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Gareth Vaughan Jones Papers Series
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Correspondence and postcards,

Mainly letters from Gareth Jones to his parents and other members of his family, describing his activities, travels and the people whom he meets. Throughout the letters there are also regular references to events and people at home at Barry and in South Wales.

Papers relating to the capture and death of Gareth Vaughan Jones;

Papers relating to the capture of Gareth Jones in Inner Mongolia in July 1935 and his susequent murder on 12 August 1935. These include copies of some of the last letters which he wrote to his family, and large numbers of press reports on these events and paying tribute to his memory. There are also memorial cards, and papers deriving from subsequent investigations into his death.

Passports,

Two passports belonging to Gareth Vaughan Jones and a passport belonging to his parents Major Edgar William and Annie Gwen Jones.

'Round the World Tour Diaries',

Diaries containing fairly detailed descriptions of Gareth Jones's travels and experiences during his 'world tour' between February and June 1935 (prior to his death in the following August) The 'tour' comprised Europe, North America and the Far East. They include much detailed comment on the countries which he visited and their peoples. This group of diaries covers Gareth Jones's travels in Japan, the Phillippes, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, Siam, Cambodia, French Indo China, China, Hong Kong and Canton. Other diaries in the series can be found in files 37 (volume 1), file B3/16 (volume 2), file 38 (volume 3), file 40 (volume 4).

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