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Gareth Vaughan Jones and Cantonese friends standing in a courtyard. Image marred by camera malfunction obscuring the tops of their heads.

An essay by Gareth Vaughan Jones entitled 'Fichte and the Growth of Nationality in Europe' prepared whilst he was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, [? 1927]. Also includes the draft of an article 'Interview with General O'Duffy', [? 1933], written while he was in the employ of the Western Mail, Cardiff.

Gareth Vaughan Jones and his Chinese friends in a garden or courtyard. Due to camera malfunction their heads are obscured.

Garteh Vaughan Jones is pictured with two women adn three men. The women are the daughters of General Tsai (1892-1963) and General Chen (1890-1954). Taken during the tour of Far East countries March - July 1935.

Informal portrait of Gareth Vaughan Jones standing in the garden at Elwyn Davies's home at 2590, Suricoongse Road, Bangkok, his arms folded in front of him. Behind him are shrubs and trees.

Gareth Jones standing on a hillside, probably somewhere in California.

A series of untitled lantern slides seemingly of Russia and the Ukraine in the early 1930s. Some seemed to have been prepared using officially sanctioned photographs, such as those of industrial projects, whilst others appear to have been produced from clandestine photographs, eg those of people sleeping on the streets.

A number of negatives in different formats but mostly c. 45 x 38 mm. Earlier, larger format negatives appear to be family snapshots, whilst the majority are views of the Far East in the early - mid 1930s. Some further identification may be possible by reference to the processing envelopes used to store the negatives.

The group donated in 1987 comprises letters from Gareth Vaughan Jones to his family, 1922-1935, many while on foreign travels; letters to him, 1919-1934; a curriculum vitae and references, 1925-1934; research notes, [c. 1930]-1932; typescripts, drafts and notes for articles and lectures, [1925]-[1935]; typescripts of press articles written by Gareth Vaughan Jones during his world tour, 1934-1935; newspaper cuttings of Western Mail articles by Gareth Vaughan Jones, [1933]-[1935]; papers concerning Gareth Vaughan Jones's death, [1935]; printed books, 1926-1927, and papers of his father Dr Edgar Jones, including letters, 1890-1952; letters concerning the death of Gareth Vaughan Jones, 1935; press cuttings and papers relating to his time as head of Barry County School, 1906-1935; typescripts of broadcasts and talks, 1939-1945; and papers relating to his death, 1953. The papers deposited in 2007, 2010 and 2011 comprise family papers, 1894-2007, including a few papers relating to Gareth Vaughan Jones's parents Major Edgar Jones and Mrs Annie Gwen Jones; papers of, or relating to, Gareth Vaughan Jones, 1916-2002, including diaries, notebooks, press cuttings of his articles, letters, mainly from him to his parents and other members of his family, and papers relating to his capture and subsequent murder in August 1935; and the papers of Dr Siriol Colley, 1922-2004, mainly deriving from her researches into her uncle's life, work and death, including transcripts and photocopies of relevant source materials. The material donated in July 2011 comprises six pocket diaries containing detailed observations and comments on Gareth Jones's travels, mainly in Germany and Russia, between 1931 and 1934, together with the last passport issued to him in 1930, and a few stray items which have been incorporated in the previous files. Another group includes photographs, postcards, negatives and lantern slides, [c. 1900 - c. 1990].

Three school reports for Gareth Jones, Christmas term 1918 - Winter term 1920, from the County School for Boys, Barry.