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Stray letters, including a typescript copy of a letter from D. Lloyd George, 8 March 1919, relating to the need for 'Educational Recreation for the workers'. Some of the letters concern the St Athan camp, the Miners' Welfare Fund and the Ocean Area Recreation Union. There is also a copy of the report, November 1929, of the Welfare Organiser's Report on the Ocean Area Recreation Union.

A typescript circular letter written by David Lloyd George, dated 5 March 1917, urging farmers to make the utmost contribution to the War effort.

Typewritten letter, 1935, from David Lloyd George to James Reid, editor of the Dumfries Standard, and three letters from A. J. Sylvester, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, to the editor.

Drafts and copies of a report, The Treatment and Training of Disabled and Discharged Soldiers in France (1916), prepared by Captain Sir Henry Norman, Bart., MP, for D. Lloyd George as Secretary of State for War. Norman was the Liaison Officer of the Ministry of Munitions to the French Ministry of Munitions.

The file includes correspondence with David Lloyd George (2 letters); R. E. Griffith (1 letter); W. J. Gruffydd (1 letter) and Sir Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith (1 letter).

The papers include a memorandum on the substitution of mechanical transport in place of horse transport in divisional ammunition columns; statistics on German mobilized strength, 1916; and a stencilled copy of a letter, 11 December 1916, from Lloyd George to Liberal MPs shortly after assuming the premiership.

Some ninety-eight letters, postcards and telegrams, 1898-1940, addressed to Annie J. Davies (later Ellis, later Hughes-Griffiths). The correspondents include [E.] Vincent Evans, T. Gwynn Jones (3), J. Herbert Lewis (3), David Lloyd George, Margaret Lloyd George, Lord Rendel (6), C. A. F. Rhys Davids (2), W. Llewelyn Williams and [Sir] John Williams (2).
Also included are some six miscellaneous family letters; together with a letter, 25 February 1911, from J. Lloyd Williams to Mrs Mary Davies (Mair Mynorydd) concerning the work of the Welsh Folksong Society (presumably passed on by Mary Davies to her friend Annie Ellis).

Letters to W. Llewelyn Williams from David Lloyd George, 1902-1924, largely concerning political and professional issues. The file also includes a photograph of the final letter sent by Llewelyn Williams from his deathbed to Lloyd George and correspondence between Dame Margaret Lloyd George and Mrs Sarah Evans, sister of W. Llewelyn Williams, regarding the contents of this letter.

Letters and telegraphs of condolence to Mrs Llewelyn Williams following the death of her husband in April 1922, including letters from David Lloyd George, Philip Snowden, John Hinds, Ernest Evans, John Morris Jones and J. Herbert Lewis.

Letters to Gareth Vaughan Jones, including letters from D. Lloyd George, 1931 and 1933, Frances Stevenson, 1933, (relating to Gareth Vaughan Jones's work for Lloyd George); and Sir Robert John Webber, the Western Mail, 1931 and 1934 (relating to Gareth Vaughan Jones's career). There are stray papers concerning Gareth Jones's period at Trinity College, Cambridge, as a researcher in the employ of David Lloyd George, and while working for Ivy Lee at New York. There are also some of the research papers of Dr Siriol Colley, 1998-2001.

A photocopy of a letter written by Lloyd George to his wife Margaret, 26 August [1921].

Correspondence and papers, December 1916-January 1917, relating to the visit to Russia by David Lloyd George.

Letters, 1855-1904, of miscellaneous provenance, including letters, 1871-1894, to and from Welsh emigrants to Australia and the United States of America (ff. 11-24, 49-50, 69-70, 108-123); a letter, 1855, from the artist Penry Williams relating to a proposed visit by Lady Charlotte Guest to the Vatican; and a letter, 1857, from the Rev. Calvert Richard Jones, photographic pioneer, to his friend Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, written from Nice. Other correspondents include Owen M. Edwards (1) 1891, Thomas E. Ellis (1) 1892, David Lloyd George (5) 1879-1892, William E. Gladstone (3) 1857-1875, Sir Lewis Morris (2) 1890-1895, Daniel Owen (1) 1885 and John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) (4) 1891-1904.

Includes letters to David Lloyd George and Megan Lloyd George.

Contains stray items relating to Gareth Jones, including copies of an open reference, 4 March 1931, written by D. Lloyd George; a photocopy of a very long letter, 27 January 1933, from Gareth Jones to David Lloyd George, shortly after leaving his staff. It contains a detailed discussion of the state of affairs in the Soviet Union based on information received from the Soviet Ambassador in London, including comments on the second Five Year Plan (Parliamentary Archive, House of Lords, Lloyd George Papers G/26/1/4); a covering letter, 27 March 1933, from Gareth Jones to A. J. Sylvester, from Berlin (Lloyd George Papers G/26/1/2); a further letter, 27 March 1933, from Gareth Jones to Lloyd George, commenting on his experiences during his recent visit to Russia (Lloyd George Papers G/26/1/2); a photocopy of the text of a lecture by Gareth Jones, 30 March 1933, entitled 'Soviet Russia in March 1933' to the Royal Institute of International Affairs; press cuttings of articles by Gareth Jones; a letter, 8 February 1935, from the Russian Assistance Fund to Gareth Jones seeking his support for an appeal.

Correspondence and documents, 1901, relating to legal matters concerning the Penrhyn quarry. The correspondents include David Lloyd George, and William George (4).

Photocopies of documents, 1931-1933, from the Lloyd George Papers held at the Parliamentary Archive at the House of Lords. There are memoranda, presumably prepared by Gareth Jones, 1930-1933, on the Five-Power Naval Conference; the American Tariff; The situation in Palestine; Poland after January 1931; the Gandhi-Irwin Agreement: its Effects upon India and upon Politics in England; 'Conversation with M. Litvinoff, at Moscow, March 23, 1932'; and Soviet Russia and the Caucasus. There are also photocopies of several letters from Gareth Jones to David Lloyd George.

Miscellaneous press cuttings, including a long series of articles by David Lloyd George, dated 1938, on the 'Coupn' general election of December 1918, the Peace of Versailles and Germany; and tributes to Lloyd George following his death in March 1945.

A scrap-album compiled, 1919-1929, by Leila Mégane, containing correspondence, press cuttings and other papers, 1917-1929, relating to her career, including letters and telegrams from Walter Johnstone-Douglas (1), 1919, David Lloyd George (1), 1919, Adelina Patti (1), 1919, and Jean de Reszke (8), 1919, with notes by Leila Mégane.