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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.

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 and other notes kept by Gareth Jones.

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

Typescript copies of letters from Gareth Jones during the last weeks of his life describing his travels and experiences and the people he met in China and Inner Mongolia. Some of the originals survive in other files in the archive.

Typescript drafts or copies of articles written by Gareth Jones, including 'Will Japan adopt Fascism?', 'The Pacific Coast outlook', 'Interview with Lenin's widow' (prepared for Ivy Lee, New York), 'Japanese influence in Siam' and 'Japanese Empire in the balance'.

Business cards, menus, bookplates, and a photocopy of a photograph of Baron von Plessen.

The papers include a photocopy of a letter, 17 April and 29 September 1933, from Malcolm Muggeridge to Gareth Jones; a draft of a chapter by Muggeridge entitled 'Winter in Moscow', 1934; and newspaper cuttings, 1933-1934, of articles by Muggeridge about the situation in Russia.

Press cuttings, 1933, of articles and notes for publication by Gareth Jones on the situation in Russia, together with copies of photographs taken in the Ukraine; a typescript of a chapter entitled 'Why do we suffer so much', an account of the famine in Russia known as the Holodomor, presumably the work of Dr Siriol Colley; and a few items, dated 1935, associated with commemorating Gareth Jones's life following his death.

Typescript transcript by Dr Siriol Colley of some of the source materials used by her while preparing her volume Gareth Jones: a Manchukuo Incident (Nottingham, 2001). These include extracts from the Japan Year Book for 1934 and some of the letters which Gareth Jones wrote to his family at home during 1935. There is also material taken from some printed sources.

Copy of an article entitled 'The financial consequences of the war' by Francis Delaise, a French economist, 4 May 1933, translated into English.

Transcripts of articles by Gareth Jones on the situation in Russia in 1930-1935.

Transcripts of articles written by Gareth Jones during his 'Round the World Fact Finding Tour' in 1934-1935, mainly on conditions in the Far East.

Includes views in Wales, England, France etc

Photographs believed to have been taken by Gareth Vaughan Jones in summer 1935. Most are of Mongolia, many being of The Great Mongolian Festival of the Princes at the Court of Prince Teh Wang. These show many of the tribesmen and their lifestyles. Included are a number of Prince Teh Wang (aka Prince Demchugdongrub), Mongolian military leader and his family; also Chinese General Tsai Ting Kai (aka Cai Tingkai). Some are annotated on the reverse. Included are pictures of monks, sacrificing of sheep, inside and outside yurts, wrestling etc.

Gareth Vaughan Jones aged about five with his father in a garden. GVJ is on his fathers knee looking at the camera. His father is crouching looking at Gareth.