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Gareth Jones is shown sitting on the deck of S.S. President Coolidge, between Honolulu and Japan, with Pax Chen. See 4552955/96 &108.

Gareth Jones is shown sitting on a bench on the deck of a ship with a small Oriental boy. Inscription on reverse reads, "Gareth with Pax 1935."

Gareth Vaughan Jones aged around seven years is shown with his father, Major Edgar Jones, in a garden setting. Same as 4552955/129.

Gareth Jones is shown with a young woman (unnamed) and a man ( same as in 4552955/138 & 139).

Gareth Vaughan Jones aged about five with his father in a garden. GVJ is on his fathers knee looking at the camera. His father is crouching looking at Gareth.

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

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].

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.

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.