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This is an artificial class of material created by Thomas Jones himself. There are two elements: (i) Notes and drafts of, and some correspondence on, speeches prepared by Thomas Jones for others. These papers are merely a residue. Similar material may be found throughout the collection. See, in particular, class A (Prime Ministers) and some individuals in class W (General Correspondence). And (ii) Press-cuttings on the general elections of 1922 and 1923, classified by Thomas Jones under individuals and, occasionally, under topics. Arranged into: General Election 1922, speeches and statements (O 1); General Election 1923, speeches and statements classified under individuals and under subjects (O 2); Drafts of speeches 1927-1944 (O 3).

Nos 1-170. Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to the relief of distress and the management of educational settlements in South Wales. Arranged as: General, 28 May 1930-May 1940 (1-19); Rhymney, 18 Feb. 1929-11 July 1951 (20-71); Bargoed, 5 March 1933-July 1952 (72-88); Maes-yr-Haf, Rhondda, 18 Jan. 1927-21 April 1952 (89-117); Rhondda U.D.C., 2 June 1928-16 July 1938 (118-142); Brynmawr, July 1929-7 May 1931 (143-154); Pontypool, June 1939 (155-164); Pontypridd, 26 Feb. 1946-16 April 1947 (165-169); St Athans Camp, 1949 (170). Index: Arnold, W., Bargoed, Nos 49-51, 59-60, 82-85; Astor, J. J., Nos 16-17; Astor, Lady Nancy, No. 154; Berry, Mrs M. D., Rhymney No. 68; Betterton, Sir Henry, MP, U.A.B., Nos 3-4; Bevan, Mrs. E. M., Crumlin, No. 64; 'Billo', Rhymney, No. 27; Brand, Mrs R. H., Nos 144-145; Cleverly, O. S., No. 52; Davies, Miss Gwendoline E., Gregynog, Nos 96-97, 110, 113, 151; Davies, Miss Margaret, Gregynog, No. 130; Davies, Miles, No. 79; Davies, Selwyn, Nos 24-25; Ellis, Harold, Cardiff, Relief Fund, Nos 120, 122-123; Green, W. J., Rhynmey, No. 65; Hopkins, J., Rhondda U.D.C., Nos 118, 121; Howell, A.J., Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Nos 130-132, 135, 137-138; Howells, Iorwerth, Pontypridd, Nos 165-166; James, Howell E., Min. of Health, Cardiff, Nos 28-29; Jenkins, J. D., M.O.H., Rhondda, Nos 120, 122-123, 133-134, 136, 138; Jones, D. Rocyn, M.O.H, Monmouthshire, Nos 62-63; Jones, Gomer, Rhymney, Nos 37-48, 69-71; Jones, G. H., Risca, No. 9; Jones, J. B., Bargoed, Nos 86-87; Jones, W. Morris, Director of Educ., Rhondda, No. 142; Lindsay, A. D., Master of Balliol, Nos 89-95, 97-99, 101-102; Llewellyn, Sir David R., Nos 110-112, 114; Mathews, J. Achille, Rhymney, Nos 30-34; Mitchell, J. M., Carnegie Trust, Nos 127-129; Naylor, Barrie, Maes-yr-Haf, Nos 116-117; Newman, Sir George, Nos 124-126; Noble, William, Maes-yr-Haf, Nos 7, 103-109; Price, T. Glyn, Rhymney, No. 35; Rhee, H. A., Dowlais, No. 15; Richards, Gertrude M., Hengoed, Nos 77-78; Roberts, D. J., Board of Health, Nos 56; Roberts, Rev. G. John, Ystrad Rhondda, No. 141; Roney, J. A., Nuffield Trust, Nos 45, 47; Rowntree, B. Seebohm, Nos 42-44; Scott, Peter Nos 143-146, 148, 151-152; Soulsby, Sir William, Nos 124-125; Thomas, B. B., No. 167; Thomas, Ivor, Pontypool, Nos 11-12; Thomas, J. H., Bargoed, Nos 6, 10, 72-76, 80; Thomas, J. T., Hengoed, No. 14; Trent, Lord, Nos 2-5, 13; Trump, W. H., Town Clerk, Rhymney, Nos 21-23, 26, 52-55, 57-58; Watkins, Percy, Nos 19, 127-129; Williams, J. L. Cecil, Nos 153-154; Williams, R. R., Director of Educ., Rhondda, Nos 139-140; Wills, David, Risca, Nos 8-9; Wright, Harold, No. 1.

