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Includes a photograph of Lloyd George, Dame Margaret and Megan, c. 1930; brochures, c. 1930-1933, advertising Gareth Jones's lecture tours in the United States; and miscellaneous stray items concerning his travels.

Letters from Brandon Davis concerning the exhibiting of art works, including a portrait of David Lloyd George, at his gallery in London.

Letters, copies of replies and papers relating to the building of a new memorial museum for Lloyd George in Llanystumdwy, including letters from Frances, Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor, 1951, 1957-1963.

Letters and copies of replies covering a wide range of topics from Prof. Gerald Dix, Henry, Marquess of Anglesey, Lewis Mumford, Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor; and photographs of the town hall in Oundle, 1972-1977.

Miscellaneous papers, 1856-1939, with annotations in the hand of Owain Llewelyn Owain, mostly relating to Caernarvonshire, including a letterbook, 1856, pertaining to Bryn Hafod y Wern slate quarry, Bethesda; a tribute, 1876, to Hugh Owens, Tal-y-sarn, musician, and father of Owain Llewelyn Owain; typescript copies, with manuscript emendations, of two speeches by David Lloyd George, the first delivered at Caernarfon in June 1930, and the second at Bangor, 17 January 1935; and a draft of a speech by Sir Thomas Artemus Jones, chariman of the North Wales Tribunal of Conscientious Objectors, delivered at Caernarfon Town Hall in November 1939.

A letter, dated 27 July 1911, from John L. Griffiths, United States Consul-General in London, to David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, thanking him for the seats at the Investiture of Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle on 13 July 1911.

Ymhlith y gohebwyr, [1985]-[1998], mae Beverley [Smith], John Grigg, Wynn Thomas, Dr Emyr Wyn Jones (3), Brynley F. Roberts (2), Elystan Morgan, Glanmor [Williams] (2), Kyffin [Williams], Gwyn Jones, Robat Gruffudd, Rachel Bromwich, Margaret Drabble (4), Derec Llwyd Morgan, J. [Gwynn] Williams, [R.] Geraint [Gruffydd], Gerwyn [Williams], Tegwyn [Jones] a Gwilym [Prys Davies].

Fifty-eight letters and cards, 1889-1953, fifty-five of which, 1889-1948, were sent to Sir W. Goscombe John from various correspondents including sculptors, artists, statesmen and politicians, relating mainly to his career as a sculptor and to honours bestowed on him.
The correspondents include H. H. Asquith, 1910 (ff. 4-5), Lilian Baylis, 1929 (ff. 7-8), James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, 1912-1913 (ff. 12-14), George Clausen, 1898-1899 (ff. 15-18), Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth, 1912 (ff. 19-20), Sir Cyril Fox, 1940-1948 (ff. 34-35), George Frampton, 1907 (f. 36), David Lloyd George, 1910 (ff. 39-40, 42), Alfred Gilbert, 1899 (ff. 43-44), Edmund Gosse, 1899, 1919 (ff. 45-48), Augustus John, 1928 (f. 49), Edward Burne-Jones, [1889], [?1893] (ff. 53-55), Sir Lewis Morris, 1899 (ff. 58-59), Sir Edward J. Poynter, 1917 (f. 63), Auguste Rodin, [1902] (f. 66), John Singer Sargent, [?1907] (f. 70), John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquis of Bute, 1937 (ff. 75-76), and Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1890-1911 (ff. 77-80). Also included is a note in the hand of King George V, 1911 (f. 38), copy letters from Goscombe John to David Lloyd George, 1910 (f. 41), and Queen Mary, 1932 (f. 57), and one letter, 1953, to his daughter, Mrs Muriel Fildes, from D. Dilwyn John of the National Museum of Wales (f. 50).

Miscellaneous items, 1859-1967, mainly printed, typescripts and press cuttings, relating to David Lloyd George, earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1863-1945) and his second son Gwilym Lloyd-George, 1st Viscount Tenby (1894-1967). They include certified copies of the marriage certificates of William George and Elizabeth Lloyd (Lloyd George's parents), 1859, and Gwilym Lloyd-George and Edna Gwenfron Jones, 1921, and leaflets produced in support of Gwilym Lloyd-George's candidature as the Conservative candidate for Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, 1951 and 1955.

