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Sub fonds contains papers related to David Lloyd George, Frances Stevenson and Jennifer Longford (nee Stevenson) including letters between Frances and her family, with some sent from the Versailles Peace Conference; letters between David Lloyd George and Jennifer Longford; a handwritten memorandum on the early stages of the Great War; newspaper stories related to Lloyd George's political career and his marriage to Frances Stevenson; papers relating to the adoption of Jennifer Longford; drafts of a film script about Lloyd George; publications by and about Lloyd George; articles about Frances Stevenson's role has Lloyd George's personal secretary; letters of congratulation to Lloyd George on his 80th birthday; and a scrap book of newspaper stories related to 'The Story of Old Japan' and 'The Story of Korea' by Joseph H. Longford.

The group comprises papers, 1912-1965, relating to David Lloyd George.

Stray letters, messages, cards and postcards, 1916-91, all connected with the Lloyd George family in some way; stray memorabilia, 1900-2008, many deriving from Lloyd George or Frances Stevenson, and including legal documents, reminiscences and memoirs, autograph books, cartoons, printed items and press cuttings of especial interest; photographs, many of them snapshots, of David Lloyd George, Frances Stevenson, later the Dowager Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, and of her daughter Jennifer Stevenson, later Jennifer Longford, and including small groups of photographs of Llanystumdwy, properties at Churt, namely Bron-y-de, Avalon and Farm Cottage, and a small group of photographs of other prominent individuals; albums containing small photographs taken during Lloyd George's visit to Germany in September 1936; photographs of, and press cuttings relating to Colonel Thomas F. Tweed, including several press obituaries of him, press cuttings concerning the marriage of David Lloyd George and Frances Stevenson at Guildford on 23 October 1943, and an album of photographs, mainly of David Lloyd George and of Bron-y-de, Churt, together with press cuttings, many of these of reviews of various books about Lloyd George; and the draft outline of a short story and notes for further stories by Frances Stevenson.

The group consists of papers acquired and preserved mainly by Frances, comprising correspondence, 1915-1972, subject files, 1933-1975, business papers, 1940-1972, notebooks of reminiscences, [1920s-1960s], and miscellaneous printed items.

The unit comprises letters, 1934-1946, and other papers, 1933-1944, relating to Jennifer Stevenson's schooldays.

The unit consists of letters and papers relating to various members of the Stevenson family, including Frances's sister Muriel, 1923-1962, and her brother Paul, 1910-1915, together with research notes and materials assembled by Ruth Longford.