Nos 1-31. Some correspondence and papers relating to Thomas Jones's son Elphin Lloyd Jones, Dec. 1928-Jan. 1939. Elphin Jones was killed in a road accident in Dec. 1928. This collection consists of some letters of condolence and a little material on the Elphin Lloyd Jones Memorial Fund. Index: Aston Waldorf, Lord Astor, No. 26; Baldwin, Stanley, Nos 10, 14, 19; Duff, Patrick, No. 13; Grenfell, Joyce, No. 30; Hanson, N. M., No. 17; Jones, Mrs Eirene T. (wife), No. 8; Lindbergh, Anne, No. 31; Mackenzie King, W., No. 15; Mare, Walter de la, No. 29; Maynard, R. A., No. 28; Stamfordham, Lord, Nos 11-12; Wathen, G. A., No. 16; Watson, E. M., Downing St, No. 18.

Arranged into: (i) Correspondence and papers relating to Socialist movements, 13 Dec. 1895-8 March 1914 (Nos 1-81), comprising a little material on the I.L.P. and Fabian Society; some records of a university settlement group at Aberystwyth with designs on Cardiff; a good deal of material on the settlement movement, including scrappy cuttings from the Mansfield House Magazine, some material on the Clarion Scouts, and a little on the Barry Brotherhood, 1913-1914. The collection, which dates in the main from Thomas Jones's Glasgow period, is interesting, but without coherence. (ii) Papers, notes, and a little correspondence on the Women's Suffrage movement, 1906-1908 (Nos 82-105), most of the papers consisting of political literature issued by the Women's Social & Political Union. There are also notes prepared by Thomas Jones and his wife for speeches at the East Kilbride Liberal Associations, Oct. 1908, and elsewhere. Index: Chapman, Donald, Fabian Society, No. 2; Davies, David, Llandinam, No. 74; Duff, N. G., Poor Law Commission, Nos 69, 72; Evans, Benjamin, Cardiff I.L.P., Nos 8, 12; Evans, W. J. Burdon, No. 75; Foslet (?), Mary A., Leeds, No. 16; Hobson, S. G., No. 10; Jones, Mrs Eirene T. (wife of Thomas Jones), Nos 89, 98; Jones, O. Tudor, No. 80; Jones, T. Mardy, No. 71; Mackenzie, Prof. J. S., Cardiff, Nos 8-9, 11; Marles-Thomas, Muriel, No. 13; Martyn, Edith How, Women's Social & Political Union, No. 89; Morgan, Charles, Pontypridd, Nos 25-26; Morgan, John, Porth, Rhondda, No. 24; Murrell, Frank, Barry, Nos 77-78, 80-81; Russell, Alfred, Glasgow, No. 62; Saville, Eve, Fabian Society, Nos 3-4; Thomas, Mary (née Jackson?), No. 6; Wright, John, Clarion Scouts, No. 66.

Nos 1-102. Correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to social service in Wales, particularly south Wales. The core of the collection consists of papers, etc., relating to the United School of Social Service for Wales, the Quaker Coalfields Committee and the Gregynog Conferences of Social Workers. Index: Astor, Lady Nancy, No. 41; Baldwin, Mrs S., No. 32; Cameron, Alice, No. 88; Cardiff, Lord Mayor of, Nos 21-23; Cook, A. J., No. 30; Davies, Rev. Gwilym, W.S.S.S., Nos 2-5, 11-14, 16, 63-66; Davies, John, W.E.A., South Wales, Nos 68-71, 79-81, 83; Evans, J. Owain, Min. of Health, Cardiff, Nos 51-52; Evans, W. J. Burdon, Llandinam, Nos 42, 45-46, 75-76, 78, 97; Ffoulkes, Annie, U.W., Nos 19, 24-25, Fleming, Horace, Educ. Settlements Assoc., Nos 26-30, 36; Fry, Isabel, Nos 54-55, 57; Fry, Margery, No. 53; Gardner, Margaret, Merthyr Tydfil, No. 43; Glynn-Jones, J., Nos 89-90; Hazelton, William, No. 47; James, Jenkin, No. 83; Jones, Mrs Dora Herbert, No. 95; Jones, R. Pierce, No. 86; Lewis, T. Arnold, Alliance Assurance, Nos 31-35, 39; Lindsay, A. D., Master of Balliol, No. 16; McConnell, Jeannie, Dowlais, No. 94; Morris, Sir William, Nos 74, 77; Noble, William, No. 96; Owen, Evan T., No. 15; Pate, W. J., Y.M.C.A., Wales, No. 84; Price, Joseph, Rhymney, Nos 40-41, 44; Robson, J. H., Nos 37-38; Watkins, Percy, Nos 82, 96.