An archival copy of the script of the play which featured Richard Elfyn as Lloyd George, November 2011- April 2012, together with a programme.

Notes and transcripts, [1968]-[1973], from various volumes and historical works on David Lloyd George, together with some press cuttings.

Contracts, 1922, relating to the proposed publication of Lloyd George's War Memoirs by Cassell's and purchase by the Sunday Times, including the two principal contracts sealed and signed by the directors of the publishing house and Sir William Berry respectively (but not the author), and ten memoranda for foreign rights, three signed by Lloyd George and one counter-signed by Frances Stevenson.

Photocopy of the acknowledgement card, in Welsh, sent to Margaret Jones, Tremadog, and her husband by David Lloyd George, following his eightieth birthday in January 1943; and to photocopy a photograph of Lloyd George's coffin being carried by the Tŷ Newydd, Llanystumdwy, estate workers in March 1945.

Some of the letters relate to the purchase of an estate at Coulin in Scotland by David Davies. Includes letters from Rev. Gwilym Davies, Principal J. H. Davies, Cwrt Mawr, Mrs Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths, Colonel D. Watts Morgan MP, and Frances Stevenson (writing on behalf of D. Lloyd George).

The memoranda include a list of recruits for the period January-July 1916; memoranda on the stokes gun, co-operation between GHQ and the Ministry of Munitions, Lloyd George's proposed visit to France; H. W. V. Temperley, 'Political Influences in connection with Strategy and Diplomacy'; memoranda on fuses, bombs, red flares etc.; the Army Pay Department; details of committees set up to advise the War Office Contracts Advisory Committee; memoranda on canteens and refreshment houses, trench mortars and ammunition, and the Debenham recommendations.

The papers include a copy of a 'confidential' report, 31 August 1916, by H. A. L. Fisher entitled 'The Settlement of Europe'; notes on the state purchase of the brewing industry; the Debenham recommendations; a memorandum on questions sent to the War Office, 1916; a list of deputations received by Lloyd George on 3 November 1916; a draft in the hand of David Davies of Lloyd George's letter of resignation, 2 December 1916, to Asquith, endorsed, 'Dft letter - 2/12/16 S of S to PM' (There is a draft of the letter in the Parliamentary Archive at the House of Lords, London, Lloyd George Papers E/2/23/11]; an undated letter [c. 1-2 December 1916], from 'Dafydd bob man' [Major David Davies MP] to 'Chief' [David Lloyd George], encouraging him to resign from the government: 'It is only the strong man who can pull the country through & the strong man takes risks'; and an undated letter from David Davies to Lloyd George, late 1916, on the conduct of the allied war effort; and a memorandum on 'Imperial Organisation' [1916].

Correspondence and papers relating to David Davies's visit to Russia in January 1917, together with some material on the establishment of the Prime Minister's Secretariat by Lloyd George.

Includes a memorandum on the German peace proposals, 1917-18; a memorandum by David Davies on conscription in Ireland, November 1916; general correspondence on the war effort, 1916; a memorandum on the condition of Spain, December 1916; a memorandum on the recruitment of discharged soldiers, [?1917]; a memorandum on the Royal Army Medical Corps by David Davies, July 1917; a memorandum on War Aims, [?1916-17]; papers relating to the Air Board, 1917; papers concerning gas warfare, 1916-17; letters and memoranda relating to the control of petrol, 1917; a copy of a 'secret' report on tanks, 1917; a file concerning the publicity campaign in the United States, 1916; a report on army clothing, 1916-17, including a letter from David Davies to Lloyd George, 4 November 1916; a memorandum by David Davies on the Inter-Allied Council, [?1917]; papers relating to army contracts, 1917; papers concerning army casualties, 1917; material concerning the formation of the Royal Welch Fusiliers training reserve; papers concerning 'Wales and the Development of Mesopotamia', 1918; confidential notes on 'allied strategy', [?1917]; and papers relating to a 'surprise attack', 1916-18.