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The series contains papers relating to elections and the 1979 devolution referendum.

The file contains letters to Gus Jones while he was serving in the Royal Corps of Signals and later during civilian life, including two referring to his British Legion gold medal. The papers also include a report on his father's retirement from the Montgomeryshire Constabulary, 1939; a newsletter of the Welshpool Comforts Fund, 1940; his election address as a candidate for the Powys County Council, 1973; and a journal of a Baltic cruise on the SS Uganda, 1974, visiting Kristiansand, Visby, Leningrad, Helsinki and Copenhagen.

The file contains papers relating to the school, including a programme for the official opening, 1975, and the speech given on the occasion by Gus Jones, chair of the school's managing board, a post he held from 1975 to 1979.

The series contains agendas and minutes of the committee, including the minutes of the inaugural meeting, 8 January 1977.

The file contains agendas, minutes and accounts of the Montgomeryshire committee of the `No to the Assembly' campaign during the 1979 devolution referendum.

The series contains papers relating to staffing and establishment matters, comprising annual reports of staff salaries and consultants' reviews of the council's departments.

The file comprises the minute book of the Services Committee, 1948-1964.

The series contains papers relating to Oldford Infants' School, Ysgol Maesydre and Welshpool High School.

The file contains letters of Gus Jones as county councillor. Correspondents include Alex Carlile, parliamentary candidate for Montgomery, and Delwyn Williams, MP. Subjects include roads, schools and homes for the aged in Powys, 'Nuclear Free Powys', the Montgomery Canal, and the sale of furniture (inventory included) at Clive House, Welshpool.

The file contains letters, including some relating to the old cockpit at Welshpool, the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and a gypsy site at the Withy Beds.

The file contains invitations to civic receptions and local events, and tickets for the Welshpool Town Council lottery.

The file contains invitation cards and programmes relating to local events to which Gus Jones was invited, including the official opening of schools, libraries and homes for the aged.

The fonds comprises papers of Gus Jones mostly relating to his public career; there are few personal or family papers.

The file contains papers relating to the Girls' Friendly Society, 1905-1939, of which his mother was a member, together with an annual report of the Montgomery District of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, 1929, which lists Gus Jones's uncle, Jonathan Griffiths, as immediate past provincial master, and papers relating to his mother's widow's police pension, 1963.

The file contains papers relating to local government and parliamentary elections. They include addresses by Gwyn M. Evans (Labour), 1964, and Dr Carl Clowes (Plaid Cymru), 1979, as parliamentary candidates for Montgomeryshire.

The file contains letters, branch bulletins, orders of service, accounts relating to the personal affairs of individual members, poppy day appeals, commemorations, dedications of standards, and the provision of medical services in Welshpool.

The file contains collecting books for the local fund of the Lord Mayor of London's Fund for the Relief of Distress in Mining Areas, opened by Sarah Evans Davies, mayor of Welshpool. The notebooks give the names and addresses of donors, including the employees of local companies, and the sums donated.

The file contains agendas, minutes and supporting papers of the council and committees, including papers, 1973, of the shadow authority.