Nos 1-72. Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to social services in Wales, particularly south Wales. The papers, which are somewhat diffuse, refer mainly to the South Wales & Monmouthshire Council of Social Service. Index: Cecil-Williams, J. L. C., No. 29; Davies, John, W.E.A., South Wales, Nos 2, 12; Davies, Miles, Nos 47, 59; Evans, J. B., Nos 62, 65; Evans, T. D., Rhymney, No. 15; Evans, W. J. Burdon, Llandinam, No. 18; Grenfell, Lt.-Col. A. M., Nos 49-58; James, Jenkin, No. 2; Jennings, Hilda, No. 20; Lewis, L. D., Barclays Bank, Nos 13, 21; Lush, Archie J., No. 37; McConnell, Jeannie, No. 19; Pate, Vincent S., No. 71; Plymouth, Irene, Countess of, Nos 28, 32, 34-35, 39-42; Pride, Emrys, No. 69; Reading, Dowager Marchioness of, No. 38; Rees, Elfan, No. 43, Rees, T. J., Swansea, No. 36; Roberts, David E., engineer, No. 13; Robinson, Sir Arthur, Defence Commissioner, Nos 50-53, 55-57; Spaull, Rev. B. R. H., Hornsey, Nos 23-24; Watkins, Percy, Nos 14, 25-27, 30-31, 33, 48, 60; Williams, W. J., Nos 66-68.

This class consists of material relating to social service and to cultural organisations which Thomas Jones kept separately filed from the collections which have gone to form class C (Government and Society) and D (Education). The social service material consists, in the main, of correspondence etc. relating to refugees from Nazi oppression which is bound under individuals in alphabetical order. There is also a little material on the advisory committee established to co-ordinate the work of voluntary services in wartime (1933-1941). The cultural section consists of some scattered material relating to the chief organisations with which Thomas Jones was concerned and which, in some cases, were partly his own creation, such as C.E.M.A. - Arts Council. Much similar material is found scattered throughout the collection, in the personal classes, such as classes Q, R, V and W, and in the institutional, such as classes C, D, H, J, K and L. Arranged into: Refugees, Braun - Lazarus, 1937-1945 (M 1); Refugees, von Metzradt - Sonnenfeld, 1933-1954 (M 2); Voluntary Service Advisory Committee, 1939-1941 (M 3); and Pilgrim Trust, 1937-1955; Athenaeum, 1938-1945; British Council, 1939-1947; Arts Council, 1945-1953 (M 4).

Nos 1-148. Correspondence and papers relating to the York Trust and York Clinic. Index: Astor, David, passim; Atkinson, Dr C. Hewitt, Nos 29-30, 32, 40, 42-43, 58, 66, 78, 82-84, 117, 122-123; Barker, Dame Lilian, Nos 34, 65, 73, 91, 111, 119, 129, 132-135, 139; Barlow, Sir Alan, Nos 48-49; Butterworth, R. J., Nos 46, 12-13; Cunliffe, Lord, Nos 38, 74, 79-80, 85, 89-90, 94-95, 97, 99-100, 105-106, 115-116, 135, 140, 145-146; Eady, Sir Wilfrid, No. 71; Eady, Lady Margaret, Nos 50-51, 137-138; Edwards, John, No. 7; Ellis, Mary, No. 17; Evans, Dr E., Nos 61, 70; Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Hermione, Nos 31, 52, 55, 62, 87-88, 92, 101, 108, 111, 117-119, 130, 132, 136, 141, 144-145; Jerome, Sybil, Nos 3, 9-10, 12, 15-16, 18-21, 35-36, 41, 46, 113, 120, 126, 142-143, 147-148; McClellan, D., No. 103; Macleod, Alastair, No. 128; Miller, M. R., No. 11; Munro, Thomas A., Nos 23, 34; Napier, J. M., Nos 125, 146; Read, B. Lees, Nos 28, 134; Saunders, A. M. Carr, No. 68; Williams, W. E., Nos 56-57; Wooding, R. A., Nos 33, 126.

