- 4552955/185
- Eitem
- circa 1920
Engraving of a Roman Centurion with text in French.
392 canlyniad gyda gwrthrychau digidol Dangos canlyniadau gyda gwrthrychau digidol
Engraving of a Roman Centurion with text in French.
Reproduction of portrait of Colonel T. E . Lawrence painted in 1919 by Augustus John.
Photographic reproduction of Japanese artwork depicting children looking at their reflections in a large bowl of water. Possibly collected by Gareth Vaughan Jones on his visit to Japan in 1935.
Photographic reproduction of Japanese artwork depicting children looking at their reflections in a large bowl of water. Possibly collected by Gareth Vaughan Jones on his visit to Japan in 1935.
Photographic reproduction of Japanese artwork depicting Lotus flowers and a dragonfly. Possibly collected by Gareth Vaughan Jones on his visit to Japan in 1935.
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].
Jones, Gareth, 1905-1935.
Most of the cuttings are of articles by Gareth Jones describing conditions in Russia following his visits to the country, many of them on the Five Year Plan of economic recovery introduced by Stalin and the terrible famine in the country the holodomor). There are also a few cuttings on the United States and Hitler's Germany.
Group photo of boys at Welsh Schoolboys Camp at Aberedw, 1922, Gareth Jones, aged around 16yrs can be seen to the right in the third row.
Six soldiers smiling and laughing at the camera. One is holding a bugle aloft.
Mongolians examining the car before Gareth departed on the final journey from Pai Ling-Miao
A group of Mongolian Princes examining a Sedan. The detail of the spare wheel cover and the side of the bonnet is suggestive of an early 1930s Cadillac.
[A group of Mongolians in traditional dress alongside two men in Western dress]
Five Mongolians in traditional dress in conversation with two men in western dress. The man on the extreme left appears to be Mongolian, perhaps a translator, whilst the man in the light suit and hat may well be Gareth Vaughan Jones.
[A group of Mongolians in traditional dress alongside two men in Western dress]
Five Mongolians in traditional dress in conversation with two men in western dress. The man on the extreme left appears to be Mongolian, perhaps a translator, whilst the man in the light suit and hat may well be Gareth Vaughan Jones.
Llama or Lhama Service, Mongolia [sic]
A service in progress, but appearing more shamanic than Buddhist.
A group of Mongolian Princes engaged in conversation.
A boy with a scarf around his head sitting astride a horse whose ribs are clearly visible.
Novice monks, presumably in the grounds of a temple or monastery.
A Yurt in the left foreground. Beyond is a small Buddhist Temple.
A boy aged about five wearing a tunic and skull cap. On page 16 of 'Gareth Jones - A Manchukuo Incident' by Margaret S Colley (Newark, 2001) Jones recalls 'He had a little red hat on...and a brown silk coat"
Prince Teh Wang astride a white horse.
Prince Teh Wang walking past a wrestling match at the Great Mongolian Festival of the Princes.