David Davies's local work as the constituency MP for Montgomeryshire; and a notebook, 1930s, containing drafts of speeches and letters prepared by one of Lord Davies's secretaries. Files A13/16-19 related to the Liberal Party more widely, including the North Wales Liberal Federation and the merger with the South Wales Liberal Federation.

Peace Movements,

Various papers, 1937-54, relating to the League of Nations Union and similar bodies and organisations. They include the agenda and minutes of the Welsh National Council, and various committees and sub-committees, memoranda and reports, circulars and circular correspondence, and newsletters. Some of the documents concern the role and work of the League of Nations and other bodies like the National Peace Council, and the International Peace Campaign. Many of the documents from the period following the Second World War derive from the work of the United Nations Association, the United States Information Service and the Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations.

League of Nations Union

Papers related to World War 1

Series contains 1 album and 5 notebooks relating to the Red Cross canteen at Troyes, France during the First World War. Gwendoline and Margaret Davies spend some time working at the canteen.

Davies, Gwendoline Elizabeth, ca. 1882-1951

Other papers

Series is divided into 14 files: Postcards and cards; Sermon and lecture notes; Letters to the Revd. Gwilym Davies; League of Nations Union; Welsh School of Social Service; League of Nations and Peace Initiatives; Peace initiatives; League of Nations Union; Welsh book festival; Welsh book festival; Radio broadcasting in Wales; Welsh national life; Pocket diary; and Printed material and press cuttings.

New Commonwealth Society: Records,

Includes various records, 1932-50, of the New Commonwealth Society. They include the agenda and minutes of its committees and sub-committees, financial records, its publications and journals, memoranda and reports, records relating to its establishment and activities in various European countries, mailing lists, details of its members and supporters, and records concerning various groups associated with the Atomic Bomb.

New Commonwealth Society: Papers and Memoranda,

The records of the New Commonwealth Society established by Lord Davies in 1932. These include a large corpus of minutes of meetings of its many committees and sub-committees, reports and memoranda, correspondence files, accounts and financial documentation, material on the World Shilling Fund, conference and meeting documentation, material on various study schools, papers concerning the Military Round Table organised after World War Two and the David Davies Memorial Institute in the 1950's.

New Commonwealth Society: foundations,

Documents, 1922-39, mainly typescript memoranda relating to the background to the establishment of, and the development of the New Commonwealth Society; together with documents, 1929-32, relating to the process and philosophy of establishing the New Commonwealth Society.

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