Nos 1-147. Correspondence and papers relating to the York Trust and York Clinic. The York Trust was founded in 1934 to improve the condition of the wage-earning class, to lessen fear and hostility among nations and to encourage the arts. The York Clinic for Psychological Medicine was set up at Guy's Hospital in 1944. Thomas Jones was Chairman of the York Clinic Council until 1947. Index: Astor, David, Nos 34-35, 141; Baldwin, Stanley, No. 20; Boland, E. R., Nos 14-15, 18, 82, 84; Brand, Lord, No. 138; Butterworth, R. J., Nos 8, 12, 17, 22, 25-26, 34, 37, 43-44, 83, 93, 98, 126-127, 129, 134, 142; Eady, Sir Wilfrid, Nos 45, 48; Ellis, Lionel, No. 145; Hamilton, Sir Horace, Nos 115, 117, 125, 137; Holmes, Maurice, No. 139; James, Tom, Nos 73, 76, 81, 114; Jerome, Sybil, Nos 19, 32, 46-47, 49, 75, 91, 106, 108, 116, 130, 132-133, 135, 140, 147; Lambert, Dr C. E. W., Nos 21, 107; Lester, Doris, No. 20; Macleod, Dr [--], No. 89; Morley, [--], No. 33; Read, B. Lees, Nos 13, 24, 30, 36, 90, 92, 96-97, 128, 131-132, 143-144, 147; Symonds, Sir Charles, No. 88; Tate, Mavis, No. 77.

Arranged into: (i) Correspondence, Percy Watkins (Nos 1-151), including a speech by Percy Watkins on social service at Pontypridd, Feb. 1932 (No. 15); a note by Thomas Jones on Percy Watkin's retirement from the Welsh Dept. of the Board of Education, n.d., 1932 (No. 20); Percy Watkins' curriculum vitae, to 1932, n.d., 1932 (No. 21); a memo by Percy Watkins on Joint Committee for Educational Facilities, S. Wales Coalfield, n.d., 1932 (No. 22); a talk by Percy Watkins on voluntary service in Wales, at Undeb y Brythoniaid, Birmingham, 24 Nov. 1933 (No. 35); a report by Percy Watkins on Pantybeiliau Welsh Folk School, 6 Jan. 1934 (No. 37); minutes of a committee on unemployment in Rhymney, 6 March 1935 (No. 50); a memo by Percy Watkins on S. Wales problems and the National Council of Social Service, 1 Dec. 1937 (No. 81); a memoir by Thomas Jones (in Welsh) on Percy Watkins, n.d., 1946 (No. 150); an Order of Memorial Service to Sir Percy Watkins, 17 May, 1946 (No. 151); and (ii) Correspondence, Harold Watkins, (brother of Percy Watkins), 5 Oct. 1927-5 June 1928 (Nos 152-163), including an application by Harold Watkins for Rockefeller Scholarship, March 1928 (No. 158). Index: 'Abraham' , No. 115; Adams, W. G. S. (All Souls), No. 88; 'Bill' (Board of Education), No. 5; Butler, J. R. M., No. 160; Cole, G. D. H., No. 123; Davies, John (W.E.A., Wales), No. 26; Davies, the Misses, Gregynog, Nos 42, 103; Edwards, Sir Ifan ap Owen, No. 67; Ellis, Capt. Lionel F., (Nat. Council Social Service), Nos 65-66; Hazelton, W. (Educational Settlements Assoc.), No. 109; Jones, Gomer (Sec. Rhymney Workmen's Institute), No. 74; Noble, W. (Warden, Maes-yr-Haf Settlement), No. 29; Pate, W. J., (Welsh Y.M.C.A.), No. 45; Powell, E. C., No. 147; Rees, F. E. (Chief Education Official, Glamorgan), No. 159; Watkins, Harold, Nos 152-163; Watkins, Lady, No. 83; Watkins, Sir Percy, the remainder of Nos 1-151.

Nos 105 and 112 are duplicate extracts (typescript) from Nos 104 and 111 respectively. Index: Brown, D. J. A., Registrar, University College, Cardiff, No. 152; Howarth, E. G., Board of Education, Nos 162-163, 168; James, Howell E., No. 172; Jones, Sir Evan D., No. 47; Jones, Sir Henry, No. 103; Watkins, Mrs Percy, No. 153, Watkins, Percy, the remainder of Nos 1-172.

Correspondence, Thomas Jones - Percy Watkins, with subsidiary documents, papers and memoranda. Covering the Welsh Board of Health, the Welsh National School of Medicine, the University of Wales, Welsh social service and many other aspects of Welsh life, as well as subjects of more general import. In addition, a small collection relating to Harold, brother of Percy Watkins, in the years 1927-1928. Arranged into: Correspondence and papers, 15 Dec. 1916-5 Dec. 1928 (V 1); Correspondence and papers, 1 Feb. 1929-17 May 1946, Harold Watkins, 5 Oct. 1927-5 June 1928 (V 2).