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Prince D S Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature from the Earliest Times to the Death of Dostoyevsky (1881) (London, 1927).

A notebook containing a manuscript essay by Annie Gwen Jones entitled 'Impressions of Life on the Steppes of Russia'. It contains her reminiscences of the three year period which she spent at Hughesovska from 1889 until 1892.

Postcards, 1926-1934, from Gareth Vaughan Jones to members of the Williams family of Llantwit Major, relatives of the Jones family, describing his travels and his experiences. The file also contains the manuscript text of a lecture by Gareth Jones entitled 'Soviet Russia in March 1933', given to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 30 March 1933. There is also a group of letters, January-July 2007, from Morfydd Davies Williams to Dr M. Siriol Colley reminiscing on Gareth Vaughan Jones and on the associations between the two families.

Texts, in English and Welsh, by Annie Gwen Jones, of radio broadcasts containing her reminiscences of her experiences at Hughesovska entitled 'The Steel City'/'Y Ddinas Ddur'.

Addresses kept by Gareth Jones mainly as a student at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Addresses and other notes kept by Gareth Jones.

Letters from Gareth Vaughan Jones, mainly from Trinity College, Cambridge, 1926-1928, when he was a student there. They relate in some detail his activities and academic and social pursuits and give his impressions of his surroundings and his companions. He also comments on the activities of various student societies. Occasionally he gives news of his friends. There are also occasional references to items of national and international news, particularly political. He regularly enquires, too, about people and events at home in Barry and comments on the domestic life of the Jones family. There are a few references to relatives. There are also a few discussions of his future plans and aspirations. A small number of the earlier letters are written from the University of Strasbourg where Gareth Jones spent the academic year 1924-1925.

Stray, undated letters, some of them incomplete or fragments, from Gareth Jones to his parents (forming part of series B6/1-B6/5).

Photocopies of letters from Gareth Jones to various members of his family, including some letters not available in files B6/1-B6/6.

Picture postcards deriving from members of the Jones family, mainly cards sent by Gareth Jones to his family while on his travels. Most are addressed to his parents, his two sisters, or to his niece Siriol [later Dr Siriol Colley]. Some are addressed to people outside the family. They originate from several countries including France, Germany, Switzermand, Poland, the USA, the USSR, Siam, Hong Kong, and China. They comprise brief comments on his travels. A few of the stray postcards are addressed to Gareth Jones, and a small number are from other members of the Jones family.

Press cuttings mainly of articles by Gareth Jones, many on Welsh matters from the Western Mail, some published there as a series entitled 'Craftsmen of Wales', and a few on international matters from national newspapers.